Case Details

Citation(s)
2004 SLG 1839 2004 SLD 1839 2004 CLC 834
Lahore High Court
Writ Petition No. 16618 of 2003, heard on 17-02-2004.
MUHAMMAD AKHTAR SHABBIR, J

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ABU BAKAR HAIDER SHAH

VS

MEMBER (COLONIES), BOARD OF REVENUE PUNJAB, LAHORE and 3 others

Law:

Section:

(a) Colony Manual (Punjab)------- Paras. 322 & 323---Term "Mueen"---Connotation ---Mueen, in a village, is a person who serves the people/inhabitants of the village, performing their functions in different categories like Dhobi (washerman), Tarkhan (Carpenter), Chowkidar (Watchman) and Chuhra (sweeper) etc.---All these persons serve the villagers/people and are known as village servants. (b) Words and phrases---- ----- Servant"---Meaning. Chambers English Dictionary ref. (c) Words and phrases-­ ---"Serve"---Meaning. Chambers English Dictionary ref. (d) Words and phrases--- ----"Menial"---Meaning. Chambers English Dictionary ref. (e) Words and phrases-- ----"Servile"---Meaning. Chambers English Dictionary ref. (f) Colony Manual (Punjab)--- ----Paras. 322 & 323---Government of Punjab Colonies Department letter No. 12331-71-TV/3348-CL, dated 8-11-1971---Imam Masjid, status of--­Allotment of land to Imam Masjid---Scope---Imam Masjid is not covered within the definition of "personal servants" to the villagers, he is a person who is servitor of "mosque" and leads people in prayers to Almighty Allah---Government of Punjab Colonies Department vide letter No.12331-71-TV/3348-CL, dated 8-11-1971, has excluded Imam Masjid from the list of Mueen but he has been given the right for allotment of four acres of land for his subsistence---Imam is a person who is equipped with sufficient religious knowledge and can recite the Holy Qur'an in a better way---Imam is a respectable person to the locality having sufficient religious knowledge and is pious man who is neither subordinate to Lambardar of the village nor any of the Colony/Revenue Officers---Imam of a village mosque cannot be said a Kammi, or Mueen. Muhammad Shafi v, Muhammad Abdul Rahim AIR 1930 Lah. 476. page 37 ref. (g) Colonization of Government Lands (Punjab) Act (V of 1912)----- ----S. 3---West Pakistan Land Revenue Act (XVII of 1967), S.7---Colony Manual (Punjab), Paras 322 & 323---Constitution of Pakistan (1973), Art. 199---Constitutional petition---Imam Masjid, appointment of--­Jurisdiction of Revenue Authorities---Dispute was with regard to the appointment of Imam Masjid, and Imam appointed by the…
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