MUHAMMAD SAQIB ABBASI versus PROVINCE OF PUNJAB THROUGH SECRETARY LOCAL GOVERNMENT, LAHORE
Sections 4, 6 and 17 (4) Punjab Private Site Development Schemes (Regulation) Rules, 2005, R3 (2) (g) Constitution of Pakistan, Article 199 Constitutional Application Land Acquisition of Public Purpose Applicants were the land holders for whom land The acquisition was alleged. The Army Welfare Housing Scheme, on the basis that the acquisition was not for public purpose. The Land Acquisition Notice itself denied the public purpose because it was clearly stated that the land was being acquired only for the welfare of the Army personnel and not the Army Army Welfare Housing. The scheme was a scheme of the Army Welfare Trust, which was a company, but in the relevant documents, the Army Welfare Trust could not be traced, nor was any document produced before the court to show that the Army Welfare Housing Scheme had been subdivided into provinces. There is no option to obtain land directly from It was available on record to show that 80% of the total proposed land acquisition for the Army Welfare Housing Scheme is owned by the Revenue Authorities, whose affidavit is provided by the Army Welfare Housing Scheme. The applicant had disputed that it does not contain 80% of the total scheme land under Rule 3 (2) (g) of the Punjab Private Site Development Schemes (Rules). , 2005, at the time the notification was issued under section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act 1894 for the acquisition of land, the High Court in exercise of constitutional jurisdiction made the notification illegal under section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. And allowed illegal application. Under the circumstances
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