Case Details

Citation(s)
1963 SLG 3490 = 1963 SLD 3490 = 1963 PLD 418
Lahore High Court
Civil Revision No. 313 of 1961, decided on 25th March 1963.
Presented By: S. A. Mahmood, J  
Khirayat Ali for Petitioner.   Khalilur Rahman and Raza Hussain Shamsi for
Respondents.   Dates of hearing : 1st, 4th and 6th March 1963:

MUHAMMAD HASHIM-Appellant  

VERSUS

  ZULFIQAR ALI KHAN, GENERAL MANAGER, WEST PAKISTAN, ROAD TRANSPORT BOARD AND OTRERS Respondents

Law:

Section:

(a) Landlord and tenant-Lease---   ----Distinguished from licence-- Transfer of Property Act (IV of 1882), S. 105-Easements Act (V of 1882), S. 52-Agreement with canteen-keeper to run his business on piece of land provided by Road Transport Board against payment by canteen-keeper of a monthly sum-Held, to be a licence and not a lease-West Pakistan Urban Rent Restriction Ordinance (V. of 1959), Ss. 2 (i), 13-"Tenant"-Licensee not "tenant" within scope of S. 2 (i)-Not entitled to protection of S. 13-Licensor not bound to apply to Court to eject licensee [Halsbury's "Laws of England," Third Edn., Vol. 23, para. 1022 Azim Khan v. State of Pakistan P L D 1957 Kar. 892 ; Acting Secretary, Board of Revenue v. The Agents, South Indian Railway Company Ltd., Trichnopoly A I R 1925 Mad. 434; Sajid Ali Khar v. Muhammad Ahmad Farooqi P L D 1959 Kar. 25 ; Ashfaq Hussain v. Karachi Municipal Corporation P L D 1957 Kar. 918 Secretary of State for India in Council v. Bhupalchandra Ray Chaudhuri 129 I C 177 and Chief Administrative Officer v. Habibullah Butt P L D 1960 S C 78 ref.]   Licence Revocable--licence --   ----Contractual       licence---English       law-Similar       principles       applicable       in Pakistan--Licensee entitled to notice before eviction-Contractual licence-Breach of, by licensor-Licensee may sue for damages but not for permanent injunction-Principles underlying Easements Act (V of 1881), applicable as rules of justice, equity and good conscience---Specific Relief Act (I of 1877), S. 54 not applicable-- [Jagat Singh v. The District Board, Amritsar I L R 22 Lah. 413 and Prosonna Coomar Singha v. Ram Commar Ghose I L R 46 Cal. 640 ref].   Easements Act (V of 1882)--------   ----S. 60-Licensee raising permanent superstructure on land of licensor against express term of licence-Licensee not entitled to challenge revocation of licence by licensor-[Shahishan Begum v. Munna A I R 1927 All. 342 ; Muhammad Abdul Jamil v. Manzoor Ahmad A I R 1932 All. 572 ; Thakur Prasad v. J.…
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