Welfare trust accuses officials of encroachment

Petitioner claims only 200 acres were allotted in Deh Rehri, Landhi in 1993.

KARACHI:

The Sindh High Court issued notice to the secretary local government, member board of revenue and police officials on Thursday for allegedly encroaching upon 200 acres where a religious welfare trust plans to establish an Islamic university.

The general secretary of Trust Darlul Uloom Jamia Mustafa Madni, Muhammad Hajra Khan, took the secretary local government, member board of revenue, senior superintendent Bin Qasim Town police and station house officers of the Quaidabad and Sukhan police station, to court.

The petitioner claimed that the trust was allotted 200 acres in Deh Rehri, Landhi in 1993 where it plans to establish an Islamic University.



Khan said that officials of the board of revenue and police departments are continuously attempting to unlawfully take away the land. He maintained that they have demolished boundary walls constructed to protect the land and when the trust management tried to repair it, police officials threatened them.

The petitioner asked the court to declare that revenue and police officials had no lawful authority to interfere with land possession and restrain them from harassing the trust’s management.

After the initial hearing, the bench issued notice to the secretary local government, member of the board of revenue and police officials to file their replies within two weeks.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 4^th, 2013.