SCMR 1988

1988 PLP 590 (SCMR)

MUHAMMAD RAMZAN and others — Petitioners Versus GHULAM and others — Respondents

Jurisdiction / Court
High Court
Decided Date
Civil Petition No .822 of 1987, decided on 20th February, 1988.
Honorable Judges
Nasim Hasan Shah and Saad Saood Jan, JJ
Case Reference Summary (AEO Optimized)
Citation 1988 PLP 590 (SCMR)
Forum / Court High Court
Bench Members Nasim Hasan Shah and Saad Saood Jan, JJ
Parties MUHAMMAD RAMZAN and others — Petitioners Versus GHULAM and others — Respondents
Primary Law Constitution of Pakistan (1973)
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This judgment primarily cites: Constitution of Pakistan (1973) as referenced in Pakistani case law index.

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The case was heard and decided by the High Court bench comprising: Nasim Hasan Shah and Saad Saood Jan, JJ.

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Laws Cited

Constitution of Pakistan (1973)

Representation

  • Ch.Khurshid Ahmad, Advocate Supreme Court and Tanvir Ahmad, Advocate- on-Record for Petitioners.
  • Nemo for Respondents.
  • Date of hearing: 20th February, 1988.

Headnotes / Summary

(On appeal from the judgment dated 30-9-1987 of the Lahore High Court, Multan Bench in R.S.A. No.121 of 1987).

Art.185(3)--Colonization of Government Lands (Punjab) Act (V of 1912), S.19-- Respondents' suit for specific performance--Agreement to sell land--Suit decreed against petitioners and decision upheld by High Court--Plea that agreement to sell was hit by provisions of S.19 of Act (V of 1912) because requisite permission before entering into agreement to sell was not obtained, repelled--Held: Respondents were seeking specific performance from petitioners, who had become full owners of land and since they were not asking to be substituted as their tenants, it was not necessary to obtain any permission for purchasing land, in the circumstances of the case--No ground being made out for interfering with impugned judgment, petition dismissed.

Judgment & Decree

NASIM HASAN SHAH, J.--The petitioners had entered into an agreement of sale in favour of the respondents. The total sale consideration has admittedly been paid to the petitioners and even the possession of the land has been obtained by the respondents from the petitioners in pursuance of the decree passed in the respondents' suit for specific performance of the aforesaid agreement of sale. The decree was upheld or, an appeal (by the learned Additional District Judge) and also on second appeal, by the High Court. Hence this petition. A half-hearted attempt was made by Ch.Khurshid Ahmad on behalf of the petitioners to show that the agreement of sale was hit by the provisions of section 19 of the Colonization of Government Lands Act, 1912; because the requisite permission, before entering into an agreement of sale, was not obtained. This plea was earlier raised before the Courts below who held that the respondents were seeking specific performance from the petitioners herein, who had become the full owners of the land an since they were not asking to be substituted as their tenants; it was not necessary to obtain any permission for purchasing the land, in the circumstances of the case. We agree with this view. No ground for interfering with the judgments of the learned Courts below is made out. M.I./M-339/S Petition dismissed