Law: Electoral Rolls Act, 1974

Section: 7,11,25

Electoral Rolls Act (XXI of 1974)-   ---Ss.7,11 25 finding that his name had been entered as voter in voters list of certain area at L, getting his name removed from that list and requesting that he may be registered as a voter at O where he owned property--Registration Officer, however, refusing petitioners application on the ground that he was actually residing at L--High Court declining to exercise constitutional jurisdiction on sole ground that the petitioner had not disclosed that he had got his name deleted from the voters list of L with the effect that petitioner and members of his family ceased to be voters at both places--Leave to appeal granted to consider question of law raised by petitioners counsel that it was not necessary to be enlisted as voter that apart from owning property one should also reside there and that the petitioner was entitled to be registered as a voter at O after removal of his name from the voters list of at L--Court by an interim order, directed also that petitioner be taken as a voter of Halqa at O subject to other restrictions and prohibitions contained in the relevant law. ORDER SHAFIUR RAHMAN, J.- The petitioner wanting enrolment as a voter in Halqa No.8, Municipal Committee, Okara, seeks leave to appeal against the judgment of the Lahore High Court, Lahore, dated 10-11-1987 whereby his Constitutional Petition challenging the orders of the Registration Officer, Okara, was dismissed on the sole ground that he had suppressed the disclosure of material fact in the constitutional petition. The facts as have emerged at the hearing are that the petitioner and the members of his family allegedly, according to the petitioner, without his knowledge were entered as voters in the electoral list of Model Town, Lahore. All the same as in the previous election he had been enrolled as a voter at Okara where he owned property and finding his name not there he moved an application on 14-10-1987 seeking revision of the electoral roll with a view to get his name included therein. It is alleged that on 1-11-1987 arguments were heard and an indication was given that the order would be announced the same day but in fact it was announced on…

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