Law: Lahore Development Authority Act, (XXX of 1975)

Section: 14

Law: Allotment of Public Utility Sites of LDA Regulations, 2019

Section: 2(h),5(v)

Lahore Development Authority Act (XXX of 1975)------- S. 14--- Allotment of Public Utility Sites of LDA Regulations, 2019, Regln. 2(h)--Public utility site--- Community center---Petitioner assailed allotment of land in question to respondent Lahore Waste Management Company for establishing its office-- Plea raised by petitioner was that the land was designated for community center--Validity--- Site in question was not labeled as community center site at the time of approvalof plan of scheme, which required allotment through open auction within the contemplation of Regln. 5(v) of Punjab Utilities Sites of LDA Regulations, 2019--Land in question was categorized as public building, within the purview of public office sites and public utility sites--- High Court declined to interfere in the matter as there was no illegality or procedural defect committed in the process of allotment--Constitutional petition was dismissed, in circumstances.Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and 4 others v. Government of Punjab, through Housing, Physical and Environmental Planning Department and 3 others PLD 2007 Lahore 403; Shahnawaz Mallah and 2 others v. Raza Muhammad Brohi and 8 others 2013 CLC 792; Haji Lal Muhammad v. Federation of Pakistan through Secretary, Ministry of Interior Division, Islamabad through Deputy Attorney General at Peshawar and 4 others PLD 2014 Peshawar 199; Barrister Waleed Khanzada v. Federation of Pakistan through Secretary Ministry of Defence and another 2014 CLC 903; Muhammad Aqil Asim and 2 others v. Cantonment Board Clifton through Chief Executive Officer 2018 MLD 440 and Mrs. Farkhanda Farouq and others v. Defence Housing Authority and others 2019 CLC 695 distinguished.W.P. No. 14549 of 2009 and Ghulam Rasool v. Government of Pakistan through Secretary, Establishment Division Islamabad and others PLD 2015 Supreme Court 6 ref.Date of hearing: 31st January, 2024.JUDGMENTMUHAMMAD SAJID MEHMOOD SETHI, J.---Petitioner is aggrieved of conversion / allotment of Community Centre of New Muslim Town, Lahore to respondent-LWMC for its office.2.    Learned counsel for petitioner submits that as per LDA Master Plan, the plot in question was designated for…