SUI NORTHERN GAS PIPELINES LTD. vs WAFAQI MOHTASIB Preamble — 2024 CLC 1787 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

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SUI NORTHERN GAS PIPELINES LTD. VS WAFAQI MOHTASIB Preamble---Object, purpose and scope---Preamble to a statute is not operational part of enactment but it is a gateway, which discusses purpose and intent of the Legislature to necessitate legislation on the subject---Preamble also sheds clear light on goals that the Legislator aims to secure through introduction of such law---Preamble of a statute holds a pivotal role for the purposes of interpretation in order to dissect true purpose and intent of law. Citation Name: 2024 CLC 1787 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE SUI NORTHERN GAS PIPELINES LTD. VS WAFAQI MOHTASIB arts.2(1), 3 & 9---Constitution of Pakistan, art. 199---Constitutional petition---Mal-administration---Gas connection, providing of---Payment of urgent fee before cutoff date---Petitioner / Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Company was aggrieved of direction issued by Ombudsman to provide gas connection to respondent / complainant---Validity---Matter agitated in complaint was related to non-provision of new gas connection which was denied by petitioner company---Such action of petitioner company as "agency" was in terms of art. 2(1) of Establishment of the Office of Wafaqi Mohtasib (Ombudsman) Order, 1983---Order in question was unreasonable, unjust, oppressive and arbitrary, which amounted to mal-administration falling within the ambit of art. 9 of Establishment of the Office of Wafaqi Mohtasib (Ombudsman) Order, 1983 for the purpose of exercise of jurisdiction by Ombudsman in the matter to undo act of administrative excess---Ombudsman rightly observed that respondent / complainant should not be penalized of such a ban where he had paid Urgent Fee before cutoff date---High Court declined to interfere in order passed by Ombudsman as the same did not suffer from any legal infirmity or jurisdictional defect---Constitutional petition was dismissed in circumstances.

SUI NORTHERN GAS PIPELINES LTD. vs WAFAQI MOHTASIB Preamble — 2024 CLC 1787 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

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