In the name of Allah, merciful, Beneficent

(Mr. Justice Umar Ata Bandial) Chief Justice, Lahore High Court, Lahore.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Umar Ata Bandial being sworn in as Chief Justice of Lahore High Court, Lahore.

Illuminated Lahore High Court, Lahore Building

CONTENTS

FOREWORD 1

CHAPTER 1: OVERVIEW OF LAHORE HIGH COURT, LAHORE

1.1 History of High Court ………………………………… 11 1.2 Jurisdiction & Powers of High Court ……………….... 23

1.2.1 Original Jurisdiction ………………………. 24 1.2.2 Appellate Jurisdiction ……………………… 24 1.2.3 General ………………………………….. 24 1.2.4 Other Courts ……………………………… 25

1.3 Composition of the Hon’ble Judges ………………… 27 1.4 Hon’ble Administration Committee …………………. 32

CHAPTER 2: HIGH COURT – JUDICIAL ACTIVITY

2.1 High Court- Judicial Activity ……………………….. 38

2.2 Institution, Disposal & Pendency of Principal Seat and 39 its Benches ………………………………………. 2.3 Consolidated Statement Showing Institution, Disposal, 40 Transfer & Pendency Of Cases ……………………. 2.4 Institution of Cases at Principal Seat and Benches … 42

2.5 Disposal of Cases at Principal Seat and Benches …… 44

2.6 Pendency of Cases at Principal Seat and Benches … 46

2.7 Categories of Judicial Cases Under which Institution of 48 Fresh Cases is made ………………………………

2.8 Judicial Wing ……………………………………. 50

2.8.1 Copy Branch ……………………………… 51 2.8.2 Judicial and Miscellaneous Branch …………. 52 2.8.3 Scanning Section …………………………. 53 2.9 Punjab Sub-Ordinate Judiciary Service Tribunal …….. 54 CHAPTER 3: DISTRICT JUDICIARY – ORGANIZATIONAL GLANCE

3.1 Sanctioned Strength of Judicial Officers …………….. 58 3.2 District & Sessions Judges/Senior Civil Judges ……… 58

CHAPTER 4: DISTRICT JUDICIARY - JUDICIAL ACTIVITY

4.1 Consolidated Statement showing Pendency, Institution, 64 and Disposal of cases in the Subordinate Courts ……. 4.2 Category-Wise Statement showing Institution, Disposal 65 and Balance in the Sessions Courts ………………… 4.3 Consolidated Category-Wise Civil & Criminal Statement 70 showing Previous Pendency, Institution, Disposal and Balance in the Civil Courts ……………………...... 4.4 Pendency, institution and disposal of cases in Banking 77 Courts. ………………………………………….. 4.5 Pendency, institution and disposal of cases in Anti- 78 Terrorism Courts. ………………………………… 4.6 Pendency, Institution and disposal of cases in 79 Accountability Courts. …………………………..... 4.7 Pendency, institution and disposal of cases in Drug 80 Courts. ……………………………………………

4.8 Pendency, institution and disposal of cases in Labour 80 Courts. …………………………………………… 4.9 Pendency, institution and disposal of cases in Anti- 81 Corruption Courts ………………………………… 4.10 Pendency, institution and disposal of cases in 82 Consumer Courts. ………………………………… 4.11 Pendency, institution and disposal of cases in Special 83 Courts (Central). …………………………………. 4.12 Pendency, institution and disposal of cases in CNS 83 Courts. …………………………………………… 4.13 Institution, disposal & pendency of applications for the 84 custody of Rescued Children in the Child Protection Court, Lahore……………………………………. 4.14 Category-wise pendency, disposal and institution of 85 cases in Environmental Protection Tribunal…….….… 4.15 Category-wise pendency, disposal and institution of 86 cases in LDA Tribunal. …………………………… CHAPTER 5: HIERARCHY AND MANAGEMENT

5.1 Organizational Chart………………………………. 90 5.2 Administration and Management of Lahore High 92 Court ……………………………………………..

CHAPTER 6: PERFORMANCE OF VARIOUS WINGS

6.1 Member Inspection Team Wing………………………… 102 6.2 Complaint Cell…………………………………….. 109 6.3 Human Rights Cell ……………………………….. 111

6.4 Finance Wing……………………………………. 112

6.4.1. Budget Branch……………………………. 113 6.4.2 Accounts Branch ………………………….. 115 6.4.3 Bill Branch ……………………………….. 117 6.4.4 Receipt Branch ………………………… 118 6.4.5 Purchase Branch ………………………. 118 6.4.6 Audit Cell …………………………………. 119 6.5 Legislation Wing …………………………….. 121 6.6 Library ………………………………………….. 130

6.7 Planning and Development Wing ………………… 133

6.7.1 Planning and Development Branch…… 134 6.7.2 Building Branch…………………………. 138 6.8 Transport Branch…………………………………. 152

6.9 Information Technology Wing ……………………. 154

6.9.1 Software Applications and Data Base 154 Development ……………………………… 6.9.2 Network/Hardware Section ………………… 157

6.10 Establishment Wing ………………………….. 162

6.10.1 Gazette Branch-1 …………………………. 163 6.10.2 Gazette Branch-II …………………………. 164

6.10.3 Staff Branch ……………………………… 166

6.11 Judicial Officers’ Establishment Wing …… 170

6.11.1 Confidential Branch-I ……………………… 171 6.11.2 Confidential Branch-II …………………….. 175 6.11.3 Judicial Officers’ Branch-I (JOB-I) …… 177 6.11.4 Judicial Officers’ Branch-II (JOB-II) … 179

6.12 General & Services Wing ………………………… 182

6.12.1 General Branch …………………………… 183 6.12.2 General Issue Section …………………….. 184 6.12.3 Resident Branch ………………………….. 185 6.12.4 Protocol Branch …………………………… 186 6.12.5 Lower Court Establishment Branch …………. 189 6.12.6 Security Branch …………………………… 190

CHAPTER 7: INQUIRIES, RESEARCH / NATIONAL JUDICIAL POLICY CELL AND RESEARCH CENTER OF LAHORE HIGH COURT, LAHORE

7.1 Inquiries, Research/National Judicial Policy……………. 196

7.2 National Judicial Policy Cell ………………………………. 200

7.3 Research Center……………………………………………. 205

CHAPTER 8: INSTRUCTIONS TO DISTRICT JUDICIARY 211

HEAD NOTES OF IMPORTANT CHAPTER 9: 226 JUDGEMENTS

IMPORTANT NOTIFICATIONS, CHAPTER 10: 233 CIRCULARS & OFFICE-ORDERS

FOREWORD

(IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE MOST COMPASSIONATE, EVER MERCIFUL)

The Court's obligation to furnish annual reports is designed to facilitate, evaluation of its performance and to enhance its accountability. Annual reporting also ensures that a significant amount of information, otherwise unavailable, is placed on the public record. Nevertheless, the reporting obligation has generated disquiet from time to time, s ome seeing in it the potential to detract from judicial independence. This report presents a comprehensive overview of progress and achievements made by this Court during the year 2012. It also gives a brief account of the history and evolution of the Cour t.

An honest, efficient and independent judiciary is the best safeguard against injustice in society. The real test of judicial system is its effect on individual’s lives. Judicial system besides being accessible, fair and effective should respond to the needs of society.

The District courts are the courts, who are directly responsible to give justice and relief to the masses

[1] who always look up towards it with the hope for a positive, pro-active and an impartial response. It is absolutely imperative to ensure that the Judicial Officers/Judges do not falter in delivering justice to the hopeless, wretched and vulnerable litigant public. First preference of the High Court was courts of original jurisdiction where people approach first of all for redressal of their disputes. Environment, workplace and infrastructure of these courts will be improved even slashing budget of High Court so that district courts judges could decide cases with peace of mind.

Development work in the judicial sector has far reaching impact on the performance of district judiciary with this objectives and providing congenial working conditions to the District Judiciary, so that the efficiency and standard of their work remains unhampered by the recurrent schedule of electricity load-shedding. A scheme estimated @ Rs. 23 Million was approved for purchase of generators for all the Sessions and Civil Courts of Punjab a gigantic project of judiciary, the scheme comprising total of 140 diesel generators sets the scheme divide into two phase, phase-I of the scheme was completed and 108 generators sets are fully installed in the districts courts all over the Punjab, Phase –II is under process and would immensely facilitate the logistic proble ms of the District Judiciary.

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In my regular meetings with my brethren Judges and members of the District judiciary, I always stressed that resolving grievances of the aggrieved people is a great virtue and asked the judges to deliver comprehensive judgments without fear or favor so tha t these could not be challengeable at higher forum. Dignity and credibility of courts will be enhanced with help of such judgments and this was the hallmark of the judiciary. In order to clear the backlog of old cases on a priority I have directed all the District & Sessions Judges and Senior Civil Judges use red color files for oldest cases pending in each court. These red color files should be distinguishable from other category of cases and should be given preference for disposal over all other cases. All the courts seized of the oldest category cases had been directed to decide the cases by taking these on fast track, holding hearing on a day-to-day basis.

Green Benches have been constituted in pursuance of the recommendations of the Bhurban Declaratio n 2012--A Common Vision on Environment for the South Asian Judiciaries during South Asian Conference on Environmental Justice, under the aegis of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. I have declared all the courts of District and Session judges, Senior Civil Ju dges and all the courts of Civil Judges Cum Judicial Magistrates at sub-division level as green courts so as to hear all [3] the cases under the Pakistan environmental protection act 1997 as well as under ordinary jurisdiction involving the issues of environment or relating to environment interest litigation. I have also directed them to transfer all the environmental related cases to the Green Benches of the Lahore High Court and Green Courts at district and Tehsil level from the courts where they are pending at the moment for further proceedings.

Members of the Bar being an essential part of the system of justice have always been on my top priority as without their sacrifices and relentless struggle, dream of independence/restoration of apex judiciary would never have come true. Lawyers played a distinguished role in upholding the rule of law in the country in the wake of lawyers’ movement and this fact has been acclaimed world over. Lawyers’ Community has sacrificed their lives in the past to establish rule of law. Ever since assumption of the office of Chief Justice of this Court, I held regular meetings with representatives of various Bars of the Province and tried my level best to resolve their genuine problems. I asked the judges speak through their judgments, treat the lawyers equally and appreciate the counsel arguing the case well.

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I am sanguine that the year 2012 has seen this Court striding forward in its mission to provide justice to all at any cost. To do injustice is worst than to suffer it. We have sincerely endeavored to maintain a hig h standard of judicial administration and improved our Court system. I am confident that we can build on the success of the past year and achieve a new level of excellence in the next year. We must be determined to uphold the supremacy of the Constitution and Rule of Law without any discrimination on the ground of race, religion and caste and devote ourselves to the service of justice to all.

Finally, the opportunity is taken to thank to everyone who participated/contributed towards the Institution’s rise and development in the past year. I expect that in the days to come all of them would maintain their commitment and performance level with zeal and zest, diligence and honesty enabling us to meet the challenges of the future.

May Allah Almighty guide and help us in the discharge of our onerous but at the same time sacred duties (Aamin).

(UMAR ATA BANDIAL) CHIEF JUSTICE

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Hon’ble Chief Justice with Hon’ble Judges

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Hon’ble Chief Justice Mr. Justice Umar Ata Bandial Inaugurating Lahore High Court Mosque

Hon’ble Chief Justice Mr. Justice Umar Ata Bandial Inaugurating ATM machine installed by Muslim Commercial Bank at Lahore High Court, Lahore

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CHAPTERNO:1

OVERVIEW OF LAHORE HIGH COURT

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1.1. HISTORY OF HIGH COURT.

The history of the High Court at Lahore is not only a proud record of the judiciary over the last hundred and thirty eight years in this part of the world but also a saga of the march of social, political, economic and constitutional events, which brought about cataclysmic changes in the history of the sub- continent. Prior to 1830, conditions prevailing in the Principalities, ruled by independent Chieftains in the Punjab, were deplorable. Crime was rampant and had become a hereditary profession. Neither there were any judicial courts nor written laws nor any established authorities to maintain or enforce them. The cases were decided by Chieftains according to their own caprices.

For the first time in 1849, a Board of Administration was constituted and Punjab was divided into Divisions, Divisions into Districts and Districts into Tehsils. The Divisions were under the charge of Commissioners, Districts were controlled by Deputy Commissioners and Tehsils were supervised by Assistant and Extra Assistant Commissioners. By 1864, the necessity of expanding judicial machinery was keenly felt. A bill for the formation of the Chief Court of the Punjab was introduced on 16th February, 1866 and the Chief Court Act-IV of 1866 was promulgated by the Governor General. On 17.02.1866, two Judges were appointed and in the same year, a Civil Procedure Code was made applicable to the courts. In

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1884, the following classes of courts, subordinate to the Chief Court were constituted:-  The Divisional Court.

 The Court of the District Judge.

 Court of the Subordinate Judge.

 The Court of Munsif.

In 1919, the Chief Court was elevated to the status of a High Court by Letters Patent and in pursuance of a notification dated 1st April, 1919.

The Government of India Act, 1935 made certain radical changes in the Constitution and powers of the various High Courts in the British India. The new Act provided that Judges would hold office during good behavior whereas, previously they held office during his Majesty’s pleasure. Instead of the ceiling of twenty Judges fixed by the previous Act, the new Act left it to his Majesty to fix the number of Judges separately for each High Court depending upon their requirements. All acting appointments of Judges were left in the hands of the Governor-General and powers of the Local Governments were withdrawn. Under the old system, the Chief Justice had always been a Barrister Judge, however, the new Act removed this barrier and opened the Chief Justice-ship to Civilian Judges as well. The old Act fixed a definite proportion of Civilian and Barrister Judges in the composition of the High Court which was removed by the new Act. The new Act also fixed the 60 years age limit for the High Court Judges which did not exist in [14] the old Act but which was otherwise enforced by the terms of the Judges’ appointment. By virtue of the Government of India (High Court Judges) Order, 1937, maximum number of Judges for the several High Courts in India was fixed. In each case the number so stated was exclusive of the Chief Justice but included all additional judges. The maximum number of Judges fixed for the Lahore High Court was 15. The said Order also prescribed the scale of pay and rights as to leave, pension and gratuity etc. of the Judges serving in the different High Courts in India including the Lahore High Court.

After partition of India in 1947 into two Dominions viz. Pakistan and India, the High Court’s (Punjab) Order, 1947 created a new High Court of Judicature for the territory of East Punjab (India) and the High Court (Lahore) Order, 1947 preserved continuance of the Lahore High Court.

On the establishment of West Pakistan in 1955, the High Court of West Pakistan (Establishment) Order XIX of 1955 converted the Lahore High Court into the High Court of West Pakistan with permanent Benches at Karachi and Peshawar and Circuit Benches at Quetta and Bahawalpur.

The 1956 & 1962 Constitutions of Pakistan continued the High Court of West Pakistan with certain changes. The year 1967, February 17th to be exact, saw the centenary celebrations of the High Court of West Pakistan. A significant event of this occasion was a ceremony wherein the Judges and Lawyers of

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“In the name of Allah the Most Merciful, the All- knowing, the Omnipotent, the Grantor of all Prayers, the Omnipresent, the Greatest Judge and Final Arbiter. In special memory to those who have made the supreme sacrifice to preserve this Temple inviolate and who are no longer today with us but by whose efforts this House still holds itself pure and clean in body and spirit and in gratitude to all who in life and death have sought to preserve it as a noble instrument of Thy Will and Command; we dedicate this High Court of West Pakistan and ourselves to Thee and beg of Thee for Thy Mercy and Blessing. Almighty God, we pray that this House of Justice by Thy grace be endued with Thy light and spirit. Pour down Thy glory on this Court and consecrate it with Thy wisdom and love. Exalt it in spirit and in strength that it may be Thy instrument to fulfill Thine Divine Commands. Give us, Thine servants, strength, wisdom and truth. Enlighten us from ignorance and inspire us with Thy light. Grant us grace truly and impartially to administer justice and to uphold truth to the glory of Thy Name. And of Thy infinite mercy so direct and dispose our hearts that we may fulfill Thy will and fall into no error of judgment. Grant us humility. Have mercy upon us and give us grace so to Judge within the limits set by Thee. Grant our prayer and bestow upon us the fortitude and freedom to do justice according to law and uphold the Constitution of Pakistan without fear or favour, affection or ill-will.”

With this sublime vow the West Pakistan High Court (now Lahore High Court) assumed the unique responsibility to play a leading role in the country for zealously and actively upholding the supremacy of law and justice.

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On the Dissolution of the Province of West Pakistan, the High Court (Establishment) Order, P.O. 8 of 1970 replaced the West Pakistan Court with Peshawar High Court for N.W.F.P. Lahore High Court for Punjab and Sindh, Balochistan High Court for Sindh and Balochistan. The Constitution of Pakistan 1973 continued the Lahore High Court.

Subsequently, by virtue of an amendment in the High Court (Establishment) Order P.O.8 of 1970, promulgated in 1981, the Lahore High Court has its Principal Seat at Lahore and permanent Benches at Rawalpindi, Multan and Bahawalpur. It supervises and controls 37 courts of District and Sessions Judges, 291 courts of Additional District and Sessions Judges, 791 courts of Senior Civil Judges/Civil Judges-cum-Judicial Magistrates, 57 courts of Special Judicial Magistrates besides, Judges Small Causes Courts, Special Judicial Magistrates, Special Courts viz. Anti-Corruption, Drugs, Narcotics, Anti- Terrorism, Labour, Accountability, Customs, Anti-Smuggling, Environment, Banking, LDA Tribunal and Service Tribunal etc.

Initially, permanent strength of Judges of the High Court at Lahore was limited to seven but this kept on increasing from time to time. Finally, it was enhanced to 60 in the year 2008-09.

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High Court View of Eastern Side in 1920

High Court Viewed from Western Side in 1925

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The Lahore High Court, Lahore (Without the two Corner Blocks) Prior to 1923.

The Lahore High Court, Lahore (South Eastern Block).

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1.2. JURISDICTION AND POWERS OF HIGH COURT:

The jurisdiction of Lahore High Court covers almost all civil and criminal matters cognizable under various laws. It has also jurisdiction to hear and determine any matter instituted under the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan 1973 or involving its interpretation or of any other law.

The Division benches also hear appeals against the decisions of single benches. It is empowered to make rules to regulate its practice & procedure and of the subordinate Courts and exercises supervisory jurisdiction over the subordinate judiciary. Apart from revisional and review powers it may take, of its own, notice of any event or eventuality.

The Chief Justice is assisted in his administrative responsibilities by the Judges/members of the Administration Committee and Registrar of the Court. The Chief Justice may delegate any of his administrative powers to the members/Judges of the Committee. Similarly, Registrar may also exercise powers on behalf of Chief Justice, if so delegated, in relation to administrative affairs of the Court. The Chief Justice assigns different tasks to the members of the Administration Committee and the Registrar in terms of the High Court Rules & Orders. In addition, the Chief Justice may constitute Committees to deal with certain particular issues.

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1.2.1 ORIGINAL JURISDICTION:

A High Court, under the Constitution, has original jurisdiction to make an order:-

 Directing a person within the territorial jurisdiction of the Court to refrain from doing anything he is not permitted to do by law or to do anything he is required to do by law;  Declaring that any act done by a person without lawful authority is of no legal effect;  Directing that a person in custody be brought before it, so that the Court may satisfy itself that he is not being held unlawfully;  Giving such directions to any person or authority, for the enforcement of any of the fundamental rights conferred by the Constitution. Besides the original jurisdiction conferred by or under various laws, a High Court has the power to withdraw any civil or criminal case from a trial Court and try it itself. 1.2.2. APPELLATE JURISDICTION:

A High Court has appellate jurisdiction against the judgments, decisions, decrees and sentences passed by the civil and criminal Courts.

