Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973

Section: 199

Summary: The case involves multiple constitutional petitions filed by cooperative housing societies and their office bearers challenging the conduct of elections for the Karachi Cooperative Housing Societies Union Limited (KCHSUL) held on 27.12.2025. Petitioners allege irregularities including: Incomplete scrutiny and authentication of nominations by the erstwhile Receiver. Rejection of nominations on extraneous grounds. Elections conducted without proper quorum (14 societies present instead of required 16). Disobedience of prior judicial Orders dated 30.09.2025 and 10.12.2025. Respondents (Nazir of the Court and Receiver) argued that: Elections were conducted according to the modified orders of the Federal Constitutional Court. Final nomination list was duly verified and the quorum was satisfied. Temporary administrative measures taken by the Receiver were within his mandate. Court held that: The petitions raise issues already pending in contempt proceedings before the Federal Constitutional Court. Exercising jurisdiction now could create conflicting findings. Therefore, petitions are deferred without touching merits; parties may approach the court after the contempt proceedings are decided. Sections / Articles Used: Article 199, Constitution of Pakistan – Constitutional petition under High Court jurisdiction. Contempt proceedings references – Not a specific statutory section, but related to judicial enforcement of prior court orders. Governing rules of Cooperative Societies – regarding elections, quorum, and nomination procedures (specific cooperative law not mentioned but implied). Two 2-Word Descriptions of the Case: Election Dispute Judicial Compliance O R D E R  By this common Order, we intend to dispose of the instant constitutional petitions along with the connected application, as they arise out of the same set of facts and circumstances and involve identical and interrelated questions of law and fact. In the earlier round of litigation, the Petitioners had instituted C.P. No. D-4458 of 2025, which came to be disposed of by this Court vide Order dated 30.09.2025, whereby, inter alia, the Secretary, Cooperative Department,…