Karachi suo moto: SC orders to complete land survey in 3 months
KARACHI: The Supreme Court of Pakistan resumed hearing the Karachi law and order suo moto judgment implementation case Wednesday and ordered to complete the survey of government lands in three...
October 31, 2012
A five-judge larger bench headed by Anwar Zaher Jamali was hearing the case at SC’s Karachi Registry today.
Many high-ranking officials including Chief Secretary Sindh Raja Ghulam Abbas, Advocate General Sindh Abdul Fateh Malik, Additional Chief Secretary Interior Waseem Ahmed and Inspector General (IG) Sindh Police Mushtaq Shah were present in the hearing.
During today’s proceedings, Justice Anwar Jamali remarked that the government does not need any court order to conduct the land survey, in fact, it is the duty of the government to safeguard its lands.
Advocate General Sindh Abdul Fateh Malik told the court the task that was pending for the past seven years, has been accomplished by the chief secretary in only one day.
Chief Secretary Sindh Raja Ghulam Abbas, told that he had got the approval of the survey from Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah.
Justice Amir Hani Muslim said that the entire land from Gadap to Jamshoro and the area around the Super Highway is government’s property that has been encroached.
Advocate General pleaded for a year’s time to complete the land survey, however, the court granted three months to conduct the survey by utilizing latest technology.
Justice Anwar Jamali remarked that the revenue record was deliberately burnt as the influential people who have grabbed the government’s land do not want that the survey should be conducted.
In the last hearing, the bench had remarked that the encroachments and land grabbing were the main reasons behind the unrest in the city.
The court had also issued the contempt notices to Chief Secretary Sindh, Director Master Plan Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC), senior member of Board of Revenue and Director Survey.
Chief Secretary Sindh and Director Master Plan KMC were issued notices over not conducting the land survey despite Sindh High Court’s directives. Advocate General Sindh had requested the bench to not issue the show cause notice to the Chief Secretary.
