Tehsildar punished for delaying implementation of court order

LHC sends Kasur Tehsildar to prison for seven days for delaying implementation of civil court order.

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday sent a Kasur tehsildar to jail for seven days for defying an order of a civil court.

Tehsildar Azharuz Zaman had filed a petition in the LHC challenging a show cause notice issued by a civil court for not implementing an earlier court order. In the petition, he pleaded that he had implemented the civil court order but with a little delay. He requested the court to set aside the show cause notice issued to him by the civil court.

Justice Nasir Saeed Sheikh dismissed his petition and observed that defiance of a court order was not acceptable. The judge ordered to send tehsildar to jail for seven days, however, he allowed him to challenge his sentence by filing an appeal within 15 days.