1.2.3. GENERAL:

A High Court has the power to make rules regulating its practice and procedure and of Courts subordinate to it. The High Court supervises and controls all Courts subordinate to it and any decision of a High Court is binding on all Courts subordinate to it.

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1.2.4 OTHER COURTS:

 CIVIL. In every district of a Province, there is a Court of the District Judges, which is the principal Court of original jurisdiction in civil matters. Added to this are the Courts of Additional District Judges. Besides the Court of District Judge, there are Courts of Senior Civil Judges and Civil Judges who work under the supervision and control of the District Judge, and all matters of civil nature originate in the Courts of these Judges. The District Judge may, however, transfer any matter from any Additional District Judge, Senior Civil Judge and Civil Judge. Appeals against the judgments and decrees passed by the Civil Judges, in cases where the value of the suit does not exceed the specified amount, lie to the District Judge.

 CRIMINAL. In every district, there is a Court of Sessions Judge and Courts of Magistrates. Criminal cases punishable with death and imprisonment for life as well as cases arising out of the enforcement of laws relating to Hudood are tried by Sessions Judges. The Court of a Sessions Judge is competent to pass any sentence authorized by law. Offences not punishable with death are tried by Magistrates. Among the Magistrates there are Magistrates of 1st Class, II Class and III Class. An appeal against the sentence passed by a Sessions Judge lies to the High Court and against the sentence passed by a Magistrate to the Sessions Judge if the term of sentence is up to four years, otherwise to the High Court. [25]

 SPECIAL COURTS AND TRIBUNALS. To deal with specific types of cases, Special Courts and Tribunals are constituted. These are: Special Courts for Trial of Offences in Banks; Special Courts for Recovery of Bank Loans; Special Courts under the Customs Act; Special Courts Anti-Terrorism and Control of Narcotic Substances; Courts of Special Judges Anti-Corruption; Drug Courts; Labour Courts; Insurance Appellate Tribunal; Income Tax Appellate Tribunal and Service Tribunals. Appeals from the Special Courts lie to the High Courts, except in case of Labour Courts and Special Traffic Courts, which have separate forums of appeal.

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1.3. COMPOSITION OF THE HON’BLE JUDGES:

The composition of the Hon’ble Judges as on 31-12- 2012 is mentioned here under:-

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Umar Ata Bandial, 1 Chief Justice 2 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sagheer Ahmad Qadri 3 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Nasir Saeed Sheikh 4 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sh. Najam ul Hasan 5 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kh. Imtiaz Ahmad 6 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik 7 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sardar Tariq Masood 8 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan 9 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah 10 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rauf Ahmad Shaikh 11 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ijaz Ahmad 12 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Muhammad Khalid Mehmood Khan 13 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Shahid Hameed Dar 14 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Muhammad Yawar Ali 15 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Muhammad Anwaarul Haq 16 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sardar Muhammad Shamim Khan 17 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Mamoon Rashid Sheikh 18 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Muhammad Farrukh Irfan Khan 19 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan 20 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi 21 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Mazhar Iqbal Sidhu 22 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Altaf Ibrahim Qureshi 23 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Abdus Sattar Asghar 24 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Mehmood Maqbool Bajwa 25 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan

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26 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Muhammad Ameer Bhatti 27 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ch. Muhammad Younis 28 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah 29 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Syed Muhammad Kazim Raza Shamsi 30 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Malik Shahzad Ahmad Khan 31 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Abdul Sami Khan 32 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ibad-ur-Rehman Lodhi 33 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Shujaat Ali Khan 34 Hon’ble Mrs. Justice Ayesha A. Malik 35 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Shahid Waheed 36 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ali Baqir Najafi

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Hon'ble Chief Justice presenting bouquet to Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sagheer Ahmad Qadri on his retirement.

Hon'ble Chief Justice presenting bouquet to Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ch. Shahid Saeed on his retirement. [29]

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1.4. HON’BLE ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE:

(As on 31-12-2012)

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE UMAR ATA BANDIAL CHIEF JUSTICE- (CHAIRMAN)

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Hon’ble Mr. Justice Nasir Sagheer Ahmad Saeed Sheikh Qadri (2nd Judge) (1st Judge)

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sh. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Najam-ul-Hasan Khawaja Imtiaz Ahmad

(3rd Judge) (4th judge)

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sardar Manzoor Ahmad Tariq Masood Malik (6th Judge) (5th Judge)

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Hon’ble Chief Justice, distribute Shields amongst participants during ceremony on the completion of Service Training Course of Women Civil Judges held at Punjab Judicial Academy

Hon’ble Chief Justice, Hon’ble Senior Puisne Judge, Registrar & Director General Punjab Judicial Academy with Under-training Women Civil Judges

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CHAPTERNO:2

HIGH COURT JUDICIAL ACTIVITY

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2.1. HIGH COURT- JUDICIAL ACTIVITY:

The Hon’ble Chief Justice and Judges of this Court are constitutionally entrusted with the most arduous but sacred duty of not only deciding fates of the people but also shoulder the gigantic and sensitive responsibility of keeping a check on the overall social, political and judicial system of the country upon which the whole super-structure of a society as well as country stands erected. Therefore, very existence of this august institution and the judicial system owes a lot to the perspiring and relentles s performance of Hon’ble Judges who have to hold courts from dawn to dusk to provide justice to this nation. The statements tabulated in the pages to follow are thumping proof of their tireless endeavors for maintaining peace & tranquility in the society and putting on the right path the socio -political system of the country.

However, it may not be out of place to mention here that assistance to the Hon’ble Courts, of paralegal staff working in number of judicial branches viz. Writ, Criminal, Civil & Commercial, is part & parcel and an inseparable ingredient of justice dispensation system. Moreover, some other Sections coping with judicial business such as Institution, Copy

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&Scanning etc. also tremendously contribute in facilitating the litigant public.

2.2. INSTITUTION, DISPOSAL & PENDENCY OF PRINCIPAL SEAT AND ITS BENCHES DURING THE YEAR 2012:

PENDENCY INSTITUTION DISPOSAL B AL ANCE AS O N 1.1.20 12 1.1. 20 12 AS O N BENCHES TOTAL 1.1.20 12 TO TO 31.1 2.20 12 31.1 2. 20 12 31.1 2. 20 12 PRINCIP AL SEAT 73307 83941 157248 70079 87169 BAHAWALPUR BENCH 14408 15370 29778 15586 14192 M ULT AN BENCH 32660 35417 68077 27060 41017 RAWALPINDI BENCH 10010 12962 22972 9523 13449 To tal: 130385 147690 278075 122248 155827

BALANCE ON 31.12.2012 AT PRINCIPAL SEAT AND ITS BENCHES:

Sr.# Cases Category Pendency 1 CIVIL 42105 2 CRIMINAL 35087 3 CONSTITUTIONAL 69880 4 COMMERCIAL 8755 BALANCE 155827

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2.3. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT SHOWING INSTITUTION, DISPOSAL, TRANSFER& PENDENCY OF CASES:

C a t e g or y PENDING INSTITUTION TOTAL DISPOSAL B A L A N C E o f c a s e s ON 1 . 1 . 2012 1 . 1 . 2 0 1 2 ON 1 . 1 . 2012 TO TO 3 1 . 1 2 . 2 0 1 2 3 1 . 1 2 . 2 0 1 2 3 1 . 1 2 . 2 0 1 2 L.P.A/I.C.A 182 3 146 5 328 8 132 1 196 7 R.F.A 636 5 810 717 5 802 637 3 R.S.A 156 0 372 193 2 169 176 3 F.A.O 255 2 807 335 9 779 258 0 S.A.O 258 57 315 107 208 C.R. 239 87 938 3 333 70 498 2 283 88 W r i t C a s e s 484 17 627 30 111 147 503 57 607 90 W . P . ( S e t t ) 411 330 741 98 643 I.T.A. | W.T.A 166 1 26 168 7 49 163 8 Service Appeal 0 48 48 17 31 R.A. 231 250 481 173 308 T.A. 353 111 9 147 2 112 1 351 P.T.R 356 5 374 393 9 125 381 4 Custom Appeal 119 4 179 137 3 201 117 2 C.O 225 109 334 52 282 E.F.A 638 179 817 147 670 C.O.S(B) 633 248 881 68 813 EX.A.(B) 147 29 176 17 159 P L A ( B ) 501 318 819 75 744 P.S.L.A 988 589 157 7 350 122 7 Murder Ref. 325 2 989 424 1 520 372 1 Crl. APPEAL 161 29 676 5 228 94 274 8 201 46 C r l . R e v . 375 4 283 6 659 0 161 5 497 5 C r l . M i s c . 409 5 445 06 486 01 438 22 477 9 Crl. Misc. (Q) 36 69 105 69 36 C r l . O r g. 324 6 580 3 904 9 347 4 557 5 C.S.R 202 13 215 12 203

Commercial 26 112 138 38 100 A p p e a l

P e t i t i o n 50 40 90 36 54 Cooperative S.T.A | S.T.R 654 585 123 9 117 112 2 Objection Cases 242 5 631 5 874 0 817 4 566 Cross Objection 0 21 21 2 19

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E.S.A 0 5 5 1 4 CTR 148 6 154 6 148 ETR 40 38 78 - 78 TAX.REF/APPL 287 165 452 105 347 C M (B) 532 - 532 499 33 TOTAL 130385 147690 278075 122248 155827

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2.4. INSTITUTION OF CASES AT PRINCIPAL SEAT AND BENCHES:

C a t e g or y o f P R I N C I P A L BAHAWALPUR M U L T A N RAWALPINDI TOTAL c a s e s SEAT BENCH BENCH BENCH INSTITUTION L.P.A/I.C.A 737 187 264 277 146 5 R.F.A 68 115 233 394 810 R.S.A 215 52 105 - 372 F.A.O 285 86 227 209 807 S.A.O 17 7 22 11 57 C.R. 546 2 766 161 5 154 0 938 3 W r i t C a s e s 337 55 700 3 179 54 401 8 627 30 W . P . ( S e t t ) 330 - - - 330 I.T.A. | W.T.A 13 5 - 8 26

S e r v i c e 48 - - - 48 A p p e a l R.A. 175 19 45 11 250 T.A. 713 101 244 61 111 9 P.T.R 374 - - - 374

C u s t om 136 1 40 2 179 A p p e a l C.O 100 5 - 4 109 E.F.A 110 11 50 8 179 C.O.S(B) 236 - 12 - 248 EX.A.(B) 29 - - - 29 P L A ( B ) 318 - - - 318 P.S.L.A 245 67 228 49 589 Murder Ref. 542 61 174 212 989 Crl. APPEAL 343 5 102 6 139 9 905 676 5 C r l . R e v . 140 1 250 776 409 283 6 C r l . M i s c . 269 59 470 3 902 3 382 1 445 06 C r l . M i s c . (Q) 56 - - 13 69 C r l . O r g. 362 3 346 158 2 252 580 3 C.S.R 13 - - - 13

Commercial 12 - - 100 112 A p p e a l

P e t i t i o n 40 - - - 40 Cooperative S.T.A | S.T.R 485 - 94 6 585

O bj e c t i o n 394 5 559 128 7 524 631 5 C a s e s

C r o s s 15 - - 6 21 O bj e c t i o n

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E.S.A 5 - - - 5 CTR 6 - - - 6 ETR 38 - - - 38 TAX.REF/APPL - - 43 122 165 C M ( B ) - - - - - TOTAL 83941 15370 35417 12962 147690

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2.5. DISPOSAL OF CASES AT PRINCIPAL SEAT AND BENCHES:

Category of P R I N C I P A L BAHAWALPUR M U L T A N RAWALPINDI TOTAL c a s e s SEAT BENCH BENCH BENCH DISPOSAL L.P.A/I.C.A 666 244 215 196 132 1 R.F.A 496 119 113 74 802 R.S.A 116 24 25 4 169 F.A.O 494 63 93 129 779 S.A.O 61 15 20 11 107 C.R. 248 2 116 4 720 616 498 2 W r i t C a s e s 260 08 735 5 134 28 356 6 503 57 W . P . ( S e t t ) 97 - 1 - 98 I.T.A. | W.T.A 16 - 5 28 49

S e r v i c e 17 - - - 17 A p p e a l R.A. 123 22 17 11 173 T.A. 687 145 240 49 112 1 P.T.R 125 - - - 125

C u s t om 198 1 2 - 201 A p p e a l C.O/COS 39 11 2 - 52 E.F.A 92 11 36 8 147 C.O.S(B) 68 - - - 68 EX.A.(B) 17 - - - 17 P L A ( B ) 75 - - - 75 P.S.L.A 146 55 108 41 350 Murder Ref. 396 29 68 27 520 Crl. APPEAL 133 2 447 606 363 274 8 C r l . R e v . 819 176 433 187 161 5 C r l . M i s c . 268 86 456 2 910 3 327 1 438 22 C r l . M i s c . (Q) 53 - - 16 69 C r l . O r g. 214 4 531 530 269 347 4 C.S.R 12 - - - 12

Commercial 4 - - 34 38 A p p e a l

P e t i t i o n 36 - - - 36 Cooperative S.T.A | S.T.R 111 4 - 2 117

O bj e c t i o n 575 5 608 128 7 524 817 4 C a s e s

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E.S.A 1 - - - 1 CTR 6 - - - 6 ETR - - - - - TAX.REF/APPL - - 8 97 105 C M ( B ) 499 - - - 499 TOTAL 70079 15586 27060 9523 122248

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2.6. PENDENCY OF CASES AT PRINCIPAL SEAT AND BENCHES:

Category of P R I N C I P A L BAHAWALPUR M U L T A N RAWALPINDI TOTAL c a s e s SEAT BENCH BENCH BENCH PENDENCY L.P.A/I.C.A 118 6 218 375 188 196 7 R.F.A 293 5 795 156 4 107 9 637 3 R.S.A 979 151 593 40 176 3 F.A.O 130 6 240 714 320 258 0 S.A.O 79 14 98 17 208 C.R. 125 08 372 4 813 1 402 5 283 88 W r i t C a s e s 323 00 624 3 191 50 309 7 607 90 W . P . ( S e t t ) 560 - 83 - 643 I.T.A. | W.T.A 160 1 6 9 22 163 8 Service Appeal 31 - - - 31 R.A. 156 29 98 25 308 T.A. 268 19 42 22 351 P.T.R 381 4 - - - 381 4 Custom Appeal 113 2 - 38 2 117 2 C.O 266 5 - 11 282 E.F.A 607 12 18 33 670 C.O.S(B) 739 5 68 1 813 EX.A.(B) 150 - 6 3 159 P L A ( B ) 744 - - - 744 P.S.L.A 841 51 252 83 122 7 Murder Ref. 250 3 194 623 401 372 1 Crl. APPEAL 116 66 126 4 493 1 228 5 201 46 C r l . R e v . 271 6 360 134 4 555 497 5 C r l . M i s c . 279 0 330 886 773 477 9 C r l . M i s c . (Q) 33 - - 3 36 C r l . O r g. 328 2 394 161 7 282 557 5 C.S.R 203 - - - 203

Commercial 34 - - 66 100 A p p e a l

P e t i t i o n 54 - - - 54 Cooperative S.T.A | S.T.R 992 - 114 16 112 2

O bj e c t i o n 418 138 10 - 566 C a s e s

C r o s s 13 - - 6 19 O bj e c t i o n E.S.A 4 - - - 4

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CTR 148 - - - 148 ETR 78 - - - 78 TAX.REF/APPL - - 253 94 347 C M ( B ) 33 - - - 33 TOTAL 87169 14192 41017 13449 155827

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2.7. CATEGORIES OF JUDICIAL CASES UNDER WHICH INSTITUTION OF FRESH CASES IS MADE:

Abbreviations of Full Description Categories L.P.A./I.C.A. Letter Patent Appeal/Intra Court Appeal R.F.A. Regular First Appeal R.S.A. Regular Second Appeal F.A.O. First Appeal against Order S.A.O. Second Appeal against Order C.R. Civil Revision W.P. Writ Petition W.P. (Sett.) Writ Petition (Settlement) I.T.A. Income Tax Appeal S.A. Service Appeal R.A. Review Application T.A. Transfer Application T.A Tax Appeal P.T.R. Petition for Tax Reference T.R. Tax Reference C. A. Custom Appeal Ex-Petition Execution Petition C.O. Civil Original E.F.A. Execution First Appeal C. Ref. Civil Reference C.O.S.(B) Civil Original Suit (Banking) Ex.A.(B) Execution Application (Banking) Petition for Leave to Appeal and Defend P.L.A.(B) (Banking) C.A.(B) Custom Appeal (Banking)

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Abbreviations of Full Description Categories C.M.(B) Civil Miscellaneous (Banking) P.S.L.A. Petition for Special Leave to Appeal M.R. Murder Reference Crl. Appeal Criminal Appeal Crl. Revision Criminal Revision Crl. Misc. Criminal Miscellaneous Crl. Misc.(Q) Criminal Miscellaneous (Quashment) Crl. Original Criminal Original Report Report E.P. Election Petition Obj. Case Objection Case Cross Objection Cross Objection Petition Co-op. Petition Co-operative Commercial Appeal Commercial Appeal S.T.A. Sales Tax Appeal C.O.S. Civil Original Suit Labour Appeal Labour Appeal E.S.A. Execution Second Appeal Ex. Application Execution Application Banking Matter Banking Matter D. No. Diary Number Ex. Appeal Execution Appeal Crl. Ref. Criminal Reference C.T.R. Civil Tax Reference Civil Suit Civil Suit State Bank Petition State Bank Petition

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2.8. JUDICIAL WING:

Judicial wing holds Central importance in the working mechanism of any system of judicial transaction the wing under discussion is responsible for all matters related to the administration of justice, such as, courtroom proceedings, issuance of notices/summons, fixation of cases, issuance of certified copies/order sheets/ judicial record, replies and para-wise comments in Civil, Criminal, Writ, Commercial and Tax Cases printing of paper books of murder cases etc. The wing headed by Addl. Registrar comprises Deputy Registrars and Assistant Registrars.

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2.8.1. COPY BRANCH:

Copying agency holds immense importance in the working mechanism of any system of judicial transaction since litigant public and lawyer’s community cannot get consequential benefit or relief of judicial orders/judgments until & unless they are not issued certified copies thereof. The issuance of attested copy in this behalf must be prompt and timely so that justice done to any aggrieved is not spoiled. Taking this all important aspect into consideration, Copy branch over the year, has appreciably improved its performance in keeping with the desire and directions of Hon’ble Chief Justice and Judges. Some services extended to the litigants at the copy counter have been switched to computerization mode which step has proved instrumental in providing speedy facilitation to the public and lawyers.

Following is the telling proof of the marked improvement in the output of the said agency during the year 2012 in juxtaposition to previous two years i.e.2009, 2010 &2011 : -

Total No. of C.Ps processed during the 1 1,22,040 year 2012.

