FALAK SHER Versus RAJAN BIBI

Petitioner Falak Sher has moved this constitutional petition praying therein that the orders passed by respondents Nos. 2 and 3 in favour of respondent No. 1 may be declared to be without lawful authority and of no legal consequence.

2. The case in brief is that respondent No. 1 being the wife of the petitioner Falak Sher moved an application for the grant of maintenance allowance, which was allowed ex parte. The petitioner went in revision, which was heard and dismissed by the learned Deputy Commissioner/ Collector, Gujranwala, on 2‑2‑1988. The learned counsel for the petitioner contended forcefully that the presence of the petitioner before the Chairman, Arbitration Council, was fictitious as the petitioner used to place thumb mark whereas signature of the petitioner has been shown to exist on the record. Learned counsel urged that this was a very material question, which has not been gone into by the revisional Court. Learned counsel for the respondent was unable to say much about this. The agreement between the learned counsel for the parties is that a direction be given to the learned revisional Court to dispose of the matter at a particular date, and A that the revision be disposed of on merits after hearing the parties.

In view of the agreement arrived at between them the order, dated 2‑2‑1988 passed by the learned Deputy Commissioner/ Collector, Gujranwala, is set aside and that the revision filed by the respondent shall be deemed pending before the revisional Court. The parties shall appear before the Deputy Commissioner/ Collector, Gujranwala, on 6‑4‑1988 and on, that date the learned Collector after hearing the parties concerned shall finally dispose of the matter on merits. With this observation this petition succeeds and is allowed leaving the parties to bear their own costs.

H.B.T./F‑7211. Case remanded.