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| 2017 SLG 1881 2017 SLD 1881 2017 PLD 690 |
Sindh High Court
C.P. Nos. D-2386 of 2011, D-315/2012, D-3323/2012,D-3443/2013, D-1428/2015, D-5679/2016, D-1047/2017,D-1048/2017 and D-1092/2017, decision Date : 28-07-2017
NADEEM AKHTAR, JUSTICE, FAHIM AHMED SIDDIQUI, JUSTICE
FOR PETITIONERSFOR RESPONDENTSMiran Muhammad Shah, A.A.G. for Government of Sindh.Rao Sarfaraz Khan for Sindh Building Control Authority.
C.P. Nos. D-2386 of 2011, D-315/2012, D-3323/2012,D-3443/2013, D-1428/2015, D-5679/2016, D-1047/2017,D-1048/2017 and D-1092/2017, decision Date : 28-07-2017
NADEEM AKHTAR, JUSTICE, FAHIM AHMED SIDDIQUI, JUSTICE
FOR PETITIONERSFOR RESPONDENTSMiran Muhammad Shah, A.A.G. for Government of Sindh.Rao Sarfaraz Khan for Sindh Building Control Authority.
KARACHI PROPERTY INVESTMENT COMPANY (PRIVATE) LTD. THROUGH AUTHORISED OFFICERVSGOVERNMENT OF SINDH THROUGH SECRETARY & 3 OTHERS
Law: Sindh Cultural Heritage (Preservation) Act, (XII of 1994)
Section: 3,6,7,8,10,12,13,18,19
Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973
Section: 4,10-A,23,24,25,199
Law: Sindh Building Control Ordinance (XVII of 1979)
Section: 21-A
(a) Sindh Cultural Heritage (Preservation) Act (XII of 1994)------S. 3---Protected Heritage---Declaration---Procedure---Decision of government to declare property of a private person/entity as protected heritage under Sindh Cultural Heritage (Preservation) Act, 1994 depends only on recommendation of Committee.Gadoon Textile Mills and 814 others v. WAPDA and others 1997 SCMR 641 and Khawaja Ahmad Hassan v. Government of Punjab and others 2005 SCMR 186 rel.(b) Sindh Cultural Heritage (Preservation) Act (XII of 1994)-------Ss. 8, 10, 12, 18 & 19--- Sindh Buildings Control Ordinance (V of 1979), S. 21-A--Karachi Building and Town Planning Regulations, 2002, Chap. 15---Vires of Chap. 15 of Karachi Building and Town Planning Regulations, 2002---Heritage building---Preservation or protection---Scope--- Preservation or protection of heritage building/protected heritage mentioned in Chap.15 of Karachi Building and Town Planning Regulations, 2002 does not fall within scope of Sindh Buildings Control Ordinance, 1979---Such power, authority and jurisdiction rests only with the Committee and government under Ss. 8, 10, 12 & 18 of the Sindh Cultural Heritage (Preservation) Act, 1994---Such jurisdiction has overriding effect by virtue of S.19 of Sindh Cultural Heritage (Preservation) Act, 1994---Sindh Cultural Heritage (Preservation) Act, 1994 and Sindh Buildings Control Ordinance, 1979 are special laws and independent of each other having specific provisions for making rules and regulations only for carrying out their respective purposes---Rules or regulations made under either of the two laws cannot be applied to subject matter of the other law---Provisions of Chap.15 of Karachi Buildings and Town Planning Regulations, 2002 are ultra vires the Sindh Cultural Heritage (Preservation) Act, 1994 and Sindh Building Control Ordinance, 1979 and in clear conflict with Sindh Cultural Heritage (Preservation) Act, 1994, therefore, cannot be applied to protected heritage declared under Sindh Cultural Heritage (Preservation) Act, 1994.Khawaja Ahmad Hassan v. Government of Punjab and others 2005 SCMR 186 rel.(c) Interpretation of statutes------Framing of rules---Principle---When…