It will be pertinent to mention here, performance of previous three years made by Copy Branch for comparison sake:-

Total No. of C.Ps processed during the year 1 97,439 2009. Total No. of C.Ps processed during the year 2 1,10,201 2010. Total No. of C.Ps processed during the year 3 1,05,860 2011. [50]

2.8.2. JUDICIAL AND MISCELLANEOUSBRANCH:

The efficiency of Judicial and Miscellaneous branch during the period in question is depicted below: -

DISPATCH SECTION:

ASSIGNMENTS DISPOSALS

No. of letters issued in Criminal, Writ, Commercial and Civil Branches 96127

Movement of cases to Writ Branch 68920

No. of LCRs. Moved to Civil, Writ and Commercial 725 Branch No. of LCRs. Moved in Criminal cases 1569

Grand total 167341 HEAD RECEIPT CELL:

ASSIGNMENTS DISPOSALS Criminal Record 2907 Civil (All Categories) R.F.A. + E.F.A. 759 R.S.A. + Transfer Application (T.A in civil) 335

F.A.O. + S.A.O 216 Civil Revisions. 132 Commercial 17 Writ Matters. 153 Supreme Court Writ Matters. 62 Supreme Court Civil Revisions Matters 111 Total Diary (Replies and Comments) 26296 Supreme court Letters & Criminal Jail Appeals 2948

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2.8.3. SCANNING SECTION:

Scanning Section of the Lahore High Court is an important agency which deals with composing and printing of paper books of murder references/criminal appeals, pre-requisites for fixation of these cases. As contemplated by High Court Rules & Orders, input of this Section is quite cardinal/significant as murder references can only be decided after printing of paper books. This Section has the services of Urdu & English Composers as well as Calligraphists besides, copying & binding staff to prepare paper books. The performance of this Section during the year 2012 remained as under: -

Category of cases Disposals

No. of Cases processed for 923 Preparation of Paper Books

No. of Cases processed for 74 Compromise Grand Total 997

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2.9. PUNJAB SUB-ORDINATE JUDICIARY SERVICE TRIBUNAL: Punjab Sub-ordinate Judiciary Service Tribunal is an appellate forum having exclusive jurisdiction in respect of matters relating to the terms and conditions of service, efficiency & discipline of Judges of the District Judiciary functions under the administrative control of the Lahore High Court. Its composition at the closure of the year 2012 was as under:-

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan (Chairman)

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah (Member)

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Muhammad Farrukh Irfan (Member)

Needless to say that in order to facilitate the Tribunal and to cater cases fixation/institution, Service Tribunal Branch stands established in this Court under the incharge-ship of an Assistant Registrar directly supervised by a Deputy Registrar (Tribunals) who also acts as Registrar of the said Tribunal.

The performance of this section during the year 2012 is as under:-

Sr. Category of Previous Institution Disposal Balance No. cases Pendency

Service 1 Appeals 157 19 23 153 filed in 2012

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CHAPTERNO:3

DISTRICT JUDICIARY ORGANIZATIONAL GLANCE

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3.1. WORKING STRENGTH OF JUDICIAL OFFICERS:

S. Working Working Category of the strength in strength on ex - Total # Judicial Officer. the field. cadre posts. District 1 36 85 121 &Sessions Judges Additional 2. District 249 9 258 &Sessions Judges Senior Civil 3. Judges+ Judge 36+1=37 04 41 Small Causes Court Civil Judges- 4. 827 18 845 Cum-Judicial Magistrates

3.2. DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGES/SENIOR CIVIL JUDGES POSTED IN THE FIELD (AS ON 31-12-2012):

Sr. District and District Senior Civil Judge Sessions Judge No. 1 Attock. Mr. Mujahid Mustaqim Mr. Tariq Saleem Ahmad 2 Bahawalnagar. Mr. Tahir Sabir Mr. Kabir Ahmad

3 Bahawalpur Mr. Bahadar Ali Khan Mr. Abid Ali

4 Bhakkar. Mr. Ch. Zafar Iqbal Mr. Zahid Hussain Naeem Bakhtiar 5 Chakwal. Moqurab Khan Mr. Liaqat Ali Ranjha

6 Chiniot Ch. Khaliq-uz-Zaman Mr. Anjum Mumtaz Malik

7 D.G.Khan Mr. Khalid Naveed Dar Mr. Fayyaz Ahmad Zaheer 8 Faisalabad. Mr. Muhammad Mr. Ashfaq Ahmad Rana Rashid Qamar

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9 Gujranwala. Raja Akhlaq Hussain Mr. Ijaz Ali

10 Gujrat. Mr. Muhammad Tariq Mr. Muhammad Faisal Abbasi Ahmad 11 Hafizabad. Syed Pervez Ali Shah Mr. Muhammad Altaf

12 Jhang. Mr. Shahid Rafiq Javed Iqbal Bosal

13 Jhelum. Ch. Humayun Imtiaz Mr. Muzammal Musa

14 Kasur. Mr. Tariq Iftikhar Mr. Rafaqat Ali Qamar Ahmad 15 Khanewal. Mr. Muhammad Islam Syed Imran Raza Naqvi

16 Khushab. Mr. Muhammad Tanvir Mr. Muhammad Saleem Mir Iqbal 17 Lahore Mr. Nazir Ahmad Mr.Farrukh Hussain SCJ Gujana Mr. Shahzadah Masud 18 Layyah. Mr. Mahboob Qadir Mr. Muhammad Khalid Shah IshaqSadiq, Sr.C.J/JSCC. 19 Lodhran. Mr. Javed Iqbal Syed Nasir Ali Bokhari

20 M.B. Din. Mr.Muhammad Khalid Mr.Muhammad Farrukh Shabbir Hameed 21 Mianwali. Malik Muhammad Mr. Nasir Javed Rana Akram Awan 22 Multan. Mr. Sarwar Saleem Mr. Tariq Mahmood Ullah 23 Muzaffargarh. Mr. Abdul Rehman Mr. Muhammad Kashif Khan 24 Nankana Mian Muhammad Ms.Kaneez Faiza Bhatti Anwar Nazir 25 Narowal. Mr. Muhammad Abdul Mr. Muhammad Masood Nasir Hussain 26 Okara. Mr. Safdar Saleem Mr. Afaq Ahmad Shahid 27 Pakpattan. Mr. Abid Hussain Mr. Muhammad Suleman Qureshi 28 R.Y.Khan. Mr. Muhammad Ilyas Ch. Shabbir Hussain

29 Rajanpur. Ch. Abdul Rasheed Dr. Jamil Ahmad Abid Shahzad

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30 Rawalpindi. Syed Maruf Ahmad Ali Mr. Muhammad Rizwan Arif 31 Sahiwal. Mr. Mushtaq Ahmad Tarar Mr. Muhammad Nadeem

32 Sargodha. Mr. Abdul Sattar Mr. Izhar-ul-Haq

33 Sheikhupura. Mr. Khaqan Babar Mr. Gulzar Ahmad Khalid

34 Sialkot. Mr. Ameer Muhammad Mr. Irfan Saeed Khan 35 T.T. Singh. Ch. Mushtaq Ahmad Mr. Adnan Mushtaq

36 Vehari Syed Hamid Hussain Mr. Ahmad Nawaz Khan Shah

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CHAPTERNO:4

DISTRICT JUDICIARY JUDICIAL ACTIVITY

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4.1. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT SHOWING PENDENCY INSTITUTION & DISPOSAL OF CASES IN THE SUBORDINATE COURTS IN THE PUNJAB:

Pendency of Institution Dispos al Balance as Name of the all from 1.1.2012 from 1.1.2012 on Court categories of to to 31.12.2012 31.1 2.20 12 cases as on 31.1 2.20 12 1.1.20 12 D&SJJ/AD&SJs 113435 755504 739141 129798 Senior/ Civil Judges/ Judicial 854123 1409505 1368907 894721 Magistrates. Banking Courts. 29985 19499 16671 32813 ATA Courts. 426 1355 1344 437 Accountability Courts. 202 49 104 147 Drug Courts. 1888 2811 2624 2075 Labour Cou rts. 7892 5538 7194 6236 An ti-Corruption Courts. 2796 2347 1974 3169 Consumer Courts 2246 5192 5066 2372 Special Courts (Cen tr al). 4114 5065 5007 4172 CNS Courts. 185 260 181 264 Child Protection 259 1291 119 349 Courts. Punjab Environmental Protection -- 1974 189 1785 Tribun al. LDA Tribunal. 80 08 17 71

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4.2. CATEGORY-WISE STATEMENT SHOWING INSTITUTION, DISPOSAL AND BALANCE AS ON 31.12.2012 IN THE SESSIONS COURTS IN PUNJAB:

Session/STA Murder Cases (1) Hadood Cases (2) Name of Districts

P r e I ns t D i s p B a l P r e I ns D i s B a l A t t o c k 2 0 3 3 3 6 2 7 8 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 Bahawalnagar 3 4 3 6 2 0 5 7 9 3 8 4 1 0 1 0 B a h a w a l p ur 5 3 8 5 3 8 5 3 6 5 4 0 3 1 3 1 B h a k k a r 1 4 8 4 4 7 4 2 7 1 6 8 0 0 0 0 C h a k w a l 1 1 4 2 4 7 2 4 5 1 1 6 0 2 2 0 C h i ni o t 3 8 2 5 5 4 4 5 4 4 8 2 25 2 26 1 D . G . K h a n 4 0 7 1 6 9 3 4 0 2 3 6 67 4 70 1 F a i s a l a b a d 1 2 8 4 1 9 6 0 1 5 5 8 1 6 8 6 46 3 48 1 G uj r a n w a l a 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 8 6 4 6 3 7 4 0 4 0 G uj r a t 5 1 9 5 7 4 4 9 8 5 9 5 2 1 2 1 H a f i z a b a d 3 3 3 3 9 9 3 3 3 3 9 9 0 3 1 2 J h a n g 5 2 2 8 1 4 6 8 8 6 4 8 26 3 28 1 J h e l um 86 2 6 2 2 4 6 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 K a s ur 7 0 9 1 5 5 1 1 5 5 6 7 0 4 3 46 2 47 K h a n e w a l 3 9 8 1 1 9 9 1 1 3 1 4 6 6 37 4 39 2 K h u s h a b 1 0 5 1 6 8 1 4 8 1 2 5 0 2 2 0 L a h or e 1 4 8 4 3 5 9 4 3 1 1 4 1 9 6 4 5 6 5 1 4 0 7 1 3 9 3 5 7 9 L a y ya h 1 3 8 2 5 7 2 2 9 1 6 6 1 3 4 0 L o d hr a n 1 6 8 6 3 5 5 3 8 2 6 5 0 0 0 0 M . B . D i n 3 2 5 4 1 5 3 8 3 3 5 7 0 0 0 0 M i a n w a l i 2 9 2 2 8 9 2 2 0 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 M ul t a n 5 4 9 7 5 4 6 4 4 6 5 9 9 23 26 6 Muzaffargarh 4 0 6 1 0 6 4 9 0 0 5 7 0 0 6 6 0 Nankana Sahib 3 7 3 7 7 1 6 9 8 4 4 6 1 0 1 0 N a r o w a l 1 3 5 2 5 6 2 3 2 1 5 9 0 0 0 0 O k a r a 8 3 1 9 5 1 7 8 5 9 9 7 2 1 2 1 P a k p a t t a n 4 0 8 1 2 6 6 1 1 1 9 5 5 5 4 1 4 1 R . Y. K h a n 4 7 3 7 5 4 6 8 8 5 3 9 0 17 16 1 R a j a n pu r 2 3 9 4 7 9 3 8 6 3 3 2 2 2 3 1 R a w a l p i n di 5 2 8 8 9 7 8 9 3 5 3 2 2 2 3 1 S a h i w a l 6 1 9 9 3 1 8 8 5 6 6 5 1 0 1 0 S a r g o d h a 6 4 6 8 4 6 7 4 6 7 4 6 8 4 11 1 Sheikhupura 7 5 3 1 0 9 4 1 1 5 7 6 9 0 7 1 8 0 S i a l k o t 3 8 4 1 0 2 4 9 3 9 4 6 9 1 0 0 1 T . T . S i n g h 2 5 0 4 5 1 3 7 4 3 2 7 0 0 0 0 V e h a r i 4 0 3 5 8 1 5 2 3 4 6 1 1 1 2 0

Grand Total 1 5 9 9 6 2 8 1 4 7 2 5 3 3 4 1 8 8 0 9 8 1 8 1 5 4 0 1 7 0 9 6 4 9

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Narcotics Cases(3) Habeas Cases(4) N a m e of D i s t r i c t s

P r e I ns t D i s p B a l P r e I ns D i s B a l A t t o c k 100 859 748 211 0 161 160 1 Bahawalnagar 28 192 152 68 7 421 422 6 B a h a w a l p ur 74 117 98 93 9 623 629 3 B h a k k a r 32 243 243 32 2 256 255 3 C h a k w a l 47 307 314 40 1 274 267 8 C h i ni o t 102 289 169 222 9 392 394 7 D . G . K h a n 173 14 121 66 11 488 495 4 F a i s a l a b a d 761 190 1 180 1 861 16 128 7 129 3 10 G uj r a n w a l a 345 154 5 135 8 532 0 238 231 7 G uj r a t 76 476 414 138 5 346 350 1 H a f i z a b a d 215 580 586 209 2 214 216 0 J h a n g 145 490 433 202 2 648 647 3 J h e l um 39 262 246 55 0 119 117 2 K a s ur 237 142 6 132 7 336 1 346 346 1 K h a n e w a l 132 127 202 57 12 566 557 21 K h u s h a b 39 257 247 49 4 265 264 5 L a h or e 238 9 853 1 752 8 339 2 43 125 8 127 9 22 L a y ya h 24 31 39 16 7 497 493 11 L o d hr a n 30 102 89 43 20 441 452 9 M . B . D i n 109 157 205 61 3 159 162 0 M i a n w a l i 147 506 518 135 1 32 33 0 M ul t a n 375 613 637 351 12 115 7 112 9 40 Muzaffargarh 71 283 273 81 20 102 6 102 6 20 Nankana Sahib 132 917 828 221 4 103 107 0 N a r o w a l 31 125 122 34 2 238 236 4 O k a r a 57 186 138 105 15 730 725 20 P a k p a t t a n 66 231 237 60 11 545 548 8 R . Y. K h a n 189 332 312 209 9 111 0 109 8 21 R a j a n pu r 15 117 89 43 6 417 416 7 R a w a l p i n di 325 185 1 166 5 511 6 550 543 13 S a h i w a l 59 203 217 45 2 607 607 2 S a r g o d h a 361 854 926 289 14 697 709 2 Sheikhupura 202 899 856 245 4 306 297 13 S i a l k o t 264 204 9 188 5 428 5 385 390 0 T . T . S i n g h 50 308 289 69 9 406 410 5 V e h a r i 107 170 213 64 16 723 724 15

Grand Total 754 8 275 50 255 25 957 3 290 180 31 180 27 294

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Harassment Cases(5) Registration Cases (6) N a m e of D i s t r i c t s

P r e I n s t D i s p B a l P r e I n s t D i s p B a l

A t t o c k 0 0 0 0 40 123 5 123 7 38 Bahawalnagar 28 121 4 120 6 36 185 823 8 824 5 178 B a h a w a l p ur 30 169 4 170 0 24 302 829 6 837 8 220 B h a k k a r 28 760 729 59 9 122 1 113 9 91 C h a k w a l 4 43 47 0 33 116 8 117 1 30 C h i ni o t 19 507 522 4 139 320 5 319 3 151 D . G . K ha n 64 614 569 109 260 379 9 381 4 245 F a i s a l a b a d 90 291 8 297 4 34 110 9 224 11 224 07 111 3 G uj r a n w a l a 2 109 111 0 525 135 69 133 39 755 G uj r a t 0 25 25 0 84 273 7 275 8 63 H a f i z a b a d 14 176 176 14 83 225 9 222 7 115 J h a n g 8 717 696 29 188 495 4 492 9 213 J h e l um 4 88 92 0 24 121 4 121 7 21 K a s ur 9 442 446 5 222 624 9 623 7 234 K h a n e w a l 38 160 7 158 3 62 284 583 5 564 7 472 K h u s h a b 40 388 413 15 105 150 2 151 7 90 L a h or e 112 300 9 311 0 11 119 6 330 91 326 11 167 6 L a y ya h 22 782 758 46 191 313 4 321 5 110 L o d hr a n 23 847 815 55 75 265 0 257 8 147 M . B . D i n 10 125 128 7 68 242 8 242 2 74 M i a n w a l i 1 84 85 0 45 130 5 128 6 64 M ul t a n 114 406 1 406 1 114 403 810 5 810 0 408 Muzaffargarh 89 215 5 217 3 71 400 799 6 752 9 867 N a n k a n a 6 366 365 7 112 251 7 252 3 106 S a h i b N a r o w a l 3 71 72 2 113 203 9 211 0 42 O k a r a 25 145 3 143 5 43 314 973 9 925 0 803 P a k p a t t a n 24 102 2 102 6 20 399 678 9 659 3 595 R . Y. K h a n 47 290 2 293 7 12 404 117 63 112 86 881 R a j a n pu r 26 879 854 51 69 190 0 186 9 100 R a w a l p i n di 0 35 35 0 115 404 3 391 8 240 S a h i w a l 22 112 4 110 5 41 314 640 6 621 4 506 S a r g o d h a 40 742 761 21 319 535 5 540 5 269 Sheikhupura 0 516 507 9 241 955 5 940 1 395 S i a l k o t 1 60 61 0 339 773 9 771 3 365 T.T. S i n g h 26 460 470 16 163 311 7 298 4 296 V e h a r i 83 165 3 167 6 60 754 649 3 645 0 797

Grand Total 105 2 336 48 337 23 977 962 6 224 056 220 912 127 70

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N a m e of Civil Appeals/Revisions (7) Criminal Appeals/Revisions(8) D i s t r i c t s

P r e I ns t D i s p B a l P r e I ns t D i s p B a l A t t o c k 952 114 5 137 9 718 84 226 256 54 Bahawalnagar 130 4 237 9 262 7 105 6 186 461 532 115 B a h a w a l p ur 197 1 230 6 246 7 181 0 107 247 264 90 B h a k k a r 993 217 4 225 1 916 126 231 260 97 C h a k w a l 909 172 5 133 7 129 7 92 471 428 135 C h i ni o t 505 103 0 889 646 60 199 227 32 D . G . K ha n 566 102 2 746 842 18 192 176 34 F a i s a l a b a d 280 2 450 0 441 4 288 8 263 660 685 238 G uj r a n w a l a 207 3 467 2 489 6 184 9 52 436 366 122 G uj r a t 824 152 9 118 0 117 3 66 273 253 86 H a f i z a b a d 516 746 796 466 82 173 190 65 J h a n g 877 197 4 183 6 101 5 66 313 304 75 J h e l um 822 963 903 882 93 227 222 98 K a s ur 194 2 328 4 340 3 182 3 77 331 336 72 K h a n e w a l 119 4 122 0 156 9 845 107 327 326 108 K h u s h a b 759 976 926 809 61 169 165 65 L a h or e 439 7 789 4 632 5 596 6 482 161 4 132 6 770 L a y ya h 106 1 125 2 129 7 101 6 73 178 198 53 L o d hr a n 712 966 888 790 50 199 159 90 M . B . D i n 913 136 4 138 8 889 68 231 221 78 M i a n w a l i 485 115 3 924 714 80 339 271 148 M ul t a n 212 7 287 8 249 2 251 3 99 467 451 115 Muzaffargarh 158 7 244 6 233 6 169 7 70 233 213 90 N a n k a n a 380 895 956 319 51 160 174 37 S a h i b N a r o w a l 536 105 6 104 0 552 34 203 203 34 O k a r a 131 6 187 1 164 2 154 5 131 378 376 133 P a k p a t t a n 858 153 6 152 0 874 48 236 221 63 R . Y. K h a n 177 1 329 1 309 5 196 7 98 397 385 110 R a j a n pu r 389 891 955 325 50 152 184 18 R a w a l p i n di 349 1 670 4 578 1 441 4 156 707 688 175 S a h i w a l 142 7 232 4 156 8 218 3 86 311 309 88 S a r g o d h a 167 5 249 6 254 0 163 1 285 596 640 241 Sheikhupura 110 3 244 9 226 1 129 1 53 324 312 65 S i a l k o t 199 3 268 1 254 4 213 0 87 284 276 95 T . T . S i n g h 918 137 3 118 8 110 3 89 278 220 147 V e h a r i 191 8 223 5 217 2 198 1 153 369 375 147

