PESHAWAR, Nov 4: Eight filling stations of district Mardan have challenged in the Peshawar High Court the selling of petrol by 33 kerosene oil outlets in the district.
A writ petition filed by the owners of these filling stations on Monday asked the court that the selling of petrol by these outlets should be declared illegal and against the law.
The plea was filed by advocate Ijaz Khan stating that under the law, these 33 stations had no legal authority to sell petrol.
Petitioners stated that previously they had filed an application with the district administration of Mardan, and the DCO cancelled the permissions given to the kerosene outlets.
But now the DCO had again permitted them to deal in other petroleum products apart from kerosene oil, they said.
They claimed that these 33 kerosene stations were given “Form J” by the government under which they could only deal in non-dangerous petroleum products including kerosene.
The petitioners stated that they were given “Forum K” by the government through which they were entitled to deal in all sorts of petroleum products.
The petitioners said they had been suffering losses due to the functioning of these kerosene outlets.
SENTENCE COMMUTED: The Peshawar High Court on Monday commuted the sentences of a former divisional forest officer (DFO) and a clerk of the forest department from five to two-year imprisonment.
Appellants Qazi Ashraf and accounts clerk Yaseen Khan were convicted by the special judge anti-corruption for misappropriating Rs137,000 during a public awareness campaign.
An FIR was registered against them by the Anti-Corruption Establishment under Section 409 of Pakistan Penal Code and Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
During the said public awareness drive, about 10,000 posters were printed and advertisements were telecast.
According to the prosecution, the officer had released five cheques in the name of the clerk who got them cashed. Under the departmental procedure, the district forest officer could only issue cross-cheques in the name of the department or the person concerned.
Special judge anti-corruption Ghulam Mohiuddin Khan had sentenced both the accused to five years imprisonment under Section 509 of the PPC and two years imprisonment to each under Section 5(2) of the PCA.
A single bench of the High Court comprising Justice Nasirul Mulq commuted their five-year prison term to two years whereas the sentence under the PCA was maintained. Both the sentences will run concurrently.