ISLAMABAD, May 13: The chief inspector of Estate Office had to face the music for misleading the Islamabad High Court (IHC) regarding reoccupation of 34 government flats by policemen.

This was stated by the Estate Office counsel during the hearing of multiple petitions against illegal allotment of government houses in the IHC.

He told the court that the chief inspector Anwar Baig had wrongly reported on May 7 to IHC Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui that the flats had been reoccupied by policemen. In fact, they were lying vacant.

The chief inspector of the Estate Office had apprised the court that 34 policemen who vacated the government apartments at G-6 Aabpara during the visit of IHC inspection team on May 2, had reoccupied the apartments soon after the team left the place.

IHC Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui then ordered the SSP operation Yasin Farooq for registration of FIR against the 34 police officials.

The police had already registered FIR against eight policemen who reoccupied the apartments in violation of the court orders.

On Monday, ASP Rizwan Gondal told the court that after registering the FIRs, disciplinary action against the eight police officers has been initiated and the policemen had obtained pre-arrest bail from the sessions’ court of Islamabad.

Regarding reoccupation of 34 government accommodations, Gondal denied the claim of Estate Office and offered the court to verify the status.

IHC Justice Siddiqui when inquired from the Estate Office about the veracity of the police officer’s statement, barrister Omer Aslam, the Estate Office counsel, said the chief inspector was a bit nervous and could not verify the information.

He said that the ministry of housing and works had suspended him for three months and started an inquiry against him.

During the proceedings the learned judge remarked that the Estate Office officials were also actively involved in the illegal allotments and unlawful occupation of the government accommodations.

Justice Siddiqui also remarked that the Estate Office has also failed to take even notice of subletting of the government accommodations to the private persons on rent and also of nonconforming use of the official flats.

Deputy attorney general Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri told the court that Estate Office official earlier gave the impression that the G-6 apartments were ‘no-go area’.

Justice Siddiqui directed the Estate Office to verify the status of 34 government accommodations and to submit a report on May 14.