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| 1980 SLG 2202 1980 SLD 2202 = 1980 PLD 55 |
Constitutional Petition No. 30 of 1979, decided on 15th April 1980.
Before Mir Khuda Bakhsh Marri, C. J. and Zakaullah Lodhi, J
Nazir Ahmed for Petitioner. Abdul Rashid Khan for
Respondent No. 1. Muhammad Yousuf Ch., Asstt. A: G. (Baluchistan), Quetta for
Respondent No. 2
Sardar SAWAL KHAN-Petitioner
VERSUS
GUL BARAN COAL Co., QUETTA AND .ANOTHER-Respondents
Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973
Section:
Law: Baluchistan Mining Concession Rules, 1970
Section:
JUDGMENT
ZAKAULLAH LODHI, J.-Messrs Gul Baran Coal Company, the first respondent herein, was allowed mining concession over an area of 413-22 acres of land in Sharigh, District Sibi, under a prospecting licence issued on 3rd September, 1975. At the time when their application was under consideration, the petitione and few others raised an objection to its acceptance on the ground that they themselves being residents of the district, where the mining area was situated, were better entitled to its allotment. This contention appears to have found favour with the Deputy Commissioner, Sibi who recommended their claim to the Joint Director Mineral Development Department, Quetta on 25th February, 1975 ; but we are not aware as to wha happened next. The learned counsel for the petitioner has not been able to inform us whether the petitione also formally applied for the allotment of this area and was as such a contestant for the same vis-a-vis the first respondent or he has appeared on the scene now for the first time.