IHC to hear plea against allotment of plots

Commission expected to submit its report today

ISLAMABAD: The hearing of the case on the allotment of plots by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and the Federal Government Employees Housing Authority (FGEHA) in sectors, which had been established on land acquired from the native residents, will be conducted on Tuesday (today).

Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Athar Minallah will hear the petition, which has been filed by evictees of various sectors in Islamabad

In the last hearing of the case, the court had restricted the FGEHA and the CDA from allocating any further plots and ruled that it can only be done through an auction until the final verdict of the case.

A commission, comprising MNAs from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) including Asad Umar Raja Khurram Ali Khan and Ali Awan, was formed by the court to resolve the issue of affectees. The commission is also expected to submit a report during the hearing.

The IHC had ruled that the counsels could not justify the allotment of plots to some privileged people without compensating those who were forced to vacate the land and have been awaiting compensation for the past six decades.

The IHC chief justice had said that many have died in the hope of receiving compensation and termed it a classic example of the violation of fundamental human rights.

The court had also directed the federal government and CDA to execute the recommendations put forward by the commission comprising elected representatives.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 2^nd, 2020.