Islamabad High Court
ISLAMABAD (court news) The Islamabad High Court has issued a notice to the CDA on the intra-court appeal of 20 more apartment sub-lease holders of One Constitution Avenue and sought its response. Justice Azam Khan and Justice Raja Inam Amin Minhas heard the intra-court appeals of 20 people including former Air Chief Mujahid Anwar Khan and Ehsan Mani. Justice Azam Khan remarked that they are issuing notices, they will call the CDA on Wednesday and you should also come prepared. Lawyer-appellant Ali Raza argued that the court should provide protection to the apartment owners, a Prime Minister’s committee has also been formed.
The lawyer requested that we want the court to issue an order to provide protection to the apartment owners because if the committee says on the 26th that we cannot do anything now, then the next day is Eid and they will come to vacate again. Justice Raja Inam Amin Minhas remarked that if you want, you can spend Eid. Lawyer Ali Raza said that we want the apartment owners to be provided protection. They have paid the money, the 200 people who are living here have paid the money, the committee that was formed is looking into the matter with the Prime Minister. According to the lawyer-appellant, the rights of the appellants were affected by para 30 of the single bench decision of the Islamabad High Court, the rights of the appellants are recognized with the possession of the apartment, the construction of residential towers B and C was in accordance with the approved layout plan. According to the lawyer-appellant, upon the cancellation of the lease in 2023, the CDA appointed the Director Estate as the administrator.
A committee was formed with the residents to manage and run the daily affairs of both the residential towers. After the cancellation of the lease, the appellants are residing under the supervision of the CDA committee. The appellants have legal rights under which they continued to reside even after the cancellation of the lease. It was requested that the rights acquired by the appellants under the sub-lease be declared legal and effective, the CDA be restrained from interfering with the peaceful possession of the apartments by the appellants, and paragraph 30 of the single bench judgment be declared null and void. The court issued notice to the DCA and sought a response by Wednesday.
