MUHAMMAD SAEED vs PROVINCE OF PUNJAB S — 2022 YLR 2212 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation: 2022 YLR 2212 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court: Lahore High Court
Year: 2022
Reporter: YLR
Parties: MUHAMMAD SAEED vs PROVINCE OF PUNJAB S
Subject matter: Constitutional
Provisions referred to: S. 71---E

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Judgment text as reported

MUHAMMAD SAEED VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB S.71---Election---"Limine control", doctrine of---Candidates/petitioner failed to disclose their occupation/profession in Column (3) of nomination papers---Nomination papers were rejected by Convenor Election Sub-Committee and their appeals and revisions were dismissed by Deputy Registrar Cooperative Societies and Secretary Cooperative Societies, respectively---Petitioners argued that they were retired employees and they were not engaged in any professional activity/business to be considered as their source of earning/ occupation hence it was not worth mentioning in their nomination papers---Held, that in all the impugned orders, respondents/authorities had observed that the petitioners had not provided mandatory information regarding their profession/occupation in the nomination papers---Each of the columns of nomination papers had to be filled either way which the petitioner had not filled---If the argument that petitioner were retired employees hence it was not important to fill occupational/ business column, was admitted as correct, even then the petitioners had the opportunity to mention the occupational/ business as "Retired Employees" in Column (3) of the nomination papers which was mandatory requirement on the basis of which their qualification/ disqualification could be determined---Constitutional petition was dismissed in limine.

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