Grand Total 480 66 794 00 745 31 529 35 378 3 125 92 121 92 418 3

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Total of all Categories 1 t o 1 4 ( 9 ) Name of Districts

P r e I ns t D i s p B a l A t t o c k 165 1 688 3 706 7 146 7 Bahawalnagar 271 2 237 09 240 60 236 1 B a h a w a l p ur 404 5 239 33 242 76 370 2 B h a k k a r 151 1 890 5 869 1 172 5 C h a k w a l 135 7 702 0 652 4 185 3 C h i ni o t 150 2 108 27 104 30 189 9 D . G . K ha n 234 6 124 09 125 91 216 4 F a i s a l a b a d 838 4 611 02 608 63 862 3 G uj r a n w a l a 434 8 354 10 348 42 491 6 G uj r a t 183 0 111 93 106 31 239 2 H a f i z a b a d 152 0 889 3 884 9 156 4 J h a n g 254 5 187 71 183 61 295 5 J h e l um 120 4 532 3 523 2 129 5 K a s ur 382 5 250 25 250 59 379 1 K h a n e w a l 302 8 193 97 195 51 287 4 K h u s h a b 123 8 546 4 539 5 130 7 L a h or e 160 70 101 396 964 64 210 02 L a y ya h 179 0 974 4 972 5 180 9 L o d hr a n 138 6 112 69 106 93 196 2 M . B . D i n 169 8 829 7 832 3 167 2 M i a n w a l i 120 2 680 3 628 0 172 5 M ul t a n 493 8 359 40 347 47 613 1 Muzaffargarh 359 9 279 92 270 81 451 0 Nankana Sahib 146 8 123 60 122 55 157 3 N a r o w a l 106 8 820 2 821 6 105 4 O k a r a 344 9 291 29 280 23 455 5 P a k p a t t a n 251 7 210 52 207 25 284 4 R . Y. K h a n 408 4 349 51 340 45 499 0 R a j a n pu r 110 4 116 05 113 28 138 1 R a w a l p i n di 539 5 256 62 241 86 687 1 S a h i w a l 338 4 207 23 196 56 445 1 S a r g o d h a 419 5 218 33 220 55 397 3 Sheikhupura 309 1 279 10 276 20 338 1 S i a l k o t 380 5 241 50 238 75 408 0 T . T . S i n g h 181 1 104 41 985 8 239 4 V e h a r i 433 5 217 81 215 64 455 2

Grand Total 113 435 755 504 739 141 129 798

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4.3. CONSOLIDATED CATEGORY-WISE CIVIL & CRIMINAL STATEMENT SHOWING PREVIOUS PENDENCY, INSTITUTION, DISPOSAL AND BALANCE AS ON 31.12.2012 IN THE CIVIL COURTS IN PUNJAB:

Civil Suits (1) Name of Districts Previous Inst. Rec. Disp. Trans. Bal pendency A t t o c k 407 4 341 3 0 240 8 303 477 6 Bahawalnagar 848 8 963 5 11 824 7 213 4 775 3 B a h a w a l p ur 106 01 100 54 239 9 976 8 166 8 116 18 B h a k k a r 540 5 656 3 1 394 3 218 0 584 6 C h a k w a l 496 7 420 1 0 351 3 875 478 0 C h i ni o t 417 6 364 3 109 6 359 7 133 6 398 2 D . G . K ha n 472 0 411 3 774 384 9 613 514 5 F a i s a l a b a d 169 06 162 74 401 5 179 75 393 2 152 88 G uj r a n w a l a 889 8 943 2 350 3 849 0 354 0 980 3 G uj r a t 715 1 429 1 224 8 520 7 178 1 670 2 H a f i z a b a d 284 6 427 9 0 275 8 131 9 304 8 J h a n g 888 6 699 1 315 6 663 1 313 6 926 6 J h e l um 330 5 258 3 218 8 231 8 178 8 397 0 K a s ur 102 67 111 87 758 3 996 1 791 9 111 57 K h u s h a b 338 8 323 5 0 281 1 387 342 5 K h a n e w a l 705 7 764 7 340 9 675 9 313 9 821 5 L a h or e 487 61 357 77 1 4 2 5 5 396 92 122 49 468 52 L a y ya h 339 1 336 0 190 5 292 1 190 1 383 4 L o d hr a n 358 0 472 9 59 380 2 804 376 2 M i a n w a l i 258 9 276 8 0 287 3 70 241 4 M ul t a n 145 88 153 25 520 1 137 39 455 6 168 19 Muzaffargarh 783 6 128 98 14 753 1 566 0 755 7 M . B . D i n 461 8 401 0 116 9 390 7 150 8 438 2 N a n k a n a 380 7 379 4 149 3 295 1 146 6 467 7 S a h i b N a r o w a l 418 0 350 2 179 5 334 8 170 9 442 0 O k a r a 885 7 117 54 3 674 1 395 8 991 5 P a k p a t t a n 484 5 691 3 22 506 5 601 611 4 R . Y. K h a n 104 76 139 61 0 974 0 373 8 109 59 R a j a n pu r 224 8 239 9 106 6 232 3 113 2 225 8 R a w a l p i n di 162 12 214 53 20 209 67 184 5 148 73 S a h i w a l 815 0 825 8 198 6 771 6 241 5 826 3 S a r g o d h a 912 4 875 4 220 2 875 5 233 9 898 6 Sheikhupura 823 6 852 0 380 8 870 5 228 9 957 0 S i a l k o t 106 73 952 4 169 9 922 9 172 8 109 39 T . T . S i n g h 433 4 679 3 0 467 4 132 4 512 9 V e h a r i 919 6 127 52 249 3 120 19 213 6 102 86

Grand Total 296 836 304 785 695 73 274 933 894 78 306 783

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Family Cases (2) Name of Districts Previous Inst. Rec. Disp. Trans. Bal pendency A t t o c k 932 173 6 0 152 6 3 113 9 Bahawalnagar 205 0 562 1 0 483 3 778 206 0 B a h a w a l p ur 281 3 710 7 118 3 682 3 107 9 320 1 B h a k k a r 622 165 1 0 142 8 67 778 C h a k w a l 990 235 7 0 214 8 318 881 C h i ni o t 105 8 209 0 83 200 9 71 115 1 D . G . K ha n 832 244 9 371 220 3 411 103 8 F a i s a l a b a d 470 6 102 33 211 0 942 9 218 6 543 4 G uj r a n w a l a 241 7 548 7 708 509 0 795 272 7 G uj r a t 169 1 305 2 245 290 0 219 186 9 H a f i z a b a d 625 185 3 0 167 4 359 445 J h a n g 159 4 383 8 401 353 8 420 187 5 J h e l um 660 149 3 163 129 8 135 883 K a s ur 174 7 410 9 148 6 416 7 153 6 163 9 K h u s h a b 891 190 1 0 166 9 106 101 7 K h a n e w a l 195 1 423 9 700 405 9 600 223 1 L a h or e 960 1 147 52 288 9 146 47 216 8 104 27 L a y ya h 992 200 3 380 182 8 351 119 6 L o d hr a n 103 7 297 4 37 259 9 162 128 7 M i a n w a l i 716 123 6 0 131 4 0 638 M ul t a n 448 1 938 1 694 857 8 941 503 7 Muzaffargarh 302 0 798 5 0 616 6 175 2 308 7 M . B . D i n 101 6 249 8 223 225 5 321 116 1 N a n k a n a 813 153 1 95 132 2 182 935 S a h i b N a r o w a l 832 203 3 429 175 5 453 108 6 O k a r a 283 8 624 8 46 527 8 803 305 1 P a k p a t t a n 146 1 336 6 0 319 2 10 162 5 R . Y. K h a n 260 7 751 9 0 593 9 119 6 299 1 R a j a n pu r 492 186 8 79 170 8 154 577 R a w a l p i n di 327 3 824 6 0 642 2 117 4 392 3 S a h i w a l 140 1 436 9 164 411 8 267 154 9 S a r g o d h a 236 6 579 7 429 535 3 687 255 2 Sheikhupura 174 7 476 3 325 439 6 488 195 1 S i a l k o t 206 3 480 8 549 469 3 631 209 6 T . T . S i n g h 866 291 1 0 256 3 106 110 8 V e h a r i 232 6 494 6 825 475 9 903 243 5

Grand Total 695 27 158 450 146 14 143 679 218 32 770 80

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Rent Cases (3) Name of Districts Previous pendency Inst. Rec. Disp. Trans. Bal A t t o c k 17 73 0 70 4 16 Bahawalnagar 35 59 0 45 15 34 B a h a w a l p ur 85 79 37 95 49 57 B h a k k a r 4 3 0 6 0 1 C h a k w a l 31 57 0 59 13 16 C h i ni o t 6 25 1 20 3 9 D . G . K ha n 9 18 2 17 0 12 F a i s a l a b a d 285 473 61 488 61 270 G uj r a n w a l a 125 149 2 174 14 88 G uj r a t 66 50 7 46 10 67 H a f i z a b a d 21 9 0 23 0 7 J h a n g 29 85 0 53 16 45 J h e l um 38 91 35 69 31 64 K a s ur 49 65 44 84 44 30 K h u s h a b 9 12 0 14 0 7 K h a n e w a l 9 19 0 15 1 12 L a h or e 137 1 122 1 758 160 5 298 144 7 L a y ya h 23 15 13 22 16 13 L o d hr a n 0 13 0 7 0 6 M i a n w a l i 1 12 0 8 3 2 M ul t a n 235 270 13 307 32 179 Muzaffargarh 17 30 0 19 13 15 M . B . D i n 19 14 0 23 3 7 Nankana Sahib 12 9 0 6 4 11 N a r o w a l 19 32 20 40 18 13 O k a r a 36 58 9 53 14 36 P a k p a t t a n 14 24 0 25 0 13 R . Y. K h a n 77 240 0 224 17 76 R a j a n pu r 10 35 4 26 8 15 R a w a l p i n di 35 763 0 563 0 235 S a h i w a l 22 106 315 121 282 40 S a r g o d h a 55 84 29 87 33 48 Sheikhupura 42 39 16 42 16 39 S i a l k o t 103 192 10 159 12 134 T . T . S i n g h 9 26 0 28 0 7 V e h a r i 18 48 7 44 0 29

Grand Total 293 6 449 8 138 3 468 7 103 0 310 0

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Guardian Cases (4) Name of Districts Previous pendency Inst. Rec. Disp. Trans. Bal.

A t t o c k 85 335 0 300 3 117 Bahawalnagar 202 477 0 454 89 136 B a h a w a l p ur 223 594 8 618 21 186 B h a k k a r 69 218 0 149 24 114 C h a k w a l 119 261 0 300 13 67 C h i ni o t 121 254 3 243 3 132 D . G . K ha n 7 262 0 254 0 15 F a i s a l a b a d 103 6 199 3 52 185 8 136 108 7 G uj r a n w a l a 361 108 9 204 985 209 460 G uj r a t 238 566 36 472 30 338 H a f i z a b a d 90 207 0 214 42 41 J h a n g 322 482 0 527 6 271 J h e l um 142 463 70 437 86 152 K a s ur 232 439 41 461 41 210 K h u s h a b 150 233 0 272 3 108 K h a n e w a l 254 616 23 517 87 289 L a h or e 248 6 359 7 554 330 2 587 274 8 L a y ya h 135 243 17 337 19 39 L o d hr a n 63 253 0 216 0 100 M i a n w a l i 44 230 0 224 0 50 M ul t a n 965 203 0 695 136 9 938 138 3 Muzaffargarh 279 664 0 587 51 305 M . B . D i n 635 194 5 533 10 291 N a n k a n a 52 639 1 234 2 456 S a h i b N a r o w a l 80 292 46 238 39 141 O k a r a 210 549 0 486 11 262 P a k p a t t a n 151 324 0 334 0 141 R . Y. K h a n 304 543 0 453 43 351 R a j a n pu r 43 362 3 284 59 65 R a w a l p i n di 120 8 269 1 0 206 5 112 172 2 S a h i w a l 246 542 76 470 60 334 S a r g o d h a 352 804 41 766 191 240 Sheikhupura 327 590 145 649 59 354 S i a l k o t 460 105 8 12 113 8 17 375 T . T . S i n g h 100 385 0 356 16 113 V e h a r i 274 944 15 548 5 680

G r a n d T o t a l 120 65 254 23 204 7 226 50 301 2 138 73

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Criminal Sec. 30 Cases (5) Name of Districts Previous pendency Inst. Rec. Disp. Trans. Bal

A t t o c k 271 366 0 234 101 302 Bahawalnagar 652 105 7 0 493 407 809 B a h a w a l p ur 579 623 15 461 4 752 B h a k k a r 234 395 0 140 137 352 C h a k w a l 341 405 0 352 40 354 C h i ni o t 696 529 1 513 9 704 D . G . K ha n 704 582 68 400 64 890 F a i s a l a b a d 210 9 269 4 464 211 8 589 256 0 G uj r a n w a l a 170 1 143 4 291 103 7 287 210 2 G uj r a t 584 723 100 580 148 679 H a f i z a b a d 462 998 0 364 528 568 J h a n g 802 400 227 412 299 718 J h e l um 233 270 217 227 187 306 K a s ur 148 6 157 0 117 6 154 8 117 7 150 7 K h u s h a b 288 215 0 177 3 323 K h a n e w a l 694 726 161 502 208 871 L a h or e 404 7 475 6 207 7 334 3 255 6 498 1 L a y ya h 196 202 278 183 212 281 L o d hr a n 312 374 0 241 59 386 M i a n w a l i 439 454 0 396 42 455 M ul t a n 687 101 1 101 708 95 996 Muzaffargarh 763 132 0 0 802 292 989 M . B . D i n 864 448 74 542 427 417 N a n k a n a 994 788 107 541 100 124 8 S a h i b N a r o w a l 497 375 269 375 273 493 O k a r a 133 9 365 7 0 129 7 174 4 195 5 P a k p a t t a n 660 923 0 603 48 932 R . Y. K h a n 633 162 7 114 563 105 9 752 R a j a n pu r 378 500 121 450 147 402 R a w a l p i n di 129 3 150 1 0 150 2 6 128 6 S a h i w a l 960 130 5 285 895 301 135 4 S a r g o d h a 112 8 115 2 195 996 214 126 5 Sheikhupura 139 3 108 8 887 112 8 818 142 2 S i a l k o t 784 891 372 810 393 844 T . T . S i n g h 265 533 0 231 122 445 V e h a r i 423 732 433 444 392 752

Grand Total 298 91 366 24 803 3 256 08 134 88 354 52

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Criminal 1st Class Cases (6) Name of Districts Previous Inst. Rec. Disp. Trans. Bal pendency A t t o c k 253 7 661 6 0 578 7 0 336 6 Bahawalnagar 818 4 136 68 0 832 8 329 5 102 29 B a h a w a l p ur 962 9 166 97 270 9 146 36 225 1 121 48 B h a k k a r 297 5 631 5 2 226 3 330 6 372 3 C h a k w a l 293 5 455 0 0 403 4 799 265 2 C h i ni o t 493 7 961 7 172 8 996 7 127 4 504 1 D . G . K ha n 605 1 651 7 123 2 628 0 919 660 1 F a i s a l a b a d 197 75 300 26 322 1 249 38 406 1 240 23 G uj r a n w a l a 153 39 273 25 728 5 232 30 712 0 195 99 G uj r a t 564 0 740 9 192 5 728 7 179 5 589 2 H a f i z a b a d 511 5 875 5 0 523 0 349 4 514 6 J h a n g 766 3 135 08 443 6 119 67 513 5 850 5 J h e l um 247 4 363 4 661 409 7 662 201 0 K a s ur 781 7 122 46 959 4 127 85 943 5 743 7 K h u s h a b 275 9 381 2 21 317 6 117 2 224 4 K h a n e w a l 814 3 925 1 885 763 9 153 4 910 6 L a h or e 491 01 535 02 172 98 571 42 142 38 485 21 L a y ya h 276 2 389 0 146 2 359 8 177 3 274 3 L o d hr a n 489 7 538 0 161 508 7 124 3 410 8 M i a n w a l i 491 5 104 65 0 961 8 153 6 422 6 M ul t a n 120 24 225 90 117 201 54 126 7 133 10 Muzaffargarh 126 63 386 28 0 175 57 191 08 146 26 M . B . D i n 560 7 662 1 407 7 104 73 190 6 392 6 N a n k a n a 666 4 603 6 439 2 594 2 520 2 594 8 S a h i b N a r o w a l 474 0 688 1 198 8 610 1 210 5 540 3 O k a r a 951 1 245 82 0 200 50 305 3 109 90 P a k p a t t a n 566 8 849 4 0 706 3 919 618 0 R . Y. K h a n 150 66 310 28 0 172 70 147 80 140 44 R a j a n pu r 311 3 799 0 144 6 629 7 165 3 459 9 R a w a l p i n di 110 77 204 27 0 195 47 150 5 104 52 S a h i w a l 896 9 102 58 300 3 945 3 328 4 949 3 S a r g o d h a 118 74 131 85 351 7 141 25 356 7 108 84 Sheikhupura 882 7 114 72 575 3 113 46 576 2 894 4 S i a l k o t 102 34 134 05 184 0 135 63 203 7 987 9 T . T . S i n g h 381 3 888 0 0 640 3 180 7 448 3 V e h a r i 912 5 112 60 124 62 874 6 124 22 116 79

Grand Total 312 623 494 920 912 15 421 179 145 419 332 160

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Total of all Categories (7)

Name of Districts Previous Institution Received Disposal Transfer Balance Pendency

