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CENTRAL GOVERNMENT through Chairman Evacuee Trust Property Board vs MEMBER (JUDICIAL-IV) BOARD OF REVENUE, PUNJAB, LAHORE arts — 2026 PLD 19 FEDERAL-CONSTITUTIONAL-COURT

Case information

Citation
2026 PLD 19 FEDERAL-CONSTITUTIONAL-COURT
Year
2026
Reporter
PLD
Parties
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT through Chairman Evacuee Trust Property Board vs MEMBER (JUDICIAL-IV) BOARD OF REVENUE, PUNJAB, LAHORE arts
Subject matter
Constitutional

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Judgment text as reported

CENTRAL GOVERNMENT through Chairman Evacuee Trust Property Board VS MEMBER (JUDICIAL-IV) BOARD OF REVENUE, PUNJAB, LAHORE arts. 175E(1) [as inserted by the Constitution (Twenty-Seventh amendment) act, 2025], 184(1) (since omitted) & 199---Dispute between Governments---Jurisdiction---Misdescription of Government---Matter pertained to a dispute between an office of Federal Government describing itself as Central Government and between Board of Revenue Punjab, over a piece of land---High Court in exercise of Constitutional jurisdiction declined to interfere in the matter on the ground that it was a dispute between two Governments---Validity---Original jurisdiction in any "dispute between any two or more Governments" was vested in Supreme Court under article 184(1) of the Constitution but pursuant to the Constitution (Twenty-Seventh amendment) act, 2025 such jurisdiction is now vested to the Federal Constitutional Court under article 175E(1) of the Constitution---Nature of such jurisdiction had not changed and a dispute between a Federal statutory corporation, such as the Evacuee Trust Property Board, and a Provincial department did not, merely for such reason, become a "dispute between two Governments"---Misdescription of petitioner as "Central Government through Chairman, Evacuee Trust Property Board, etc." and any concession made at the bar could not divest High Court of jurisdiction that otherwise vested in it under article 199 of the Constitution---Federal Constitutional Court set aside the order and remanded the matter to High Court for deciding the same afresh in accordance with law---appeal was allowed.

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