IN THE LAHORE HIGH COURT, MULTAN BENCH,

MULTAN.

W.P. No._____________/2002

1.

Petitioners
VERSUS
1. Pakistan Council of Architects & Town Planners, through its
Chairman.
2. Chairman, Pakistan Council of Architects & Town Planners, Suite
No. 111, Ist Floor, R.S.M. Square, E1, Shaheed-e-Millat Road,
Karachi.
3.
Respondents

Writ Petition under Article 199 of the

Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan,
1973 with all other enabling provisions.

Respectfully Sheweth: -
1. That the names and addresses of the parties have correctly been
given for the purpose of their summons and citations.

2. That the Pakistan Council of Architects & Town Planners is a

statutory body constituted under the Pakistan Council of
Architects and Town Planners Ordinance 1983. The functions of
the Council as laid down in Section 8 (a) are mentioned below: -
 Sec-8. Functions of the Council: - The following shall be
the functions of the Council, namely: -

a) Maintenance of tow registers, one for persons qualified

to practice as architects and the other for persons
qualified to practice as Town Planners and two lists, one
for persons eligible to practice as unregistered architects
and the other persons eligible to practice as unregistered
town planners;

3. That the respondents are preparing all the lists and also prepared
list for unregistered architects and town planners. In the said list,
the persons having tow years diploma, 3 years diploma working
as draftsman and Naksha Nawees were included.
Directory is enclosed as Annex “A”.

4. That the petitioners are working in the same field and the
statement in respect of the particulars of the petitioners is
attached herewith as Annex “B”. The petitioners are working
successfully by the grace of God. And submitted applications to
the respondents for the enlistment of unregistered architects and
town planners, but the same were refused. Copy of application
and refusal letter are Annexes “C & D”.

5. That the reply of respondents is illegal, unlawful, arbitrary,

capricious, void ab-initio and un-warranted under the law. On the
other hand, it is the clear-cut violation of statutory provisions and
in conflict with the ordinance (ibid). The intention of the
legislation was quite clear, when section 8 (a) was inducted in
fact this assertion was a safeguard for the professionals having
lesser qualification than qualified architects and town planners.

6. That the list of unregistered architects and town planners was

firstly prepared in compliance with section 8 (a) ibid in year 1989
and since then, that is going to be amended as per availability of
applicants.

7.
 GROUNDS

i) That

ii) That

iii) That

Keeping in view the above-mentioned facts, it is

respectfully prayed that the respondents may please be
directed
Any other writ, order, direction or relief which
this Hon’ble court deems fit, may please be extended in
the favour of petitioners to meet the ends of justice.

HUMBLE PETITIONERS,

Dated: ___________

Through: -
Hammad Afzal Bajwa, Sheikh Muhammad Faheem,
Advocate High Court, Advocate High Court,
28-District Courts, Multan. 28-District Courts, Multan.
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CERTIFICATE: -
Certified as per instructions of the client,
that this is the first petition on the subject
matter. No such petition has earlier been
filed before this Hon’ble Court.
Advocate

IN THE LAHORE HIGH COURT, MULTAN BENCH,

MULTAN.
 W.P. No. ______________/2002

Humayun Irshad etc. Vs. Govt. of Punjab etc.

AFFIDAVIT of: -

I, the above named deponent do hereby

solemnly affirm and declare that the contents of
the above-mentioned petition are true and correct
to the best of my knowledge and belief and
nothing has been kept concealed thereto.

DEPONENT

Verification: -
Verified on oath at Multan, this _____ day
of April 2002 that the contents of this affidavit
are true & correct to the best of my knowledge
and belief.

DEPONENT

IN THE LAHORE HIGH COURT, MULTAN BENCH,

MULTAN.
 In re: C.M. No. _____________/2002
In
W.P. No.____________/2002

Humayun Irshad etc. Vs Govt. of Punjab etc.

APPLICATION FOR DISPENSING WITH THE

FILING OF CERTIFIED COPIES OF ANNEXURES.
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Respectfully Sheweth:-
That certified copies of Annexures “A to H” are not
available. However, uncertified/photo state copies of the
same have been annexed with the petition, which are true
copies of original documents.

It is, therefore, respectfully prayed that this Hon’ble

court may please dispense with the filing of aforesaid copies
of documents.
PETITIONERS

Dated: __________

Through: -

IN THE LAHORE HIGH COURT, MULTAN BENCH,

MULTAN.
 In re: C.M. No. _____________/2002
In
W.P. No.____________/2002

Humayun Irshad etc Vs. Govt. of Punjab etc.

DISPENSATION APPLICATION.

AFFIDAVIT of: -

I, the above named deponent do hereby

solemnly affirm and declare that the contents of
the above-mentioned application are true and
correct to the best of my knowledge and belief
and nothing has been kept concealed thereto.

DEPONENT

Verification: -
Verified on oath at Multan, this _____ day
of April 2002 that the contents of this affidavit
are true & correct to the best of my knowledge
and belief.

DEPONENT

IN THE LAHORE HIGH COURT, MULTAN BENCH,

MULTAN.
 W.P. No.____________/2002

Humayun Irshad etc Vs Govt. of Punjab etc.

INDEX

S. No. NAME OF DOCUMENTS ANNEXES PAGES

1 Urgent Form
2 Stamp Paper worth Rs. 500/-
3 Writ Petition.
4 Affidavit
5
6
7
8 Dispensation Application.
9 Affidavit.
10 Application U/s 151 C.P.C.
11 Affidavit.
12 Vakalatnama
PETITIONERS
Dated: ____________

Through: -
Hammad Afzal Bajwa,
Advocate High Court,
28-District Courts, Multan.
C.C. No. 20959
Sheikh Muhammad Faheem,
Advocate High Court,
28-District Courts, Multan.
C.C. No. 20176