Law: Colonization of Government Lands (Punjab) Act (V of 1912)

Section: 10

Colonization of Government Lands (Punjab) Act (V of 1912)-- ----S.10---Constitution of Pakistan (1973), Art.199---Constitutional jurisdiction--Locus standi to invoke---Allotment of land in favour of respondent---Petitioner's grievance was that if allotment of land in question, was not cancelled from the name of respondent allottee, unhygienic conditions in the village would be created inasmuch as dirty water of entire village would remain in streets creating problems for the villagers---Such grievance by itself, was not a ground to declare allotment of land in question in the name of respondent-allottee to be without lawful authority and of no legal consequence---Petitioner's remedy might lie somewhere else---Petitioner was unable to demonstrate as to how he was an aggrieved person within meaning of Art. 199 of the Constitution---Petitioner had thus, no locus standi to challenge allotment of land in question---Petition being devoid of merit, was dismissed in circumstances. Ch. Bashir Ahmad Khan for Petitioner. Farooq Bedar, Add1.A.-G. for Respondent No.l. ORDER Admittedly, the land in dispute comprised in Khasra No.416 was allotted to respondent No.2, Nawabzada Sadaqat Ali Khan by the competent authority. The grievance of the petitioner is that if allotment of the land in…