Haji LASHKAR KHAN vs PROVINCE OF PUNJAB art — 2025 CLC 1926 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation: 2025 CLC 1926 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court: Lahore High Court
Year: 2025
Reporter: CLC
Parties: Haji LASHKAR KHAN vs PROVINCE OF PUNJAB art
Subject matter: Constitutional

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Judgment text as reported

Haji LASHKAR KHAN VS PROVINCE OF PUNJAB art. 4---Public functionaries---Powers and obligations---Equality of citizens---Land-owners voluntarily transferred their land (measuring 10 kanals) in favour of the Government / Health Department for the specified purpose of establishing Basic Health Unit (BHU), however, at the time of final approval the Provincial Cabinet declined the same on the ground that two BHUs were already operational in the said vicinity---Land-owners filed constitutional petition to retrieve/return their land but said relief was declined---Validity---Record reveals that Government decided to abandon project after the lapse of more than nineteen years---It is inalienable right of every citizen to be treated in accordance with law as envisaged by art. 4 of the Constitution---Hence, it is the duty and obligation of every public functionary, including the Respondents / Department, to act within the four corners of the mandate of the Constitution---High Court set-aside the impugned order passed by Single Bench of High Court; consequently, the concerned Department (Respondent) would return the subject land to the appellants by reversing the relevant mutations and restoring the ownership to the original owner/owners or his/their legal heirs---appeal was allowed, in circumstances.

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