Law: Punjab Tenancy Act, (XVI of 1887)

Section: 70

Law: Punjab Land Reforms (Procedure for Ejectment Suits) Rules, 1977

Section: 6

Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973

Section: 199

Punjab Tenancy Act (XVI of 1887) S. 70---Punjab Land Reforms (Procedure for Ejectment Suits) Rules, 1977, R.6---Constitution of Pakistan (1973), Art.199---Constitutional petition ---Ejectment of tenant---Petition for grant of compensation---Tenants who were ejected from land in dispute filed petition for grant of compensation, which was dismissed by Tehsildar and said order was upheld up to the Board of Revenue---Tenants had contended that Tehsildar while dismissing their petition had not conducted any investigation as required under S.70 of Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887 and under R.6 of Punjab Land Reforms (Procedure for Ejectment Suits) Rules, 1977, and that petitioners were not given any notice of rejection of their petition and Tehsildar had no jurisdiction in the matter after expiry of sixty days---Validity---Order passed by Board of Revenue upholding order of Tehsildar had revealed that all contentions raised by petitioners before High Court had been looked into by Tehsildar while passing order---Tenants having enjoyed benefit of the land for four decades without paying a single penny to landlords, all Courts below were justified in holding that they were not entitled to any compensation-- Concurrent orders of Courts below having been passed in accordance with law, could not be interfered with by High Court in exercise of its Constitutional jurisdiction. Muhammad Raft and others v. Additional Commissioner (Rev.), Sargodha and others 1981 SCMR 1181 ref. Date of hearing: 24th February, 2000.                                                                                                                                                                                     ORDER Briefly stated the facts are that Haji Ali…