Law: Punjab Municipal Act (III of 1911)

Section: 3 (13)

Punjab Municipal Act (III of 1911), S. 3(13)(a) & (b), Basic Democracies order (18 of 1959), S. 3(42) read with Municipal Administration Ordinance (X of 1960), S. 3(2)----Public street---Blind street having no gate or Chowkidar and no restriction placed over entry-Such facts, merely mean that street is accessible to public---Do not imply dedication to public having right of way over street---Mere accessibility of public in absence of proof of long user---Not sufficient to prove dedication-Burden of proof of long user---Lies on person asserting right of way----Such matters cannot be left to mere conjecture and surmise. Muhammad Rustam Ali Khan and another v. Municipal Committee of Karnal City A I R 1920 P C 43; Jatindra Nath Borat and another v. Corporation of Calcutta A I R 1931 Cal. 433; Bourke v. Davis (1890) 44 Ch. D 110; Attorney-General v. Antrobus (1905) 2 Ch. D 188; White House v. Hugh (1906) 1 Ch. D 253; (1906) 2 Ch. D 283; Kingston-upon-Hull Corporation v. North-Eastern Railway Co. (1916) 1 Ch. D 31; Vine v. Wenham (1915) 84 L J Ch. 913; R. v. Bradfield (1874) 9 Q B 552; Mildred v. Weaver (1862) 3 F & F 30=4 L T 225; Hull Corpora tion v. North-Eastern Railway (1914) Ente 329; (1915) 1 Ch. 456; White v. Grand Hotel, Kestbourne Lim. (1912) 82 L J Ch. 57 and (1913) 1 Ch. 113 rel. Dart on Vendors and Purchasers, 6th Edn., Vol. I, p. 411; Smith's Leading Cases, Vol. II, 9th Edn., p. 165; Rugby Charity v. Merry Weather II Edn., 37 bn.; Queen v. Pettric, &c. 24 L J R Q B 167; Woodyer v. Hadden 5 Taunt 12 and Nihal Chand v. Azmat Ali Khan I L R 7 All. 362 ref. Rana Ganpat Singh v. Kangra Valley Slate Co. 62 P R 1898; White v. Cubit (1930) 1 K B 443; Manuda Mudali and another v. Nallaya Gounden and others 1 L R 32 Mad. 527; Kumman and .another v. Sujan Singh A I R 1938 Lah. 619; M, Resham and another v. Matu Ram and another A I R 1934 Lah. 936; J. Anderson v. Juggodumba Debi 6 C L R 262 and Naba and others v. Tiara Mal and another 44 P R 1912 distinguished. (b) Basic Democracies Order (18 of 1959), S. 3(42) & (33) read with Municipal Administration Ordinance (X of 1960), S. 3(2) and West Pakistan Municipal Committee (Street) Rules, 1962, rr.…