Sufi GHULAM MOHYUDDIN vs _ D. S. C., JHELUM

This matter came before the Supreme Court of Pakistan regarding petitions filed by the petitioners. During the proceedings, counsel for the petitioners informed the Court that despite diligent efforts, they were unable to establish contact with their clients. Simultaneously, counsel for the respondent submitted that the Deputy Settlement Commissioner had issued an order cancelling the land in dispute on the grounds of fraud. Consequently, the respondent argued that the pending petitions had become infructuous. Accepting the submission made by the counsel for the respondent, the Court held that the petitions were rendered infructuous due to the intervening administrative order cancelling the disputed land. The Court accordingly dismissed the petitions. The judgment establishes the principle that where the subject matter of a petition is effectively extinguished or rendered moot by a subsequent administrative order, the petition itself becomes infructuous and is liable to be dismissed.