A t t o c k 990 4 151 50 0 128 32 696 115 26 Bahawalnagar 251 63 484 82 12 364 49 101 21 270 87 B a h a w a l p ur 289 59 397 58 730 7 372 79 579 9 329 46 B h a k k a r 106 60 164 93 3 888 2 618 2 120 92 C h a k w a l 121 73 161 65 0 139 63 215 2 122 23 C h i ni o t 123 23 174 01 325 8 176 08 306 6 123 08 D . G . K h a n 144 91 170 77 253 6 160 80 211 0 159 14 F a i s a l a b a d 523 93 702 27 107 37 655 12 121 09 557 36 G uj r a n w a l a 321 51 500 54 128 88 441 41 128 64 380 88 G uj r a t 202 21 195 75 506 8 210 83 452 4 192 57 H a f i z a b a d 107 26 188 73 0 124 51 634 5 108 03 J h a n g 224 80 287 61 849 7 263 29 965 8 237 51 J h e l um 864 3 110 84 371 9 110 30 364 9 876 7 K a s ur 248 14 348 83 218 26 346 58 219 52 249 13 K h u s h a b 874 9 109 84 21 980 0 181 0 814 4 K h a n e w a l 200 95 249 21 564 3 217 50 581 3 230 96 L a h or e 137 161 134 801 418 81 139 067 373 21 137 455 L a y ya h 877 2 110 47 487 5 101 75 519 4 932 5 L o d hr a n 109 17 152 51 315 132 54 173 7 114 92 M i a n w a l i 101 82 201 50 0 194 98 174 8 908 6 M ul t a n 403 66 583 39 912 1 525 77 100 27 452 22 Muzaffargarh 276 94 671 67 14 360 21 293 22 295 32 M . B . D i n 142 95 155 98 574 7 193 24 452 6 117 90 N a n k a n a 144 42 153 22 660 6 138 27 733 6 152 07 S a h i b N a r o w a l 118 66 151 54 500 2 137 25 504 2 132 55 O k a r a 253 64 528 49 133 383 37 110 13 289 96 P a k p a t t a n 141 10 221 90 31 184 62 160 3 162 66 R . Y. K h a n 332 94 599 44 114 388 89 218 23 326 40 R a j a n pu r 699 9 152 50 292 6 131 60 337 1 864 4 R a w a l p i n di 436 03 753 67 20 712 60 625 2 414 78 S a h i w a l 237 46 284 24 576 1 258 82 818 6 238 63 S a r g o d h a 291 87 342 02 737 3 346 22 801 9 281 21 Sheikhupura 246 35 309 54 118 92 302 38 119 14 253 29 S i a l k o t 282 00 351 88 477 2 349 85 508 4 280 91 T . T . S i n g h 107 16 224 78 0 162 56 377 4 131 64 V e h a r i 246 29 344 03 174 41 304 44 169 15 291 14

Grand Total 854 123 120 396 6 205 539 105 985 0 309 057 894 721

NOTE: Grand total includes cases of some other categories, which are not shown in the detailed statement

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4.4. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT SHOWING PENDENCY, INSTITUTION AND DISPOSAL OF CASES IN BANKING COURTS AS ON 31.12.2012:

Pendenc y Balance as Sr. as on Name of Courts Inst. Disp. on No. 1.1.20 12 31.1 2.20 12

Banking Cour t-I, 1 Lahore. 3129 1261 1565 2825 Banking Court -II, 2 Lahore. 3258 1016 1366 2908 Banking Court -III, 3 Lahore. 3081 1403 1087 3397 Banking Court -IV, 4 Lahore. 2744 1876 1365 3255 Banking Court, 5 2705 1983 2829 1859 Rawalpindi. Banking Court -I, 6 F/abad. 2722 837 551 3008 Banking Court -II, 7 F/abad. 2062 1624 1380 2306 Banking Court -I, 8 M ultan. 1846 1008 566 2288 Banking Court -II, 9 M ultan. 2294 633 1215 1712 Banking Court -III, 10 M ultan. 1638 1132 939 1831 Banking Court 11 838 2056 1035 1859 Sargodha. Banking Court -I, 12 G/w ala. 821 2223 955 2089 Banking Court -II, 13 G/W ala. 1560 1205 976 1789 Banking Court, 14 B/Pur. 1287 1242 842 1687

TOTAL 29985 19499 16671 32813

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4.5. PENDENCY, INSTITUTION AND DISPOSAL OF CASES IN ANTI-TERRORISM COURTS:

Balance as Pendenc y Sr. on Name of Court as on Inst. Disp. No. 31.1 2.20 12 1.1.20 12

1 AT Cour t-I, Lah ore. 18 72 64 26

2 AT Cour t-II, Lahore. 24 72 73 23

AT Court III, 3 Lahore. 24 78 78 24 AT Cour t-IV, 4 Lahore. 25 74 65 34 AT Cour t, 5 48 92 95 45 Bahawalpur. AT Cour t-I, 6 Gujr anw ala 29 82 99 12

7 AT Cour t-II, G/wala. 26 169 167 28

8 AT Cour t-I, M ultan. 20 97 79 38

9 AT Cour t-II, Multan. 31 51 82 Nil

AT Cour t-I, 10 Rawalpindi. 47 83 86 44 AT-Court -II, 11 56 76 90 42 R/Pindi. AT Cour t, Sargodha. 01 57 44 14 12 Camp at 03 14 09 08 Faisalabad. AT Cour t, 13 31 130 149 12 Faisalabad. AT Court, D.G. 14 Khan. 43 208 164 87

Grand Total 426 1355 1344 437

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4.6. PENDENCY, INSTITUTION AND DISPOSAL IN ACCOUNTABILITY COURTS:

Pendenc y Balan ce Sr. as on as on Name of Courts Inst. Disp. No. 1.1.20 12 31.1 2.20 1 2 Accountability 1 Court -I, Lahor e 44 10 23 31

Accountability 2 Courts-II, Lahore. 40 03 16 27

Accountability 3 Nil 05 05 Nil Courts-III, Lahore.

Accountability 4 Courts-IV, Laho re. 44 09 22 31

Accountability 5 Courts-V, Laho re. 30 08 10 28

Accountability 6 Courts-I, Rawalpindi. 11 06 10 07 Accountability 7 Courts-II, 13 02 06 09 Rawalpindi. Accountability 8 Courts-III 08 01 04 05 Rawalpindi. Accountability Courts-IV 9 Rawalpindi. 12 00 08 04

Accountability 10 Court, Nil 05 00 05 M ultan.

Grand Total 202 49 104 147

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4.7. PENDENCY, INSTITUTION AND DISPOSAL OF CASES IN DRUG COURTS:

Pendenc y Balan ce Sr. as on Name of Courts Inst. Disp. as on No. 1.1.20 12 31.1 2.20 12

1. Drug Court, Lahore. 424 454 383 495 Drug Court, 2 Gujranwala. 111 716 734 93 3 Drug Court, Faisalabad. 543 628 489 682 4 Drug Court, Rawalpindi 079 250 225 104 5 Drug Court, Multan. 285 573 491 367 Drug Court, 6 446 190 302 334 Bahawalpur.

TOTAL 1888 2811 2624 2075

4.8. PENDENCY, INSTITUTION AND DISPOSAL OF CASES IN LABOUR COURTS:

Pendenc y Balan ce Sr. as on Name of Courts Inst. Disp. as on No. 01.0 1.20 12 31.1 2.20 12

1. Labour Court -I, Lahor e. 780 525 375 930 2 Lahore Court -II, Lahore. 1114 464 853 725 Labour Court -II 3 Ferozw ala. 390 400 325 465 Labour Court 4 Rawalpindi. 327 513 515 325 Lahore Court 5 Faisalabad. 519 642 464 697 6 Labour Court Multan. 1431 1180 1629 982 7 Labour Court, Sargodha 683 305 510 478 Labour Court, 8 Gujranwala. 349 314 230 433 Labour Court, 9 Bahawalpur. 779 442 1200 21 10 Labour Court, Sahiwal. 552 193 255 490 11 Labour Court -D.G. Khan. 968 560 838 690

TOTAL 7892 5538 7194 6236

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4.9. PENDENCY, INSTITUTION AND DISPOSAL OF CASES IN ANTI-CORRUPTION COURTS:

Pendenc y Balan ce Sr. as on Name of Courts Inst. Disp. as on No. 1.1.20 12 31.1 2.20 12

An ti -Corruption Court -I. 1 Lahore. 313 215 297 231

An ti -Corruption Court -II 2 Lahore. 345 241 253 333

An ti -Corruption Court, 3 465 586 260 791 Faisalabad.

An ti -Corruption Court, 4 Gujranwala. 655 205 164 696

An ti -Corruption Court, 5 Sargodha. 141 276 174 243

An ti -Corruption Court, 6 Rawalpindi. 285 117 119 283

An ti -Corruption Court, 7 M ultan. 129 260 264 125

An ti -Corruption Court, 8 Bahawalpur. 380 166 184 362

An ti -Corruption Court, 9 083 281 259 105 D.G.Khan.

Grand Total 2796 2347 1974 3169

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4.10. PENDENCY, INSTITUTION AND DISPOSAL OF CASES IN CONSUMER COURTS:

Pendenc y Balan ce Sr. as on Name of Courts Inst. Disp. as on #. 1.1.20 12 31.1 2.20 12

1 Consumer Court, Lahore. 862 1029 1132 759

2 Consumer Court, Sahiwal. 048 196 190 54

3 Consumer Court, Multan. 139 475 449 165

Consumer Court, 4 D.G.Khan 298 1606 1412 492

5 Consumer Court, R.Pindi. 034 150 170 14

6 Consumer Court, Gujra t. 045 127 120 52

7 Consumer Court, Sialkot 069 214 235 48

8 Consumer Court, G/wala 132 243 255 120

Consumer Court, 9 Sargodha.. 024 192 192 24

Consumer Court, 10 Faisalabad. 352 514 575 291

Consumer Court, 11 Bahaw alpur 243 446 336 353

Grand Total 2246 5192 5066 2372

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4.11. PENDENCY, INSTITUTION AND DISPOSAL OF CASES IN SPECIAL COURTS (CENTRAL):

Pendenc y Balan ce Sr. as on Name of Courts Inst. Disp. as on No. 1.1.20 12 31.1 2.20 12

Special Court 1. (Central), Lahore. 1850 3729 3092 2487

Speci al Cou rt 2 (Central), Faisalabad. 253 650 622 281

Special Court 3 (Central), Multan. 300 336 345 291

Speci al Cou rt 4 1711 350 948 1113 (Central), Rawalpindi.

TOTAL 4114 5065 5007 4172

4.12. PENDENCY, INSTITUTION AND DISPOSAL OF CASES IN CNS COURTS:

Pendency as Balan ce Sr. Name of Courts on 1.1.2012 Inst. Disp. as on No. 31.1 2.20 12

1. CNS Cou rt, Laho re. 130 111 101 140

CNS Court, 2 Rawalpindi. 055 149 80 124

TOTAL 185 260 181 264

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4.13. INSTITUTION, DISPOSAL AND PENDENCY OF APPLICATIONS FOR THE CUSTODY OF RESCUED CHILDREN IN THE CHILD PROTECTION COURT, LAHORE:

Sr. Disp Bal . Penden c y M onths. Pen. Inst. No. .

1 January,2012 257 147 168 238

2 February,2012 238 156 155 239

3 M arch,201 2 239 166 80 325

4 Ap ril,20 12 325 134 152 307

5 M a y,20 12 307 190 178 319

6 June,2 012 319 107 101 325

7 Jul y,20 12 325 152 138 339

8 August,2012 339 78 65 352

9 September,2012 352 87 57 382

10 October,2012 382 28 50 360

11 November,2012 360 19 35 344

12 December,2012 344 27 20 351

1291 119 349

There are only two criminal cases:-

 State Vs Ch. Bashir Ahmad & other, is pending before Hon’ble Lahore High Court, Lahore.  State Vs Taj Muhammad & other, in this case one of the accused is absconding against whom proceeding have already been initiated.

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4.14. CATEGORY-WISE PENDENCY, DISPOSAL AND INSTITUTION OF CASES IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TRIBUNAL:

Sr. Balan ce No. M onth Pendenc y Institution Dispos al Pendenc y

1 January,2012 - - - -

2 February,2012 - - - -

3 M arch,201 2 - - - -

4 Ap ril,20 12 - - - -

5 M a y,20 12 - - - -

6 June,2 012 -- 302 02 300

7 Jul y,20 12 300 130 09 421

8 August,2012 421 53 10 464

9 September,2012 464 1358 08 1814

10 October,2012 1814 121 30 1905

11 November,2012 1905 06 105 1806

12 December,2012 1806 04 25 1785

1974 189

NOTE The Punjab Environmental Tribunal started functioning from June, 2012 and before that all environmental cases relating to the Province of Punjab were instituted, heard and disposed of by the Federal Environmental Tribunal, Lahore.

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4.15. CATEGORY-WISE PENDENCY, DISPOSAL AND INSTITUTION OF CASES IN LDA TRIBUNAL:

Sr. To tal Balan ce No. M onth Pen. Ins. Dis. Pendenc y Pendenc y

1 January,2012 80 01 81 00 81

2 February,2012 81 00 81 02 79

3 M arch,201 2 79 01 80 01 79

4 Ap ril,20 12 79 02 81 02 79

5 M a y,20 12 79 00 79 00 79

6 June,2 012 79 00 79 03 76

7 Jul y,20 12 76 00 76 01 75

8 August,2012 75 01 76 00 76

9 September,2012 76 01 77 01 76

10 October,2012 76 02 78 00 78

11 November,2012 78 00 78 01 77

12 December,2012 77 00 77 06 71

08 17

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CHAPTERNO:5

HIERARCHY AND MANAGEMENT

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5.1. ORGANIZATIONAL CHART

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5.2. ADMINISTRATION & MANAGEMENT OF LAHORE HIGH COURT:

REGISTRAR: SARDAR AHMED NAEEM

JUDICIAL OFFICERS WORKING AT HIGH COURT:

Sr. Names Designation Place of Posting No. Senior Member 1 Mr. Kazim Ali Malik Senior M.I.T Inspection Team Mr. Habib-ullah 2 D&SJ M.I.T Amir District and Session Judge Mr. Hafeez Ullah (I&R/NJP)/Addition 3 D&SJ Khan al Charge for the post of Additional Registrar I.T. Staff Officer to Chief Mr. Jawad ul 4 D&SJ Justice/Additional Hassan Charge as D&SJ Establishment Mr. Muhammad 5 AD&SJ Addl. M.I.T-I Yousaf Aujla Syed Addl. Registrar, 6 KhurshidAnwar AD&SJ Multan Bench Rizvi Monitoring Incharge (NJP 7 Ms. Bushra Zaman AD&SJ Implementation Cell), Additional 8 Mr. Ashtar Abbas AD&SJ Registrar(Judicial) Mr. Haroon Latif 9 AD&SJ Additional M.I.T Khan Mr. Muhammad Addl. Registrar 10 AD&SJ Sajid Ali Awan Bahawalpur Bench Mr. Amir Saleem Addl. Registrar 11 AD&SJ Rana Rawalpindi Bench

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ADDITIONAL REGISTRARS:

Sr. Names Designation Place of Posting No. Mr. Atta-ur- 1 Additional General & Rehman Registrar Services Mr. Irshad Ullah 2 Additional Rana Human Right Cell Registrar Mr. Mustansar 3 Additional Husnain Shah Legislation Registrar Rana Abdul 4 Additional O.S.D Qadir Registrar

5 Mr. Abdul Nasir Additional Transport Registrar Mr. Muhammad 6 Additional Shahid Hussain Establishment Registrar

7 Mr. Riaz Ali Zaidi Additional Finance Registrar

8 Mr. Ijaz Hussain Additional O.S.D/ Registrar Bahawalpur Mr. Muhammad 9 Additional Planning & Nasir Registrar Development

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DEPUTY REGISTRARS:

Sr. Present place Name Designation No. of posting Mr. Muhammad Deputy D.R. (Judicial) 1 Sharif Rana. Registrar Multan, Bench. Mrs. Saima Deputy 2 D.R. (I.T- 1). Mushtaq Registrar Mr. Irshad Deputy 3 D.R (Tribunals) Munawar. Registrar Ch. Muhammad Deputy 4 D.R. (P&D) Hanif Registrar Mr. Muhammad Deputy D.R. 5 Akram Registrar (Confidential) D.R. (General) Mr. Muhammad Deputy 6 Bahawalpur Hafeez Khalid Registrar Bench Mr. Muhammad Deputy 7 D.R. (I-T- II). Rafiq Registrar Syed Shabbir Deputy D.R. (Judicial- 8 Hussain Shah Registrar II) Mian Mushtaq Deputy 9 D. R. (G& T) Ahmad Registrar Mr. Pervaiz Deputy D.R (General) 10 Khalid. Registrar Multan, Bench D.R (Judicial) Mr. Muhammad Deputy 11 Bahawalpur, Sarwar Registrar Bench Deputy D.R. 12 Mr. Abdul Hafeez Registrar (Legislation) Mr. Abid Hussain Deputy 13 D.R. (JOs) Bokhari Registrar Mr. Muhammad Deputy 14 D.R. (Judl.I) Asghar Registrar Mr. Iftikhar Deputy D.R.(Jud) 15 Ahmad Samdani Registrar Rawalpindi Sheikh Deputy 16 Muhammad D.R. (B&P) Registrar Nadeem Mr. Arshad Deputy 17 D.R. (Protocol) Mahmood Baig Registrar Mr. Riaz Hussain Deputy 18 D.R. (Accounts) Shahid Registrar Mr. Muhammad Deputy 19 D.R (Admn.) Arif Malik Registrar

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Sr. Present place Name Designation No. of posting D.R/P.S to Mr. Mian Ashfaq Deputy Justice 20 Ahmad Registrar Manzoor Ahmad Malik Deputy 21 Mr. Imran Safdar D.R (I.T-III) Registrar Deputy D.R (Audit & 22 Ali Zaman Registrar Purchase)

ASSISTANT REGISTRARS:

Sr. Name Designation Place of Posting No. Farrukh Assistant 1 Civil-II Rashid Registrar .Mr. Abdul Assistant 2 Transport Ghafoor Registrar Job-I and also look after Mr. Zafar Assistant 3 the official work of Job - Iqbal Registrar II Mr. Masood Assistant 4 Scanning Ahmad Registrar Mr. Zahoor Assistant 5 Copy Hussain. Registrar Coordinator Mr. Shahbaz Assistant 6 NJP/Assistant Registrar Ashraf Registrar (Banking) Mr. Mansoor- Assistant Resident (Rawalpindi 7 ul-Haq Registrar Bench) Mirza Inam Assistant Protocol (Retired Judges 8 Ullah Baig Registrar Cell) Mr. Assistant Lower Court 9 Muhammad Registrar Establishment Shahbaz Mr. Ghazanfar Assistant 10 General (Multan) Ali Shah Registrar Mr. Assistant 11 Muhammad Civil (Bahawalpur) Registrar Ismail Mr. Assistant 12 Muhammad Staff Registrar Khalid Akhtar Mr. Zia-ur- Assistant 13 Resident (Bahawalpur) Rehman. Registrar Mr. Dawood Assistant 14 Confidential-I Ahmad. Registrar 15 Mr. Riaz Assistant Resident [94]

Sr. Name Designation Place of Posting No. Ahmad Registrar Mr. Assistant 16 Muhammad W rit-I Registrar Younis Rana Criminal Rawalpindi Mr. Khalid Assistant Bench (also supervising 17 Mehmood Registrar the seat work of D.R (Genl.) Assistant Resident Branch, Multan 18 Mr. Liaqat Ali Registrar Bench Mr. Iftikhar Assistant 19 I.T. (I) Ahmad Registrar Mr. Munir Assistant 20 I.T-II Ahmad Registrar Mr. Nasrullah Assistant 21 Confidential Branch-II Khan Niazi Registrar Mr. Muhammad Assistant 22 Judicial Misc. Yousaf Registrar Shaheen Syed Zia Assistant 23 M.I.T-I Abbas Registrar Mr. Assistant Criminal. Bahawalpur 24 Muhammad Registrar Bench Ajmal Mr. Assistant Judicial. Rawalpindi, 25 Muhammad Registrar Bench Altaf Mr. Ghulam Assistant 26 Writ Branch Multan Rabbani Registrar Mr. Abdul Assistant 27 General Branch Shakoor Registrar Mr. Assistant 28 Muhammad Bill Branch Registrar Ilyas Mr. Sajjad Assistant 29 Purchase Cell Ahmad Registrar Mr. Irfan Assistant 30 Building Ahmad Niazi Registrar Mr. Ijaz Assistant 31 Civil-I Branch Ahmad Registrar Mr. Khadim Assistant 32 Urgent Cell Hussain Registrar Mr. M.B. Assistant Asstt. Registrar (Public 33 Shahid Registrar Relations/Publications (On d ep utatio n) Mr. Usman Assistant General Branch, 34 Shahid Registrar Rawalpindi Bench. 35 Mr. Nasim Assistant Civil Branch Multan [95]

