ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) division bench comprising Chief Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani will hear 14 identical petitions and appeals against allotment of plots in F-14 and F-15 sectors on Monday (tomorrow).

The sectors are being developed by the Federal Government Employees Housing Authority (FGEHA).

The petitioners included district and sessions judges of the Islamabad’s judiciary including former judge Syed Kausar Abbas Zaidi and district and sessions judgeWajid Ali.

IHC’s former and incumbent officers Umer Daraz Shakir, Sarfraz Ayub Khan, Nazir Ahmed Bajwa are also among the petitioners.

Besides these petition, the bench has also fixed for hearing an intra court appeal against the decision of single member bench in which it directed the FGEHA to make allotments of plots to those who had been left over in the balloting of sector G-13 and G-14.

The bench will take up the case related to the allotment of plots to about 50 judges of the Islamabad’s subordinate judiciary as well.

Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Aug 20 observed that the allotment of plots to the judges is a sheer conflict of interest and suspended all allotments to Islamabad’s judiciary in F-14 and F-15.

The court has also sought response from the attorney general and an explanation from the Ministry of Housing and Works over the policy for distributing plots among few segments of the society.

Published in Dawn, September 12th, 2021