Law: Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908)

Section: O. XXII, rr. 2, 4, 1, r. 10, 151

Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1962

Section: 98

  Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908) O. XXII, rr. 2 & 4 read with O. 1, r. 10 & S. 151----Abatement----No application for setting aside abatement or for condonation of delay filed and belated application made merely for deleting name of deceased respondent and substituting writ petitioners' names in his place-- Afdavit filed by one petitioner only and that too vague and not disclosing date of knowledge of deceased's death----Each day of delay not explained---Held : Writ petition having abated long ago could not be cured by mere deletion of deceased's name or addition of names of contestants under O. 1, r. 10 or S. 151-Constitution of Pakistan (1962), Art. 98. Chand and others v. Abdul Ghaffar and others P L D 1965 Lah. 596 not fol. Sardar Noor Hussain v. Chief Settlement Commissioner, Lahore and 2 others P L D 1973 Lab. 809 ; Mukha and others v. Rifat Pasha Shaikh, Member, Board of Revenue and others 1972 S C M R 514 ; Abdul Ghani v. Settlement Commissioner and 2 others (1971) S C M R 98 ; Hussain Bakhsh v. Settlement Commissioner Rawalpindi and others P L D 1970 S C I and Mst. Anar Begum v. The Settlement and Rehabilitation Commis sioner (Land), Multan Division and 3 others P L D 1973 Note 85 rel. H. M. Naqvi for Petitioners. Date of hearing : 29th November 1973.                                                                                                                   JUDGMENT The dispute in this case is about land measuring 7 kanals and 12 marlas comprised of Khasra No. 3614 (area 5 kanals and 14 marlas and Khasra No. 3664 (area 1 kanal and 18 marlas) situated in village Har Chuhar Dhab, Tehsil Chakwal, District Jhelum. The fields hereinbefore mentioned were allotted to Wali-Ullah Khan respondent No. 3 alongwith the other land on 23-12-1959 against his verified claim for land left in India in the non-agreed area. A perusal of Annex. "A",…