Sr. Name Designation Place of Posting No. Shahid Registrar Bench Mr. Abid Ali Assistant 36 Criminal-I Chaudhry Registrar Hafiz Sajjad Assistant 37 Gazette-II Ahmad Registrar Mr. The Court of Hon’ble Assistant 38 Muhammad Mr. Justice Shahid Registrar Zaman Sabir W aheed on Mr. Assistant 39 Muhammad W rit-II Registrar Nadeem Assistant 40 Syed Amir Ali Legislation Branch Registrar Mr. Assistant 41 Muhammad SMIT Registrar Shafique Mr. Shahid Assistant Records Section, 42 Naseer Registrar Principal Seat. Mr. Riaz Assistant 43 Computer Cell Ahmad Khan Registrar Mr. Ashfaq Assistant 44 Human Rights Cell. Ahmad Registrar Mr. Hammad Assistant 45 P & D Branch. Ahmad Registrar Mr. Arif Assistant 46 Records, Multan Bench Javaid Dar Registrar Asst. Registrar Mr. Izhar-ul- Assistant 47 (Protocol), Rawalpindi Haq Registrar Bench. Mr. Noor Assistant Mr. Justice Shahid 48 Muhammad Registrar Waheed, as P.S Mr. Basharat Assistant 49 Budget Branch Mahmood Registrar P.A to Hon’ble Mr. Mr. Ashfaq Assistant 50 Justice Syed Muhammad Ahmad Registrar Kazim Raza Shamsi. Mr. Assistant 51 Muhammad Criminal Branch-II Registrar Samieh Khan Mr. Allah Ditta Assistant 52 Gaz.-I Khalid Registrar Mr. Justice Abdul Sami Mr. Shahid Assistant 53 Khan, (Additional Hand Iqbal Registrar P.S) Mr. Assistant 54 Muhammad Commercial Branch Registrar Irfan Mr. Assistant P.A to Hon’ble Mr. 55 Muhammad Registrar Justice Sardar Tariq [96]

Sr. Name Designation Place of Posting No. Maqsood Ch Masood Mr. Taimoor Assistant 56 Staff Officer to Registrar Ali Registrar Mr. Usman Assistant 57 Receipts Shaukat Registrar Mr. Assistant 58 Muhammad Protocol Registrar Zubair Asif

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 LIBRARY:

Mr. Muhammad Sajjad Butt, Librarian

 ACCOUNTS & TREASURY OFFICERS:

Mr. Muhammad Azam, Accounts Officer Ch. Muhammad Tariq, Treasury Officer

 SECURITY BRANCH:

Muhammad Afzal Nazir, DSP/Security Officer

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CHAPTERNO:6

PERFORMANCE OF VARIOUS WINGS

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6.1. MEMBER INSPECTION TEAM WING: On the recommendations of a committee comprising six Honorable Senior Judges of West Pakistan High Court, constituted by the Honorable Chief Justice, initially two posts of Member Inspection Team, each at Lahore and Karachi were sanctioned by the Government of West Pakistan, Home Department, Lahore vide Notification No. 1/26-H.Judl.(II)/69 dated 17.10.1969 only for six months. Later on, the Governor West Pakistan, after a protracted correspondence, was pleased to sanction the same on permanent basis. The primary object of the creation of post of Member Inspection Team was to devise ways and means to improve efficiency and eliminate corru ption from the working of Civil and Criminal Courts in the Province as due to overall volume of work with the Honorable Judges, regular and normal inspections could not be conducted by them and to observe normal inspection schedule was also not possible. As a special measure, procedure for inspection was laid by the Honorable Chief Justice of the High Court of West Pakistan on the recommendations of a Committee comprising six Honorable Judges of this Court to undertake regular inspection of the District Courts as it was undesirable to leave the District judiciary without any swift and regular inspection system and supervision. The grievances of the office bearers of the Bar Associations as well as the litigant public needs [102] prompt attention at the spot which can only be redressed by the office of Member Inspection Team. The MIT office also holds detailed probes into the complaints received against members of District Judiciary and monitors their work and conduct. From the very creation of this office, the lear ned District & Sessions Judges and erstwhile District Magistrates were required to submit the monthly review reports qua work done by the Judicial officers, working under their respective control which required intensive study by this office and follow up of the necessary instructions issued in this behalf. The Honorable Chief Justice Mr. Justice Umar Atta Bandial after his elevation as Chief Justice was pleased to pass a direction to this office to take steps for eradication of corruption in the Distric t Judiciary and para-legal staff and for this purpose, to design a fresh format to carry out the surprise and regular inspections of the District Courts across the Province of Punjab. As per direction of his lordship Honorable the Chief Justice, regular inspections in the Punjab were carried out by Honorable Inspection Judges of a number of Districts along with Members of Inspection Team of this office. A number of surprise visits were also made by the Member Inspection Team to different Districts to check punctuality, work and conduct of courts as well as the record maintained by them.

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Under command of the Honorable Chief Justice, regular quarterly meetings of Anti-Terrorism Courts by the Honorable Administrative Judge, Mr. Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik were also held and attended by the learned Judges of Anti-Terrorism Courts working in Punjab, Secretary Interior, Government of Pakistan, Secretary, Home Department, Government of the Punjab, the Prosecutor General, all the Regional Police Officers and other Heads of related Departments. Following table would indicate the institution of various categories of matters and their disposal rat io during the year in question.

Pend. Sr. Bal. as On Categories as on Inst. Disp. # 31.12.2012 1.1.2012 Application for 1 Early disposal 287 1446 1433 300 (ED) Quarterly 2 -- 148 148 -- Inspection Note. Complaints of 3 11 1104 1114 01 General. Surprise visits/ 4 -- 396 396 --- Inspection Notes. Monthly Jail 5 504 504 -- Inspection Notes. Minutes of Monthly 6 Meetings with the 396 396 -- Judicial Officers. Minutes of Criminal 7 Justice coordination 396 396 -- Committee.

Total 298 4390 4387 301

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COMPLAINT AGAINST JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND OFFICIAL OF THE DISTRICT COURTS.

Number of Number of TOTAL Number of Awaiting Number of Under Complaints complaints Complaints Orders Complaints Process Pending on Instituted Disposed of the Pending and not 1.1.2012 w.e.f. Of w.e.f. HCJ and Under the yet 1.1.2012 1.1.2012 HIJJ Orders of submitted to to HIJJ to the 31.12.2012 31.12.2012 HIJJ 2200 2052 4252 2843 326 485 598

SPECIAL REPORT IN RESPECT OF THE JUDICIAL OFFICER AND OFFICIAL OF THE DISTRICT COURTS.

Number of Special Number of Number of closed special Number of Special Report cases received Fresh Special report cases under the Report cases from the Confidential Report cases orders of the HIJJ. pending under the Branch I & II received after orders of HIJJ. obtaining the orders of HIJJ 68 33 19 82

Thus, the MIT Branch is also poised to monitor overall performance of the Accountability Courts, Anti-Terrorism Courts, Labour Courts, Banking Courts, Anti-corruption Courts, Drug Courts, Consumer Courts and all other Special Courts and Tribunals in the Province. Hon’ble Monitoring/Administrative Judges of these Court provide their esteemed guidance to the Presiding Officers and hold meetings with them. The meetings with Judges of anti-Terrorism Courts and Presiding Officers of Accountability Courts were taken on 7.4.2012, 7.7.2012, 22.9.2012 and 1.12.2012 for evaluating their performance and also for resolution of their difficulties During year 2012, MIT Wing issued, inter-alia, following directives/instructions for smooth running of Court work and for effective implementation of National Judicial Policy as well as for expeditious disposal of the cases. [105]

a) Letter No.15443-MIT/HC, dated 13.06.2012 whereby direction was issued to all the District and Sessions Judges in the Province that notices for public in Urdu be affixed on a notice board made of wood outside the Court regarding Eradication of Corruption. b) Letter No.15442-MIT/HC, dated 13.06.2012, whereby direction was issued to all the District and Sessions Judges in the Punjab to ensure discipline and improvement in the system of administration of justice, Daily attendance sheet shall be maintained/prepared in a confidential manner, in which the timings of check-in and check-out of all the Judicial Officers as well as the staff of the Courts shall be noted down. c) Letter No.15444-MIT/HC, dated 13.06.2012, whereby direction was issued to all the District and Sessions Judges in the Punjab that Judicial Officers while recording interim/final orders/Judgments in civil and criminal cases mark attendance of parties counsel without mentioning their name and in some cases while recording attendance of proxy counsel. The foregoing careless and inefficient breeds confusions and problems in subsequent or future proceedings of those cases, if taken before appellate forums, disapproving the said practice. d) Letter No.16865-MIT/HC, dated 23.06.2012 whereby the direction was issued to all the District and Sessions Judges in the Punjab to furnish the information about the cases in which the proceedings have been unduly stayed/stopped [106]

by the courts just on the excuse of pendency of appeals, revisions or writ petitions before the higher courts in spite of The fact no stay order has been issued in those cases. e) Letter No.16255-MIT/HC/Ahlmads, dated 19.6.2012 whereby the direction was issued to all the District and Sessions Judges in the Punjab that the Authority has taken serious notice of complaints against Ahlmads of District Judiciary regarding incomplete registers, not entering the results of the cases in relevant columns, non-consignment of the files to Record Room, non-production of registers before the Judicial officers on the quarterly inspection and non-delivery of registers at the time of transfer or retirement to the successor Ahlmads. f) Letter No.22880-MIT/HC/ATC, dated 18.9.2012 whereby the direction was issued to all the District and Sessions Judges in the Punjab to ensure the marking of all freshly instituted cases themselves with their own hand writing and signatures. They shall not depute any officer/official for marking of freshly instituted cases. Any defiance of the said instruction coming to this Court may entail serious consequences. g) Letter No.22881-MIT/HC/ATC, dated 18.9.2012 whereby the direction was issued to all the District and Sessions Judges in the Punjab to constitute a committee comprising of two Judges for transfer and posting of the ministerial staff working in the Civil as well as Sessions Courts within the District. The Said committee will regulate the transfer

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and posting of ministerial staff process indeed with the guidance and concurrence of District and Sessions Judge.

All Officers and officials of the MIT Section at Lahore High Court, Lahore, are found committed to discharge onerous duty entrusted to them with absolute integrity, competence, efficiency, courtesy and pledge to reduce miseries of people by making the District Judiciary of Punjab to extend trust-worthy free and efficient services.

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6.2. COMPLAINT CELL:

The Complaint Cell was established in the High Court in the year 2008 with a view to curbing nepotism, favoritisms, bribery and corruption at the District Judiciary and High Court level and to provide speedy relief to the masses/litigant public on the administrative side. The Cell is headed by an officer of this Court in BS-18 which provides free & fair opportunities to all & sundry to have their grievances promptly redressed under direct supervision of the Chief Justice Secretariat. It also caters an in-house accountability of the establishment members of Lahore High Court and its three benches.

Complaint Cell is a panacea for providing access to the masses to have their grievances redressed quickly on the administrative side at upper level. It also provides in-built accountability process for the administration of High Court. Complaint Cell is to take into account the allegations leveled in the complaints and those containing allegations of serious nature are promptly placed before the Hon’ble Chief Justice.

The complaint cell has two – fold function i.e. one to deal with the complaints against the Officers/Officials of the High Court/subordinate courts and the other to deal with the complaints containing serious allegations against the Judicial Officers. The complaints containing serious allegations are investigated by the Complaint Cell in its operative capacity. The complaints are normally received by post, but the people having grouse against any judicial functionary or facing [109] difficulties relating to their causes pending before the Courts may also visit the Complaint Cell. The complainants are given patient hearing of their and level best effort is resorted to lessen their miseries and redress their grievances daily on priority basis. Members of the Bar and litigant public have appreciated the performance and setting up of the Complaint Cell. Most of the complaints have been finally disposed off while some are under process. Disciplinary proceedings against the officials of this Court for fleecing huge amount are underway. All the complaints received were processed promptly. Most of the complaints have been finally disposed off while some are under process.

During the year 2012, total of 11049 complaints were dealt with in the Complaint Cell, Details of which are as under:-

Category Institution Disposal Pendency

Sent to Complaints against 42 Worthy officers/officials of this Court. Registrar

Miscellaneous Complaints 5957 5948 9

Sent to Worthy Registrar 1011 Sent to SMIT 1305 - - Sent to MIT 1807 - - Sent to AR (Judl.) 899 - - Sent to D&SJ (IR&I) 25 - - Sent to (G&S) 1 - - Sent to D&SJ (Estt:) 1 - - Sent to the A.R. (Transport) 1 - - Total 11049

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6.3. HUMAN RIGHTS CELL: Quick provision of relief to the common man without any expense has generated a high degree of trust and confidence of the general public in the judiciary as a whole. The Human Rights exercise has also played a pivotal role in eliminating social evils like Vani, Karo-Kari, dangerous kite-flying etc., which were rampant in the society to the detriment of the common man. The office of the Human Rights Cell was established in April, 2009 The Human Rights Cell is mandated to expeditiously process the complaints and grievances received from the general public as well as Human Rights Cell of august Supreme Court of Pakistan which are forwarded to public functionaries for disposal and necessary action under intimation to this Secretariat. Subsequently, the said reports are put up before the Hon’ble Chief Justice and worthy Registrar for appropriate orders. Relief is provided to the poor persons without going through the traditional protracted litigation process. The performance details of the Human Rights Cell during the year under review are mention hereunder:-

C.G. DCS, Cases. Institution Disposal Pendency Applications received against 240 153 87 the District Courts officials

HRC Cases Institution Disposal Pendency Applications received 806 803 03 Received from Supreme 06 06 - Court of Pakistan Grand Total 812 809 03

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6.4. FINANCE WING:

Finance wing is the backbone of this august institution. It performs multifarious functions of paramount importance for the achievement of assigned goals and takes as Financial Rules and Budget Call Circulars issued by the Finance Department for submission of budgetary returns (non-development). In addition to the routine assignments/tasks as entrusted by the authority, the wing also prepares budgets, estimate for this court and its benches, sessions, civil, small causes and ATA courts in the Punjab. The finance wing has been divided into the following six limbs:-

 Budget Branch  Accounts Branch  Bill Branch  Receipt Branch  Audit cell  Purchase Branch

The Wing headed by Addl. Registrar (Finance) and comprises Deputy Registrar (Accounts), Deputy Registrar (Budget and Planning), Deputy Registrar (Purchase and Audit), Assistant Registrar (Accounts), Assistant Registrar (Bill), Assistant Registrar (Budget), Assistant Registrar (Receipt), Assistant Registrar (Purchase) and Assistant Registrar (Audit)

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6.4.1. BUDGET BRANCH:

Budget Branch has the central place in the organization as it deals with the entire financial matters of the establishment viz., Pay & Allowances, and other operating expenses for smooth functioning of Courts/Offices. During the year 2012, the Budget Branch performed following distinctive functions:

. Up-gradation of clerical and other posts of Lahore High Court from within the allocated budget grant.

. Online entries of Budget & re-appropriations in respect of this Court & entire Judiciary under SAP System provided by the Govt. of the Punjab.

. Annual & Revised Budget allocation in respect of this Court & District Judiciary in the Punjab.

. 100% Reconciliation of Expenditure figures in respect of Lahore High Court, Lahore & its allied benches, Sessions, Civil, ATA Courts & Small Causes Court.

. Maintenance of Sanctioned Strength in respect of entire Provincial Judiciary.

. In time submission of Budget Estimates to Govt. of the Punjab, Finance Department, Lahore.

. Provision of Financial Assistance to the legal heirs of officers/officials of entire judiciary in the Punjab, who died while in Service.

. Creation of a number of posts through SNE/allocated budget for smooth functioning of Courts/Offices.

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Statistics for Budget Allocation 2012-2013 & Expenditures in the Financial year 2010-2011 are tabulated below:-

ANNUAL BUDGET ALLOCATION (NON-DEVELOPMENT) FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2012-2013 IN RESPECT OF HIGH COURT & PROVINCIAL JUDICIARY:

DETAILED FUNCTIONS BUDGET ALLOCATION LQ4112-HIGH COURT 1889974000 (CHARGED) LQ4111-HIGH COURT (VOTED) 805000 LQ4114-SESSIONS COURTS 1745553000 LQ4115-CIVIL COURTS 3771661000 LQ4116-SPECIAL COURTS 81206000 (ANTI-TERRORISM) LQ4117-SMALL CAUSES 25283000 COURT GRAND TOTAL:- 7514482000

RECONCILED EXPENDITURE FIGURES FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2011-2012 IN RESPECT OF HIGH COURT & ITS DISTRICT JUDICIARY:

RECONCILED EXPENDITURE DETAILED FUNCTIONS FIGURES LQ4112-HIGH COURT 1,653,321,631 (CHARGED) LQ4111-HIGH COURT (VOTED) 11,053,484 LQ4114-SESSIONS COURTS 1,603,837,749 LQ4115-CIVIL COURTS 3,159,582,618 LQ4116-SPECIAL COURTS 79,448,250 (ANTI-TERRORISM) LQ4117-SMALL CAUSES COURT 19,243,428 GRAND TOTAL:- 6,526,487,160

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6.4.2. ACCOUNTS BRANCH: Accounts branch is also an important branch of the Budget & Finance Wing, Job description of which is to pass-on to the Accountant General Office, the bills of expenditures incurred by all Branches/Offices of this court against procurement of any kind of item permissible under the prescribed head of account/object.

In addition to deal with the routine matters, the branch under discussion also performs following assignments/tasks:

 Preparation of Official Passports/CNIC of the Hon’ble Judges.

 Billing correction/complaint rectification with other department like Wapda, Sui Gas, Wasa, PTCL and NTC etc.

 Preparation of claims of utility bills/contingent bills of all Hon’ble Judges and Officers.

 Operation and maintenance of Telephone Exchange.

The table/statement indicated below would throw light on the object-wise expenditures incurred by Lahore High Court (Principal Seat) during the year 2012.

