Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973

Section: 199

Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973

Section: 199

Constitution of Pakistan (1973)-----Art. 199---Punjab Local Government Elections Rules, 2005, Rr.12 & 14---Constitutional petition, withdrawal of---Petitioner/candidate in his constitutional petition had levelled serious allegations against respondent/ Returning Officer, but Returning Officer who appeared in the Court, rebuffed said allegations---Counsel for petitioner had submitted that he wanted to withdraw constitutional petition---Levelling false and wild allegations against innocent persons disregarding their status and position, not only was illegal, but also was a sin in accordance with Islam---Under Constitution, to malign judiciary was a serious offence---Request of counsel for petitioner for withdrawal of constitutional petition was declined and constitutional petition was dismissed with cost to be paid by the petitioner. Ch. Binyameen Khalil for Petitioner. Tariq Khursheed Khawaja, Civil Judge 1st Class/Respondent No.2. ORDER SYED SHABBAR RAZA RIZVI, J.--- A serious allegation was levelled against the learned Returning Officer/Mr. Tariq Khursheed Khawaja, Civil Judge, 1st Class mentioned as respondent No.2 in this writ petition. 2. The precise allegation contained in para. No.6 of the writ petition is as under: "That the petitioner being the contesting interested candidate approached the office of respondent No.2/Returning Officer and after having the nomination papers the petitioners submitted his nomination papers duly supported by the covering candidate as well as the nominee but the learned Returning Officer did not consider the nomination papers of the petitioner under the influence of sitting Nazim and Naib Nazim." 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner was cautioned on the last…

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