Law: Constitution of Pakistan 1973

Section: 199

(a)Constitution of Pakistan (1973)   Art. 199-Writ jurisdiction -Judicial review of administrative actions of Government-Held, within competence of High Court.   (b) Pakistan Allocation Rules, 1971   8. 14-Cancellation of allotment of residential accommodation to Central Government servant-Allottee Government servant not found to be guilty of transferring accommodation-Held, provisions of r. 14 cannot be pressed into service in such case.     Date of hearing: 28th April, 1981.                                                                                                                        JUDGMENT   This matter came up earlier in High Court in Writ Petition No. 5995/80 which was disposed of by the order of my learned brother Muhammad Afzal Lone, J., on 26-7-1980. A review application was made by the petitioner, but the application was dismissed as withdrawn.   2. The petitioner is a Central Government servant and was allotted House No. 571, Shadman in November, 1976. That house was subsequently dehired and the petitioner was given alternate accommodation at 33-A Urdu Nagar. That house was not vacant and the petitioner reported back to the Estate Officer who allotted House No. 15-E to the petitioner in the Central Government Employees' Colony near the Wahdat Colony, Lahore. The petitioner objected to this house as it was below his entitlement. The Estate Officer then asked the petitioner to look for a house on his own which could be allotted to him. The petitioner proposed House No. 155, Shadman and offered to make up the deficiency of his entitlement if this house was above his entitlement. Somehow this house could not be allotted to the petitioner. In the meantime the allotment of House No. 571 was cancelled from the name of the petitioner without providing any alternate accommodation. The petitioner challenged that order…