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(a) Constitution of Pakistan (1973)--- ---Art. 199(1)---Constitutional jurisdiction of High Court, invoking of---Principles---Held, it is sine qua non for invoking jurisdiction of High Court through Constitutional petition that petitioner must be an aggrieved person and he must have a locus standi for availing such jurisdiction. (b) Constitution of Pakistan (1973)--- ----Art. 199 (1)(a)---"Aggrieved party"---Defined. Messrs Associated Cement Companies Ltd. v. Pakistan, through the Commissioner of Income Tax, Lahore Range, Lahore and 7 others PLD 1978 SC 151; Nisar Ahmed and 2 others v. Additional Secretary, Food and Agriculture, Government of Pakistan and 3 others 1979 SCMR 299; Anjuman Araian Bhera v. Abdul Rashid and others 1982 PSC 888; Mst. Noor Jehan Begum v. Dr. Abdus Samad and others 1987 SCMR 1577; Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif v. Federation of Pakistan through Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad and 8 others 1994 CLC 2318 and Dalmia Cement Ltd. v. District Local Board, Karachi and 2 others PLD 1958 (W.P.) Karachi 211 rel. (c) Balochistan Excise Regulations (I of 1915)--- ----S. 62---British Balochistan Foreign Liquor and Country Spirit Rules, 1947, R.4 (4) [as amended by Notification No. SO (E&T) 234-Tax/99/769-78, dated 20-8-1999]---Supreme Court Rules, 1980, O.XXVIII, R.3----Constitution of Pakistan (1973), Art. 199 (1)---Constitutional petition before High Court----Maintainability---Locus standi---Imposing special costs---Provincial Government imposed import fee on all supplies of liquor to Balochistan from other Provinces---Respondent company based in another Province was aggrieved of' the notification on the ground that Notification No. SO (E&T)234-Tax/99/769-78, dated 20-8-1999, issued by Balochistan Government had placed the respondent at disadvantageous position as compared to companies situated in Balochistan---High Court, in exercise of Constitutional jurisdiction allowed the petition filed by respondent and declared the notification as without lawful authority--.-Plea raised by authorities was that respondent was not an aggrieved person under Art. 199 (1) of the Constitution hence had no locus standi to…

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