CDA officials summoned in contempt case

Court directed all the parties to appear in their personal capacity on next hearing

ISLAMABAD:

Issuing contempt of court notices to three top officials of the Capital Development Authority (CDA), the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has summoned them in person along with a written statement on January 25 in a matter pertaining to not allowing a citizen rightful possession of his plot for the last 10 years despite court orders.

IHC Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri ordered the issuance of show-cause notices to Chairman Captain (retd) Anwarul Haq, Director State Tabinda Sadiq and Member State Tariq Salam during the hearing of a contempt of court petition filed by Nizamul Haque Siddiqui.

In its written order, the court said it issued show cause notices to all the parties including the CDA chairman for deliberately and wilfully disobeying its orders. The court directed all the parties to appear in their personal capacity on the next date of hearing slated for January 25.

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The petitioner, Nizamul Haque, had purchased a plot for an automobile workshop in Sector I-10/3 of the federal capital, which was transferred to the name of the petitioner on June 6, 2013. When he applied to get possession of his plot, he was told that the plot could not be given to him as the plot in question was situated in a graveyard with two graves existing on it.

When the citizen applied for an alternative plot, the matter was handed over to a committee, which was unable to decide for a long time. CDA officials told the court that the process of allotting alternative plots was delayed due to the member planning post’s vacancy.

The CDA’s lawyer assured that the petitioner would be allotted the plot within 30 days, however, his assurance did not hold as instead of getting the court directives implemented, the CDA member state got the department’s counsel delisted from its panel.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 14^th, 2024.