Case Details

Citation(s)
1988 SLG 2755 1988 SLD 2755 1988 SCMR 1735
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Civil Appeal No. 287 of 1978, decided on 19th July, 1988. (Against the judgment Dated 29-4-1977 of the Lahore High Court, Lahore in R.S.A. No. 839 of 1972). Date of hearing: 1st June, 1988.
MUHAMMAD HALEEM, C.J., SHAFIUR RAHMAN AND USMAN ALI SHAH, JJ

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SHER BAHADUR--Appellant

VS

BEHRAM KHAN---Respondent

Law: Punjab Pre-emption Act, 1913

Section: 21,4,3,(1),15

Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973

Section: 185(3)

Law: Displaced Persons (Land Settlement) Act, 1958

Section: 10

(a) Punjab Pre-emption Act (I of 1913)--   ---S.21--Constitution of Pakistan (1973), Art. 185(3)--Leave to appeal granted to pre-emptor to examine whether he had a superior right of pre-emption being a co-sharer of the Khata of the occupancy rights which was the subject-matter of sale.   (b) Punjab Pre-emption Act (I of 1913)-   ---Ss.4 3, cl. (1) 15--Displaced Persons (Land Settlement) Act (XLVII of 1958), S.10--Occupancy rights being covered by the definition of land, sale thereof will be pre-emptible--Rights settled in evacuee land under Settlement Law are transferable and the transfer thereof can invite a pre-emption claim in appropriate case.   Section 4 of the Punjab Pre-emption Act, 1913 recog6izes the right of Pre-emption in agricultural land or village immovable property or urban immovable property. .agricultural land has been defined under section 3, Clause (1) of the Punjab Pre-emption Act to mean land as defined in the Punjab Alienation of Land Act, 1900 but it does not include the rights of a mortgagee, whether usufructuary or not, in such land. In the Punjab Alienation of Land Act, Clause (3) of section 2 defines land as land which is not occupied as the site of any building in a town or village and is occupied or let for agricultural purposes or for purposes subservient to agriculture or for pasture and includes--   (a) the sites of buildings and other structures on such land;   (b) a share in the profits of an estate or holding:   (c) any dues or any fixed percentage of the land revenue payable by an inferior land owner to a superior land owner; . (d) a right to receive rent;   (e) any right to water enjoyed by the owner or occupier of land as such;   (f) any right of occupancy; and   (g) all trees standing on such land.   Occupancy rights being covered by the definition of land under the Pre-emption Law, the sale thereof will be pre-emptible.   The rights settled in evacuee land under the Displaced Persons (Land Settlement) Act are transferable and the transfer thereof can invite a pre-emption claim in appropriate cases.   Being a case of allotment and permanent settlement ofโ€ฆ
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