WEST PAKISTAN WATER AND POWER DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND 2 Others

This matter came before the Supreme Court of Pakistan concerning Civil Miscellaneous Application No. 29-R of 1981 and Civil Appeal No. 272 of 1979 involving the West Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority. The core legal question addressed was the determination of the appropriate price per kanal for land acquisition or compensation, which was the subject of the impugned orders. Upon preliminary hearing and discussion, the parties reached a mutual agreement to resolve the dispute. The Court accepted this consensus, holding that the impugned orders should be maintained in their entirety, with the sole modification that the price be adjusted from Rs. 4,000 per kanal to Rs. 3,000 per kanal. Consequently, the Court disposed of the pending application and appeal in accordance with the terms of this agreement, with no order as to costs. This judgment establishes the principle that where parties reach a settlement during appellate proceedings, the Court may dispose of the matter by incorporating the agreed-upon terms into its final order, thereby modifying the impugned decision to reflect the mutual consensus of the litigants.