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ACT XXI OF 2013 ACT XXI OF 2013 ABOLITION OF THE DISCRETIONARY QUOTAS IN HOUSING SCHEMES ACT, 2013 An Act to provide for the abolition of all discretionary quotas in housing schemes in the public sector [Gazette of Pakistan, Extraordinary, Part I, 2nd May, 2013] No. F. 24(17)/2012-Legis., dated 2-5-2013.---The following Act of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) received the assent of the President on 29th April, 2013, is hereby published for general information:- Whereas it is expedient to abolish all discretionary quotas in housing schemes in the public sector so that allotments therein are made in a fair, equitable and transparent manner; It is hereby enacted as follows:- 3. Abolition of discretionary quotas.-(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law, rule, regulation, bye-law, memorandum or articles of association, plan, policy, programme, project or scheme, whether or not approved by any authority, all discretionary quotas in any housing scheme in the public sector shall stand abolished with immediate effect: Provide that nothing contained herein shall apply to allotment of plots, in accordance with transparent rules, to widows or to persons in the service of Pakistan who become permanently disabled, or to legal heirs of such persons who die, in the discharge of their duties or performance of their functions. (2) The plots released from the discretionary quotas abolished under subsection (1) shall be allotted in a fair, equitable and transparent manner along with all other plots in the housing scheme.