KHIZER HAYAT KHAN vs FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN S — 2022 YLR 921 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation: 2022 YLR 921 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court: Lahore High Court
Year: 2022
Reporter: YLR
Parties: KHIZER HAYAT KHAN vs FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN S
Subject matter: Criminal
Provisions referred to: S. 28---P; S. 284---P; S. 28; S. 284; Punjab Local Government Act (XIII of 2019); Punjab Local Government Act

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Judgment text as reported

KHIZER HAYAT KHAN VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN S. 28---Punjab Local Government Act (XIII of 2019), S. 284---Power to request assistance---General powers of Inspectors and Enforcement Officers---Scope---Petitioner was aggrieved of sealing of his Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) filling station---Validity---Petitioner was granted licence by the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA)---Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) conducted a raid on the filling station and found that the petitioner was involved in theft of gas, as a result of which it was sealed, FIR (First Information Report) was lodged and a suit for recovery was also filed under Gas (Theft Control and Recovery) Act, 2016---Petitioner de-sealed the filling station by his own without any formal approval from District Government and started business---SNGPL issued letter to the local government for re-sealing the filling station in pursuance to which it was again sealed---Local government had acted as per mandate of S.28 of the Gas (Theft Control and Recovery) Act, 2016, while invoking the provisions of S.284 of the Punjab Local Government Act, 2019, as such no illegality was committed to that effect---No justifiable reason was made out to interfere with the impugned action of sealing---Constitutional petition was dismissed.

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