SHC dismisses plea against dispossession of land: High court says order already issued for compensation of affected persons

The SHC has dismissed the petition of affected persons of a road on North Karachi against dispossession of plots by the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation, observing that a direction had already been issued for the rehabilitation of the affected persons in some other suitable place.

The high court observed that the KMC and other competent authority was responsible for resolving the dispute either through a private settlement or by paying appropriate compensation to the lease holders in case where the lease hold rights were granted to the occupants of plots on land reserved for roads, park or drainage, etc.

The petitioners have impugned the KMC notice for dispossession of the properties for alignment of the proposed Millennium 2000 Road in North Karachi.