KARACHI, Jan 23: A division bench of Sindh High Court disposed a petition moved by the Pakistan Employees Co-Operative Housing Society in terms of a compromise reached by the parties before the Supreme Court.

Under the compromise, the city district government will retain 20 acres out of a 55-acre plot on Kidney Hill for development of a park. The rest of the land will be utilised by the society for various amenity and other purposes, including a mosque and police station.

The bench consisted of Justices Mushir Alam and Mrs Yasmeen Abbasy. Advocate Abdul Hafeez Pirzada represented the petitioner society, Additional Advocate-General Dr Qazi Khalid Ali the provincial government and Advocate Manzoor Ahmed the city district government.

The bench ordered filing of the award in respect of valuation of plots of 12 petitioners of Anarkali Society, Pir Colony, Liaquatabad, which had been acquired for the expressway project.

The petitioners would be entitled to raise objections within two weeks and no coercive action would be taken against them in the meantime.

The petitioners had submitted through Advocate Ghulam Qadir Jatoi that they had been paid Rs5,000 per square yard as compensation, though an official committee had fixed the price at Rs25,000 per square yard. They had also been allotted plots measuring 120 square yards though some of the acquired plots measured 150 square yards to 200 square yards.

STAY CONFIRMED: Justice Gulzar Ahmed, meanwhile, confirmed the interim stay order passed by him in favour of a resident of Al Hayat Square in Al Hilal Co-operative Housing Society.