Z.A. CORPORATION vs FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Commerce, Islamabad art — 2025 PLC(CS) 476 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation: 2025 PLC(CS) 476 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court: Lahore High Court
Year: 2025
Reporter: PLC
Parties: Z.A. CORPORATION vs FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Commerce, Islamabad art
Subject matter: Constitutional

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Judgment text as reported

Z.A. CORPORATION VS FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN through Secretary Commerce, Islamabad art. 199(1)(b)(ii)---Territorial jurisdiction of High Court---Scope---Writ of quo warranto---Maintainability---appointment of respondent as a Member and then Chairman of National Tariff Commission (NTC) on the same day was challenged through a constitutional petition in the Lahore High Court---Validity---Words "within the territorial jurisdiction of the Court holding or purporting to hold public office" would lead to the ineluctable conclusion that for the purpose of writ of quo warranto, a person against whom, constitutional petition had been filed, must be holding or purporting to hold public office within the territorial jurisdiction of that Court---Respondent was holding the post of Member and Chairman NTC at Islamabad and was not holding or purporting to hold a public office within the territorial jurisdiction of High Court in Province of Punjab---Court had to see what was the dominant object of filing of writ petition---Neither impugned notifications were issued by Punjab Government nor respondent was holding a public office in the Province of Punjab, thus, the dominant object of filing the writ petition being at Islamabad and not Lahore, constitutional petition was not maintainable at Lahore on such score---Constitutional petition was dismissed, in circumstances.

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