SCBA Housing Society- CJP required report on land acquisition within six weeks

LAHORE: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Saqib Nisar ordered on Thursday for a comprehensive detailed report over the land acquisition for the Supreme Court Bar Association Housing Society (SCBAHS) within six weeks.

The apex court’s Lahore Registry consisting of four-member bench, perceived the case, headed by Chief Justice Nisar, which was related to the construction issues of the housing society for legal community.

Throughout the court proceedings, the CJP inquired about the evolution in attaining land for the housing society. According to which it is informed that some remedial steps are being taken to attain land for the society.

Chief Justice Nisar further added, “The court orders are not being implemented strictly.”

He also advised the pertinent authorities to not take the land of any person who is reluctant just to make lawyers happy.

Furthermore, “We shouldn’t get complaints that land was taken forcibly,” the top judge declared.

Moreover, the president of Supreme Court Bar Association shared with the court that Rs5 billion has been collected for the housing society, adding that 8,200-Kanal land is needed for the society.

On November 21, an Islamabad High Court (IHC) bench, headed by Justice Athar Minallah, had issued a stay after in respect of a Land Acquisition Collector (LAC) notification dated October 28, 2016 for acquiring land for the Supreme Court Bar Association Housing Society (SCBAHS).

The petition, which was filed by the Government Officers Cooperative Farming Society, through their counsel Saeed Khurshid Ahmed, had stated that the SCBAHS had acquired 8,194 Kanals and 15 Marlas of land in Mouza Tamma and Mohrian situated in Zone-IV of the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) in contravention of the Land Acquisition Act 1984 (LAA), and due procedure of law.