Case Details

Citation(s)
2001 SLG 2457 2001 SLD 2457 2001 CLC 902
Lahore High Court
Writ Petition No.4318 of 2001, decision dated: 16-03-2001
MAULVI ANWARUL HAQ, J
C.A. Rehman for Petitioner. Muhammad Jehangir Wahla, A.A.G. (on Courts call)

WAQAR HUSSAIN BUTT

VS

DISTRICT RETURNING OFFICER, GUJRANWALA and 2 others

Law:

Section:

Punjab Local Government Elections-Ordinance (V of 2000)-------S. 14---Disqualification of candidate and rejection of nomination papers---Nomination papers filed by candidate were rejected by Returning Officer on the ground that Matric Certificate relied upon by him was bogus---Returning Officer had made sufficient enquiry with reference to the record of the relevant Board of Education and also the school record of the candidate and found the certificate bogus on the basis of said record--­Nomination papers of candidate, had rightly been rejected by Returning Officer on basis of the allegation against him. ORDER As per contents of this writ petition; the petitioner to contest election to a seat of Nazim in U.C. No.43 filed forms alongwith Muhammad Tariq Gujjar for Naib-Nazim. Respondent No.3 objected that Matric Certificate of said Tariq Gujjar is bogus. Learned R.O. rejected the papers holding that the certificate relied upon by said Tariq is bogus. Appeal filed by said Tariq was dismissed by learned D.R.O., Gujranwala vide order, dated 10-3-2001 for non-prosecution. 2. Learned counsel contends that the learned R.O. could not have held the certificate to be bogus in summary proceedings of the nature of scrutiny of the nomination papers. 3. I have examined the order of the learned R.O. in the light of the said…
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