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| 2025 SLG 1596 2025 SLD 1596 = 2025 SCMR 544 |
Civil Petition No. 4389 of 2023, decided on 13th January, 2025. (Against the order dated 27.10.2023 passed by Peshawar High Court in Writ Petition No. 4357-P of 2017).
Present: Irfan Saadat Khan and Shahid Bilal Hassan, JJ
Tariq Aziz, Advocate-on-Record/Advocate Supreme Court for Petitioner. Nemo for
Respondents. Date of hearing: 13th January, 2025.
UMAR GUL ---Petitioner
VERSUS
Dr. HAFIZA AKHTAR and others ---Respondents
Law: West Pakistan Urban Rent Restriction Ordinance 1959.
Section: 13
West Pakistan Urban Rent Restriction Ordinance (VI of 1959)---
----S.13---Ejectment of tenant--- Relationship of landlord and tenant---Proof--Utility bills---Scope---Petitioner/tenant was aggrieved of eviction order passed by Lower Appellate Court, which was maintained by High Court---Petitioner/tenant claimed to be owner of demised premises and had relied upon utility bills in his name---Validity---Utility bills in the name of any person only denote possession of property but they do not prove ownership of the same---When tenant disputes ownership of landlord, the only recourse available with him is to file a civil suit--High Court and Lower Appellate Court had correctly decided the issue of ownership---Supreme Court declined to interfere in orders passed by Lower Appellate Court and High Court, as there was no illegality or irregularity---Petition for leave to appeal was dismissed and leave to appeal was refused.