Law: West Pakistan Land Revenue Act, 1967

Section: 164

West Pakistan Land Revenue Act (XVII of 1967)--- ----S. 164---Constitution of Pakistan (1973), Art. 199---Mutation, review of--- Review of mutation sought from Revenue Authorities after a lapse of over 12 years was disallowed by Board of Revenue in its revisional jurisdiction-- Constitutional jurisdiction, exercise of---Proper course for the petitioners was to have approached the Civil Court for the relief prayed for---Constitutional petition was dismissed. Ch. Muhammad Hayat for Petitioners. ORDER The petitioners by means of this Constitutional petition have called in question the validity of order dated 12-2-1991 passed by the learned Member, Board of Revenue, whereby he dismissed their revision petition and maintained the order dated 25-5-1987 of the Additional Commissioner (Consolidation), who had reversed the order dated 29-1-1986 of the Collector allowing review of Mutation No.231 dated 23-8-1971 on application filed by the petitioners on 9-2-1984. The main ground pressed into service by the learned Member, Board of Revenue, in rejecting the revision petition was that the petitioners sought review of the mutation after a lapse of over 12 years without making application for condonation of delay. The other ground for the aforementioned order was that the entries in mutation were…