EXPENDITURE STATEMENT FROM 1ST JANUARY 2012 TO 31ST DECEMBER 2012:

TOTAL S.NO. HEAD DESCRIPTION ANNUAL 1 AO-1277 Contingent paid staff 22692522 2 AO-3201 Postage & Telegram 3850000 3 AO3202 Telephone Charges 8793774 4 AO3205 Courier Charges 34074 5 AO3301 Sui Gas Charges 9171057 6 AO3302 Water Charges 561375 [115]

7 AO3303 Electricity Charges 52081453 8 AO3407 Rates & Taxes 1332831 9 AO3806 Freight Charges 404370 10 AO3807 P.O.L Charges 36303183 11 AO3808 Conveyance Charges 229555 12 AO3901 Office Stationery 8479437 13 AO3902 Printing Charges 1246369 14 AO3905 Law books & News paper 2074673 15 AO3906 Uniform & Liveries 874501 16 AO3907 Publicity & Advertisement 511309 17 AO3918 National Celebration 113000 18 AO3936 Course Charges/Fee 1000000 19 AO3942 Other Stores 3521694 20 AO3955 Computer Stationery 2161980 21 AO3970 Others 11759235 22 AO5213 Grant in Aid 6800000 23 AO6301 Entertainment & Gift (04666) 6218507 24 AO9501 Purchase of Transport 50735420 25 AO9601 Purchase of Machinery 6235766 26 AO9701 Purchase of Furniture 1773483 27 A-13001 Repair of Transport 5404345 28 A-13101 Repair of Machinery 966412 29 A-13201 Repair of Furniture 532340 30 A-13801 Maintenance of Garden 179800 31 AO9203 Purchase of I.T. Equipment 1065499 32 AO9202 SOFTWARE 100000

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6.4.3. BILL BRANCH: The Bill Branch performs number of activities. These include Preparation of Pay Bills/Arrears of Class-III & IV, Finalization of Pension Cases of Retired Employees., and Death/Insurance Claims of Deceased Employees of this Court. , Preparation of Monthly Computerized Changes., Cases relating to Reimbursement of Medical Charges, TA-DA Bills, Monthly Budget Statements, Leave Accounts, G.P funds bills, leave encashment cases,& Other Miscellaneous tasks The detailed report/data regarding assignments performed by the Bill Branch, during the year 2012 is as under:-

Sr. No. of Cases/Bill got Subject Matter No. finalized/Prepared 1 Manual Pay Bills 800 2 Arrears of Pay Bills 135 0 Pension Cases/ Family Pension 3 Cases including revised pension 62 cases Mo ve -Over & Successive Move - 4 01 Ove r cases 5 Insurance Claims 03 6 TA-DA Bills 450 7 Medical Bills 50 8 G.P Fund Bills 80 9 Leave Encashment Bills 14 10 Issuance of LPC 75 11 Service Books’ Completion 130 0 12 Budget Statements 15 13 Computerized Changes 700 0 Bills Deposited/Collected in/from 16500 deposited and all 14 A.G. Punjab relating to all officers got cleared through & officials cheques received. 15 Reconstruction of Service Books 05 16 Leave availability report 250 Verification of Pension Cases/ 17 Family Pension Cases at T reasu ry 75 Office, Lahore 18 Miscellaneous/others tasks 50 cases

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6.4.4. RECEIPT BRANCH:

Receipt branch also falls under the organizational control of Finance wing which has been assigned the following tasks

 Submission of Budget Estimates of Receipt and Revised Budget Estimates of Receipt of this Court & District Judiciary of Punjab to Finance Department Government of the Punjab,

 Monitoring of auction of canteen, shop, cycle stand, etc.

 Maintenance of Monthly Income & Expenditure statement of copy agency, monthly receipt statement & consolidation of receipt figures in respect of this court & its allied benches, Sessions, Civil, ATA Courts & Small Causes Court.

6.4.5. PURCHASE BRANCH:

Purchase branch is dealing with entire purchase of stores ranging from general stationery items to equipment’s/machinery and furniture of Lahore High Court, Lahore and District Judiciary. In the past, huge Government ex-chequer was incurred by this Court on photo copying assignments as also preparation of paper books of murder references. In order to reduce the said expenditure, these assignments were out-sourced through contract to a private firm with the approval of the Administration Committee. This not only has brought down the stationary consumption, rather wastage, but has also enabled the branch to get rid of the repeated maintenance and repair jobs and save chunk of budget being incurred thereupon.

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During the year under review, numbers of tasks were performed a few of them are as follows:-  Furniture of Urgent Cell of this Court has been got prepared in distinguished style.  A heavy duty generator of 40KVA has been installed to supply uninterrupted electric power.  A new neck tie for the Officers & Officials has been got designed.

6.4.6. AUDIT CELL:

Audit & Accounts Cell in the Finance Wing is very important in the sense that it examines and scrutinizes the financial transactions pertaining to this Court & entire district Judiciary by means of Internal Audit. The branch under discussion also coordinates with audit authorities of the Government of Punjab to get the audit objections/paras settled to ensure financial discipline and use of funds strictly according to the book. During the year under review, Audit Cell performed the following landmark tasks:  Conducted 10 DAC and 05 SDAC meetings for discussion of almost 692 Audit Para’s and got settled 593 Para’s out of them with 85% success rate.  Dealt ex-post facto sanctions for regularization of a number of audit Paras.  Scrutinized Pension Cases and T.A/D.A bills of the Hon’ble Judges & Officers/Officials of this Court.  Participated in the quarterly review meetings regarding outstanding paras in the Finance Department, Lahore.  Maintained Accounts of the discretionary grant of the Hon’ble Chief Justice.  Maintained Accounts of the PJDF.

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6.5. LEGISLATION WING: Legislation Wing of this Court is of paramount importance in the administration of High Court and its main function is to revise the High Court Rules & Orders as well as amendments in the First Schedule of Civil Procedure Code, 1908 according to needs of the day. This Wing also plays a pivotal role for providing legal opinion/guidance to different branches on various issues as and sought.

During the year under review, the Legislation wing performed the following legislative functions in consultation with the respective departments. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS PENDING BEFORE THE HON’BLE RULE COMMITTEE:

The matters relates to the amendments or making new rules in High Court Rules and Orders. A Rule Committee comprises three Hon’ble judges, present composition whereof at the closure of the year under report is as follows:

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik Chairman Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan Member Hon’ble Mr. Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah Member

During the year under review, following rules/matters are pending before the above said committee: -

 Revision of Chapter 10-C, High Court Rules and Orders Volume-V qua Lahore High Court Establishment (Appointment & Conditions of Service) Rules.

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 Amendment in Rule 1-C coupled with amendment in Rule 8 Part-A, Chapter 3 of High Court Rules and Orders, Volume V, regarding powers delegated to the Registrar for disposal of certain judicial matters and assigning of duties to the Judicial Officers working in this Court as O.S.D.  Magisterial powers of worthy Registrar, Lahore High Court, Lahore.  Amendment in Sub-Rule 5-A, Chapter 16-A Part-II, High Court Rules & Orders Volume-IV regarding establishment of record room under the administrative control of the District & Sessions Judges.  Request for creation of promotion channel of Computer Operators and Data Coordinators.  Departmental Examination Rules, 2012 for Additional District & Sessions Judges.  Amendment in Syllabus of Paper-III mentioned in Schedule II of the Punjab Civil Judges Departmental Examination Rules, 1991 proposed by the Hon’ble Mr. Justice (R) Khalil-ur-Rehman Khan, Consultant, Punjab Judicial Academy, Lahore.  Amendment in Rule 5 (iii), Chapter 12(b), High Court Rules & Orders, Volume-IV.  Revision of 9-A, High Court Rules & Orders, Volume-III.  Re-examination of objection memo dated 12.12.2005.  Revision of 8, High Court Rules & Orders, Volume - IV regarding mention of certain provision of old Police and Pakistan Railway, rules relating to pre - partition.

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AMENDMENTS IN C.P.C. RULES: Rule Committee comprises:-

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rauf Ahmed Sheikh President Hon’ble Mr. Justice Muhammad Khalid Mehmood Khan Member Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ameer Bhatti Member Hon’ble Mr. Jari Ullah Khan, Advocate Member Hon’ble Mr. Jahangir A. Jhojha, Advocate Member Senior Civil Judge, Lahore Member Additional Registrar (Legislation) Secretary

For amendments in the first schedule of the C.P.C. At present following cases are pending before the above mentioned committee:

 To rectify the contradiction existing regarding production of witnesses in Order XVI Rule 1 Read with Order XVIII Rules 2 & 4 C.P.C.  Suggestions for lessening the burden of the volume of fresh institution.  Case regarding amendment in Rule 21 of Order VII and Rule 12 of Order VIII of the CPC, 1908 proposed by the Law & Justice Commission of Pakistan in its meeting held on 04.06.2011.

MATTERS PENDING BEFORE THE SUB-COMMITTEES:

A sub-committee for amendments in the first schedule of CPC V of 1908 comprises: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan Hon’ble Mr. Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah

to examine the matter qua draft rules in respect of Section 89-A, CPC, 1908 & issuance of instructions in the form of Standard of Conduct for Neutrals

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(Arbitrators, Conciliators, Evaluators and Mediators) Rules, 2008 (ADR)

A committee comprises the following;

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Nasir Saeed Sheikh Hon’ble Mr. Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah Hon’ble Mr. Justice Muhammad Khalid Mehmood Khan to examine the matter regarding adoption of rules framed by the Sindh High Court on ADR u/s 41 of the Small Claims and Minor Offences Ordinance, 2002 in compliance of decision of NJPMC held on 23/24.10.2009, also refer to the said Committee for further process.

A committee comprises on the following;

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sagheer Ahmad Qadri Hon’ble Mr. Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik to consider all types of quotas i.e. disabled person, women, minorities and relatives etc., prescribed by the Govt. of the Punjab and this Court for making recruitment of various posts including Civil Judges. A committee comprises on the following; Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sh. Najam-ul-Hassan Hon’ble Mr. Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik to examine the representation of the staff Members of this Court for revival/restoration of explanation(c) of Rule 7(i)(a)(ii) of the Punjab Judicial Service Rules, 1994.

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DRAFT AMENDMENTS PENDING WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB TO SEEK PREVIOUS APPROVAL:

 Amendment in Proforma of Bond and Bail Bond appearing at Serial No.67 Page No.46, High Court Rules and Orders Volume- VI.

 Amendment in Chapter 5-A, High Court Rules and Orders Volume-V regarding inspection of records.

 Amendment in Government of the Punjab Rules of Business 1974 relating to Lahore High Court, Lahore.  Amendment in Sub-Section 3 of Section 123 of C.P.C.1908 qua the status of the Senior Member of the Committee Chairman/Chairperson of the Committee which constitutes amendments in the High Court Rules & Orders Volume 1 to VI.  Revision of Chapter 9-A, High Court Rules & Orders, Volume-III qua expenses to be paid to the complainants & witnesses appearing in the Criminal/Sessions Courts.

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LEGAL OPINION GIVEN BY THE LEGISLATION WING ON THE FOLLOWING PROPOSITIONS:

 Whether the request qua provision of an orderly/driver at Government expenses made by Mr. Justice Muhammad Ghani, former Additional Judge of this Court, who retired from service just after 6 months of his elevation, was within the scope of privilege as provided in paragraph-28 of P.O. No.3 of 1997.

 Whether the request made by Mr. Justice Muhammad Ghani, Ex-Judge of this Court, seeking inspection of administrative file can be provided to him or it falls in exceptions as provided in Section 8 of Freedom of Information Ordinance, 2002.

 Whether after re-employment in civil service, but not on contract, Mr. Fazal Dad, Retired Senior Clerk of this Court, who was also a Military Pensioner during the tenure of his service in the High Court, would be entitled to receive any increased amount in pension granted by the Government from time to time through Notifications, or not?”

 Whether or not the request made Mr. Khalid Nasim, Retired Assistant Registrar of this Court, who was dismissed from service on the charge of embezzlement, for the grant of compassionate allowance is admissible under Clause 18(3) of Punjab Civil Servants Act 1974.

 i) Whether Mr. Ghulam Mujaddid Rabbani, Retired Additional Registrar of this Court involving was entitled to avail 180 days leave encashment during his last year of service; and ii) if the officer was so entitled then whether after the implementation of the orders passed by the Hon’ble Chief Justice, sanctioning 180 days leave encashment in favour of Mr. Ghulam Mujaddid Rabbani, the amount of Rs.39,746/- overdrawn by him on account of encashment of L.P.R., or any proportion whereof can be got refunded from him at the belated stage viz about three years after his retirement. [125]

 Whether the Request made by Mr. Muhammad Azhar, Private Secretary of this Court, seeking departmental permission for getting the license of pistol transferred in his name from the Home Department was admissible under any rules or not?

 Whether the review petition, filed by Mr. Ghulam Rasool, Driver working in District & Sessions Division, Faisalabad, or grant of back benefits despite the fact that no back benefit was granted by the Admin Judge at the time of accepting his Service Appeal, was maintainable.”

 Whether this court can refuse/decline a written request for General Adjournment made by the counsel of either party”

 Whether an attested photocopy of order announced in Appeal No. 24-A of 2008 by Election Tribunal can be provided to the applicant.

 Which date of birth will be considered as authentic in case the date of birth shown in academic certificates is different to that of date of birth given in National Identity Card.

 Qua the admissibility of travelling allowance to Syed Adnan Mehdi, Civil Judge, Multan, on his first appointment vide notification dated 23.05.2007 under rules 1.12 and 4.1 of the Punjab Travelling Allowance Rules, 1991.

 If the appointment to the new post encompasses the assumption of the duties of greater importance, then the incumbent of new post is entitled to the said benefit of advance increment as enumerated by Rule 4.4(a)(i) of CSR Volume-1 Part-I.

 Whether widow of late Saeed Ahmad, ex-Civil Judge Rawalpindi, who died during service while he had rendered about 7-years’ service only, was entitled to grant family pension in her favour on the ground of hardship.

 Whether any provision of the Constitution or other law empowers this Court to legislate at its own “Lahore High Court Employees [126]

(Welfare Funds) Rules”, and if not then what will be the modus operandi for that.

 Whether Special Allowance @50% of the Ph.D. allowance for possessing LL.M. Degree, to the members of the establishment of this Court, was admissible.

 Applicability of Federal Government instructions qua enhancing the deputation, as contained in Establishment Division’s OM No.1/28/ 75-D.2/R.3/R.I, dated 18.02.1987, on Provincial employees.

 Whether Mst. Kiran Umair, widow of Mr. Umair Latif (late), Junior Clerk, Lahore High Court, Lahore, who was expired during service with 335-days leave at his credit, was entitled to get the benefit of 180 days leave encashment.

 During the period of nomination at Multan Bench if the Hon’ble Judge proceeds to another Bench of this Court to work for certain periods, whether the staff accompanied the Hon’ble Judge will be entitled to claim Disturbance Allowance or Daily Allowance for the period served them at another Bench of this Court.

 Determination of Inter se seniority of the employees appointed by way of promotion and the persons appointed through the initial recruitment for the same post/cadre in this Court.

 For how many days encashment of refused leave was admissible to Mr. Tahir Abbas Khokhar, who had been working in this Court as Treasury Officer on deputation basis.

AMENDMENTS IN RULES:

 Insertion of new Rule 27-A qua appeal against the orders of the Competent Authority in High Court Establishment (Appointment & Conditions of Service) Rules (Notification No.343/Legis, Dated 22.10.2012 issued).

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 Amendment in Rule 5(iii), Chapter 12(b), High Court Rules and Orders, Volume-IV enhancing in Oath Commissioner fee from Rs.20/- to Rs.30/-.

 Amendment in Rule-1 Orders XLVII Civil Procedure Code 1908, imposing condition of cash security of Rs.5000/- for filing review petitions (Notification No.49/Legis/XI-Y-26 Dated 26.02.2011 issued).

 Amendment in Rule 8(2) of the Punjab Judicial Service Rules, 1994 providing pre-service training of six months for confirmation of judicial officers subject to clearing of departmental examination (Notification No.SOR-III(S&GAD)2-17/83(P-I) Dated 04.01.2010 issued).  Amendment in Rule 10, 11 and 12 of Chapter 5 -C, High Court Rules and Orders Volume-V substituting preservation period of certain judicial files and insertion of new Rule 11-A therein (Notification No.178/Legis/II.D.1 Dated 26.07.2010 issued).  Amendment in Rules 2 & 3 of Chapter 10-A, High Court Rules and Orders Volume-V.

 Framing of Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils (Disciplinary Proceedings) Rules, 2008 under Section 41 & 42 of the Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act (XXXV) of 1973.

 Amendment in Orders XXXIII, XXVII and XXXIX of the First Schedule of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908;

 Amendment in Rule-11, Chapter-2, Part-B, High Court Rules & Orders, Volume-II qua Annual Inspection of Wards by Courts.

 Amendment in Rule 2(1)(i)(A) Chapter III, High Court Rules & Orders, Volume-V proposed by the Division Bench of this Court.  Revision of Chapter 7, Part F to K, High Court Rules and Orders Volume-IV.

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6.6. LIBRARY:

As its essential component, the august Lahore High Court has been equipped with a Library which was established way back in 1866. In 1919, Library was elevated with an initial collection of 1000 books. With the rapid growth of knowledge, collection of Library mounted to 3000 volumes in the year 1947 and from 1955 to 1969, it amounted to 100,000 books. By now the collection of the Library are more than 100,000 volumes ranging from Jurisprudence, Banking, Income Tax, Sales Tax and International Law to Constitutional Law etc. In the year 1981, benches at Rawalpindi, Multan & Bahawalpur were established as also Libraries, supervised by Assistant Librarians. The books for these Benches were purchased through special grants. The Library at the Principal Seat is partly equipped with the digitalized environment having necessary gadgets provided by the Federal Government under Access to Justice Program. However, it cannot be termed to have state of the art digitalization.

The affairs of the Library are monitored by a Library Committee comprising two senior Hon’ble Judges, present composition whereof at the closure of year under report consisted of Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sardar Tariq Masood and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Mansoor Ali Shah .

Following officers are running affairs of the Library:-  Librarian  Assistant Librarian

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The following Reports and Law Journals are being purchased on regular basis i.e., PLD (Pakistan Legal Decision), P.Cr.L.J (Pakistan Criminal Law Journal), PLC (Pakistan Labour Cases), PTD (Pakistan Tax Decision), SCMR (Supreme Court Monthly Review), CLC (Civil Law Cases), MLD (Monthly Law Report), YLR (Yearly Law Report), CLD (Corporate Law Journal), PLJ (Pakistan Law Journal), Tax (Taxation), PTCL, (Pakistan Tax & Corporate Laws), PCTLR, (Pakistan Company & Tax Law Report), NLR (National Law Reports), AC (Appeal Cases), CLC, (Civil Law Judgments), Cr.LJ (Criminal Law Judgments), SCJ (Supreme Court Judgments), TD (Tribunal Decisions), SD (Shariat Decisions), UC (Unreported Cases), PSC(Crl.) (Pakistan Supreme Court Cases-Crl.), PSC, (Pakistan Supreme Court Cases), PCLR (Pakistan Current Civil Law Reports), P Cr.R (Pakistan Current Criminal Rulings), PLR (Peshawar Law Reports), KLR (Key Law Reports), LN (Law Notes), SBLR (Sindh Balochistan Law Reports), SLR (Shariat Law Reports).

Following software application/system developed by the I.T branch of this Court is being used in the Library: -

INTEGRATED LIBRARY SYSTEM (ILS):

The purpose of this system is to speedily computerize books/journals with the help of KOHA Open Source Integrated Library System (ILS).

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CATALOGING AND CLASSIFICATION:

The latest international tools like Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) and Resources Description Access (RDA) are also available for classification and cataloging purpose.

MONTHLY JUDGES’S LIBRARY NEWSLETTER:

With the approval of Hon’ble Library Committee, a monthly library newsletter has been published with the title “MONTHLY JUDGES’ LIBRARY NEWSLETTER”, which is circulated amongst the Hon’ble Judges.

ORGANOGRAM OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES FOR THE LIBRARY:

The Hon’ble Chief Justice has been pleased to approve the Organogram of the Human Resources for the Library of this Court vide Endorsement No. 4690/Gaz.1.V.Z.2 (a), dated 03.12.2012.

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6.7. PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT WING:

Planning & Development Wing of this court is of paramount significance. The wing stands upon the following branches.

 PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT BRANCH

 BUILDINGS BRANCH

Planning & Development branch deals with the soft, thematic planning assignments as also Access to Justice Program. Building branch deals with the hard & physical reforms in the building sector of this Court, as well as District judiciary, encompassing repair, maintenance, construction, acquisition of land, etc.

The Wing under discussion is headed by Addl. Registrar (P&D) and comprises Deputy Registrar (P&D), Assistant Registrar (P&D), Assistant Registrar (Buildings) and supporting staff.

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6.7.1. PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT BRANCH:

Planning and development branch coordinates and monitors development programs and activities under access to justice program. The categorical/respective achievements of the planning and development branch during the year under review are substantiated below:-

PROVISION OF GENERATORS FOR THE COURTS OF DISTRICT JUDICIARY OF PUNJAB: Development work in the judicial sector has far reaching impact on the performance of district judiciary with this objectives and providing congenial working conditions to the District Judiciary, so that the efficiency and standard of their work remains unhampered by the recurrent schedule of electricity load- shedding. A scheme estimated @ RS 23.00 Million was initiated for purchase of generators for all the sessions and civil courts of Punjab. The scheme comprising total of 140 diesel generators sets the scheme divide into to two phase, phase-I of the scheme was completed and 108 generators sets are fully installed and are operational in the districts courts all over the Punjab. Phase– II is under process and would immensely facilitate the logistic problems of judiciary of the district. OPERATIONALIZATION OF SMALL CLAIMS & MINOR OFFENCES COURTS ORDINANCE-2002:

Consequent upon decision taken by the National Judicial Policy Making Committee, while announcing the Judicial Policy-2009, and under approval of the Hon’ble Admin. Judge, AJP, this office is assisting the Authority for effecting monitoring of implementation of the subject Ordinance by collecting quarterly [133] statements from all District & Sessions Judges of the province. Some of the statistics to this effect have already been presented to NJPMC through Coordinator (NJP) of this Court.

ACCESS TO JUSTICE DEVELOPMENT FUND (AJDF):

The subject Fund stands established in Law & Justice Commission of Pakistan through promulgation of Law Commission (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002 which is governed by a high powered Governing Body under the Chairmanship of Hon’ble Chief Justice of Pakistan. It has 7 windows/sub-funds, Provincial Judicial Development Fund being its major window, funds where under have been reserved specifically for the capacity building and up-lift of sub-ordinate Judiciary in the following fields:-

 Automation of Courts

 Establishment of Information Kiosk

 Court infra-structure; and

 Court related amenities to the litigant public

During the year, 2009-2010, the Commission provided 3rd & 4th installments to the tune of approx. Rs.40 million out of which an IT scheme of District Judiciary has been accomplished by purchasing computer equipments and allied accessories. In order to make transparent and effective use of the said Fund.

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CONSTITUTION OF DISTRICT LEGAL EMPOWERMENT COMMITTEES: The subject Committees stand constituted in all pilot Districts under the chairmanship of D&SJ concerned which cater free legal aid to deserving litigants pursuing their cases in the District judiciary. It is worthwhile to mention here that the Committees under discussion draw funds from Access to Justice Development Fund Window viz. Legal Empowerment, being managed by Law & Justice Commission.

MONITORING OF PROJECTS FUNDED BY ACCESS TO JUSTICE DEVELOPMENT FUND: One of the seven windows of the subject Fund provides for sponsorship of projects in the legal & social domain to be undertaken by NGOs to promote legal awareness. In this regard, project evaluations & monitoring of various Organizations are being done by this Court through D&SJ concerned as per modus operandi set-out by Law & Justice Commission.

INVITATION OF PROJECTS FROM UNDERDEVELOPED REGIONS TO BE SPONSORED BY LAW & JUSTICE COMMISSION: One of the windows of Access to Justice Development Fund namely, sponsorship of projects relating to under developed regions reserves financial resources for the far-flung and ignored areas to take-up projects in social & legal sectors. Recently, pursuant to the decision of the aforesaid Governing Body, this Court is in the process of inviting project proposals from the reputable NGOs of the under developed regions as ear-marked by the Punjab Government . The D&SJJ of the district concerned will coordinate in this regard. [135]

REPRESENTATIONS OF LOWER COURTS STAFF FOR GRANT OF THREE TIMES SPECIAL JUDICIAL ALLOWANCE AND 50% ADHOC RELIEF: Pursuant to enhancement of grant of 50% Adhoc relief by the Federal Government in respect of all staff members of superior judiciary, representations of the lower Courts staff poured in from all corners of the province, voicing their grievance for the statedly discriminatory treatment by excluding them from this benefit. The representation was placed before the Hon’ble Chief Justice for appropriate orders and his lordship was pleased to observe that the same be placed before the Hon’ble Administration Committee, which is still pending for consideration before the August Committee.

PREPARATION OF ANNUAL REPORT OF LAHORE HIGH COURT, LAHORE: In addition to performing above said assignments/tasks, the planning and development branch also prepared and designed Annual Report of Lahore High Court, Lahore.

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6.7.2. BUILDINGS BRANCH.

Buildings branch is a key component of the Planning & Development Wing which is responsible for construction, repair and renovation of buildings of this Court as well as Districts &Sessions/Civil Courts, allied facilities and judicial officers’ residences. It determines the requirements of Judiciary, acquires state land, and prepares schemes for approval and execution through the funds provided by the Government. It has, by and large, improved the working environment of judicial officers and staff and enhanced their capacity to provide justice to the people with peace of mind. In this regard, 96 construction schemes were completed during the year 2012 and work on 207 schemes for the construction of courts and residences etc. is in progress, details are reflected below:-

COMPLETED DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES.

Approved Sr. Cost Name of Scheme No. (Rs. in million) Construction of Bakhshi Khana in Sessions Courts Complex 1 4.657 at Attock. 2 Construction of women litigant shed in Civil Courts at Attock 1.006 Construction of women litigant shed in Civil Courts at Jand, 3 1.006 District Attock Construction of women litigant shed in Civil Courts at 4 1.006 Pindigheb, District Attock Construction of 02 Nos. women litigant shed in Judicial 5 1.873 Complex at Chishtian, District Bahawalnagar Construction of women litigant shed in Judicial Complex 6 0.936 Minchinabad, District Bahawalnagar Construction of women litigant shed in Judicial Complex at 7 0.936 Bahawalnagar Provision of Sui Gas and installation of sui gas heaters in the 8 premises of Lahore High Court, Bahawalpur Bench, 1.177 Bahawalpur. [137]

Construction of Boundary Wall of 4 Nos. residences of 9 Hon'ble Judges at Lahore High Court, Bahawalpur Bench, 0.587 Bahawalpur Construction of Boundary Wall around the Civil & Sessions 10 3.378 Courts Bhakkar. 11 Construction of Record Room at Bhakkar 8.964 Construction of missing Boundary Wall around Civil Courts 12 0.495 (old Rest House) at Darya Khan, District Bhakkar Improvement / renovation of Highway Rest House Darya 13 1.283 Khan for use as Civil Courts, District Bhakkar 14 Construction of Bakhshi Khana at Chiniot. 5.074 Raising of Boundary Wall and Construction of Sentry Post 15 0.300 around Judicial Complex at District Chiniot Replacement/Up-gradation of Transformers in Sessions 16 1.676 Court Complex at Chiniot Construction of residences for Judicial Officers at 17 30.200 Tandlianwala, District Faisalabad Construction of Judicial Complex at Jaranwala, District 18 50.930 Faisalabad. Construction of Judicial Complex at Tandlianwala, District 19 49.151 Faisalabad. 20 Construction of 6 Nos. New Civil Courts at Faisalabad 15.640 Raising of Boundary Wall along with removing and refixing 21 0.565 jungla in Sessions Court Complex Faisalabad External Development in Session Court Complex for 22 providing double supply of E.I. in different courts including 1.499 replacement of transformer 200 K.V.A Faisalabad Construction of Boundary Wall around the Sessions Courts at 23 1.296 Gujrat Construction of Boundary Wall around Judicial Complex 24 1.146 Kharian, District Gujrat 25 Construction of Bar Room at Hafizabad. 13.212 Construction of one courtroom as well as one residence for 26 10.460 AD&SJ at Pindi Bhattian, district Hafizabad. 27 Provision of Fiber Glass Shed in Judicial Colony at Jhang 0.972 Installation of sui gas connection in Judicial Officerss 28 2.234 residences/courts at Shorkot, district Jhang. Construction of women litigant shed in Judicial Complex at 29 1.095 Ahmadpur Sial, District Jhang Provision of iron Racks in the existing Record Room of 30 0.430 District & Sessions Judge Court, Jhang Providing and Laying of new electric wiring for air 31 2.500 conditioners in Session and Civil Courts at Jhang Construction of Residential Colony for Judicial Officers at 32 48.928 Chunian, District Kasur 33 Construction of Judicial Complex at Chunian, District Kasur. 50.385 Construction of Boundary Wall around Civil / Session Court 34 1.639 Complex, Kasur 35 Construction of Family Court at Khanewal. 2.869 36 Construction of Bar Room at Mian Channu, district Khanewal. 5.155

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Provision of M.S. Jungla over raised boundary wall at Civil 37 1.027 Court, Khanewal. Provision of M.S. Jungla over raised boundary wall at 38 1.390 Sessions Court, Khanewal. Provision of M.S. Jungla over the existing boundary wall at 39 Court Complex and Residential Colony Jahanian, district 5.266 Khanewal. Provision of M.S. Jungla over the existing boundary wall at 40 Court Complex and Residential Colony Kabirwala, district 3.409 Khanewal. Provision of M.S. Jungla over the existing boundary wall at 41 3.011 Court Complex Mian Channu, district Khanewal. Provision of tuff pavers and construction of car parking sheds 42 1.655 at Sessions Court Khanewal Provision of tuff pavers and construction of car parking sheds 43 1.635 at Civil Court Khanewal Raising and repair of Boundary Wall of Sessions Courts, 44 5.752 Lahore Addition/alteration to Aiwan-e-Adal Lahore (Raising of 45 Boundary Wall, raising height of jungla and provision of razor 2.499 wire) Construction of Steel Structure Over Head Bridge at Aiwan-e- 46 7.077 Adal, Lahore Addition/alteration to Aiwan-e-Adal Lahore (Provision of 47 electric wiring for installation of new air conditioners in Court 5.777 Rooms) Construction of 1 additional storey in two Nos. Courts at 48 3.942 Cantt. Lahore Construction of Bakhshi Khana at Model Town Courts, 49 4.134 Lahore Construction of double storey mosque in the premises of 50 16.772 Lahore High Court, Lahore 51 Addition/alteration to Lahore High Court, Lahore 22.095 Provision of 2 Nos. passenger lifts in 8 Nos. Courts in the 52 16.940 western wing of Lahore High Court, Lahore Addition/alteration to Lahore High Court, Lahore 53 2.007 (Construction of 8 Nos. Observation Posts) Addition/alteration to Lahore High Court, Lahore (Provision of 100 KVA Generator Wiring in 8 Nos. Courts, 4 Courts 54 1.450 adjacent to Copy Branch, old Supreme Court wing and Control Room) Renovation and improvement of Judges Rest House No.1 55 1.901 Tollinton Lane GOR-I, Lahore Addition/alteration to Lahore High Court, Lahore (Conversion 56 of Court Rooms No.25 & 26 into the office of Director 0.814 General, H.R &V.C.) Addition/alteration to Lahore High Court, Lahore (Provision of 57 0.623 new 60 HP turbine motor) 58 Renovation of Urgent Cell in the Lahore High Court, Lahore 10.421 Renovation and improvement of Judges Rest House No.2 59 1.823 Tollinton Lane GOR-I, Lahore

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Improvement of 11-Aikman Road (Chief Justice House) in 60 0.899 GOR-I, Lahore Addition/alteration to Lahore High Court, Lahore (Provision of 61 new Concrete Road Blockers and Electric Service Cable only 1.437 to newly installed Hydraulic Road Blockers) Construction of Bar Room and lavatory block in Civil Courts 62 4.409 premises at Choubara, district Layyah. Construction of Bar Room and lavatory block in Civil Courts 63 4.409 premises at Karor Lal Eason, district Layyah. Construction of women litigant shed in Civil Courts premises 64 1.005 at Layyah Raising of Boundary Wall of Civil and Session Courts at 65 1.213 Layyah Construction of Bar Room at Judicial Complex Dunyapur, 66 6.286 district Lodhran. 67 Construction of mosque in the Judicial Complex Lodhran. 4.898 shifting of Disposal Work at Judicial Colony Dunyapur, 68 1.610 District Lodhran Construction of Judicial Complex at Phalia, District Mandi 69 43.215 Bahauddin. 70 Construction of record room at Mianwali. 9.085 Reconstruction/ raising of boundary wall 9" thick 8' height 71 1.547 around District and Session Judge complex at Mianwali. Construction of mosque at Judicial Complex Piplan, district 72 5.099 Mianwali. Construction of women litigant shed in Judicial Complex at 73 1.154 Mianwali Construction of bar room at Judicial Complex/Civil Court 74 6.131 Jalalpur Pirwala, district Multan. Provision of Steel Racks in Record Room at Sessions Court, 75 1.209 Multan (AD&SJ Court Room converted into Record Room) Provision of split type air conditioners at Lahore High Court, 76 7.461 Multan Bench, Multan. 77 Construction of Bar Room at Alipur, district Muzaffargarh. 5.526 Construction of litigant waiting shed and car parking shed in 78 2.518 front of Civil & Sessions Courts at Narowal. Addition/alteration in Judicial Officers' residences at Narowal 79 2.016 (Provision of Car Shed, Servant Room, Guard Room etc.) Construction of Boundary Wall along with gate & gate pillars 80 around the newly constructed Bar Room in District & 0.723 Sessions Judge Court Complex at Narowal Establishment of new Additional District & Sessions Judge 81 Court and Civil Courts in old Rest House at Zafarwal, District 1.522 Narowal Construction of women litigant shed in Civil and Sessions 82 1.053 Courts at Arifwala, District Pakpattan Construction of Boundary Wall around the Civil and Sessions 83 1.833 Courts at Pakpattan Improvement/renovation of Judges Rest House at Murree 84 1.365 (Provision of Lamination floor)

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Improvement/renovation of Judges Rest House, Gulistan 85 0.209 Colony, Rawalpindi (Provision of Lamination floor) Construction of Camp Office, Security Hut, Barracks for 4 Constables, gate and gate pillars, improvement / renovation 86 11.858 of 2 Nos. staff quarters and garrages in Sessions House at Sargodha. Construction of Boundary Wall around the Sessions Courts 87 2.507 Complex Sargodha. Construction of 1 No. Court for AD&SJ at Bhalwal, district 88 3.709 Sargodha. Construction of women litigant shed in Sessions Courts at 89 1.014 Sargodha Addition/alteration to the residence of Senior Civil Judge, 90 1.469 Sheikhupura Construction of Bakhshi Khana in the premises of Sessions 91 4.663 Courts Sialkot. 92 Construction of Judicial Complex at Daska, District Sialkot 56.711 Provision of barbed wire on the Boundary Wall etc. at Judicial 93 Officers' residences at Daska, District Sialkot (Security 2.251 Measures) Re-construction of some portion as well as raising of existing 94 Boundary Wall of Camp Office in Sessions House, Toba Tek 0.178 Singh Construction of women litigant shed in Judicial Complex at 95 1.013 Burewala, District Vehari Construction of women litigant shed in Judicial Complex at 96 1.013 Vehari

ONGOING DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES:

Approved Sr. Cost Name of Scheme No. (Rs. in million) Construction of residences for Judicial Officers at Kahuta, 1 92.955 District Rawalpindi. Construction of Judicial Complex (Residential Portion) at 2 84.127 Pind Dadan Khan, district Jhelum. Construction of Judicial Complex (Residential Portion) at 3 69.779 Sohawa, district Jhelum. Construction of residences for Judicial Officers at Jaranwala, 4 50.676 District Faisalabad. Construction of Judicial Officers' and Staff Residences at 5 57.679 Session Court Complex Gujranwala. Construction of Caretaker residence in the Hon'ble Judges 6 1.720 Rest House, Gulgasht Colony, Multan 7 Construction of Residences for Judicial Officers at Lodhran 99.725 Construction of residence for AD&SJ at Rojhan, district 8 5.843 Rajanpur.

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Providing and fixing 1/2 cusec turbine and OHR 10000 9 4.565 Gallon capacity in Judicial Colony at Layyah Construction of Residences: 1 for AD&SJ and 3 for Civil 10 34.306 Judges at Hasilpur, District Bahawalpur Construction of Residences for Judicial Officers at 11 46.087 Sadiqabad, District Rahim Yar Khan Construction of Staff Rest House, Staff Quarters, Police 12 Barracks and Car Parking at Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi 35.387 Bench, Rawalpindi. Provision of barbed wire on the Boundary Wall etc. at Judicial 13 Officers residences at Daska, District Sialkot (Security 2.251 Measures) Construction of Boundary Wall around Judicial Officers 14 5.848 Colony at Sargodha Construction of tilted / fallen Boundary Wall of Judicial 15 4.967 Officers' Colony at Vehari Construction of residences: 1 for AD&SJ and 3 for Civil 16 Judges, boundary wall, gate and gate pillars at Ahmadpur 13.698 Sial, District Jhang. Addition/alteration in Judicial Officers' residences at Narowal 17 2.016 (Provision of Car Shed, Servant Room, Guard Room etc.) Construction of Bakhshi Khana at Civil Courts at Pindigheb, 18 2.342 district Attock. Construction of Bakhshi Khana at Civil Courts Hassanabdal, 19 3.400 district Attock. Construction 1 Court for AD&SJ, 2 for Civil Judges, bakhshi 20 khana, bar room, litigant shed and public toilets at Judicial 49.846 Complex Talagang, District Chakwal. Construction of Judicial Complex (Non Residential Portion) at 21 53.740 Pind Dadan Khan, district Jhelum. Construction of Judicial Complex (Non Residential Portion) at 22 45.192 Sohawa, district Jhelum. Construction of dispensary at Bar premises of District Bar 23 2.791 Association, Faisalabad. Construction of 8 Nos. Civil Courts in Sessions Court 24 29.951 Complex Gujranwala. Construction of Judicial Complex at Zafarwal, District 25 86.288 Narowal 26 Construction of Judicial Complex at Lahore (Phase-I). 255.794 27 Construction of Judicial Complex at Lahore (Phase-II). 837.454 Addition/alteration in Lahore High Court, Lahore 28 8.003 (Preservation of Old Buildings [Eastern Block]) Addition/alteration to Aiwan-e-Adal Lahore (Provision of 29 electric wiring for installation of new air conditioners in Court 5.777 Rooms) Construction of double storey mosque in the premises of 30 13.966 Lahore High Court, Lahore

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Construction of Court Block, Record Room, Office Room, 31 Committee Room, Nazarat Room etc. in the premises of 40.886 Model Town Courts, Lahore 32 Construction of Judicial Complex at Pattoki, District Kasur. 261.213 33 Construction of Judicial Complex at Multan. 395.750 Reconstruction of existing Mosque at Lahore High Court, 34 2.805 Multan Bench, Multan Construction of Check Posts for police guards on main gates 35 of Judicial Complexes Khanewal, Kabirwala, Mian Channu 2.146 and Jahanian. Construction of Bar Room, Canteen and Mosque at Sessions 36 9.942 Court, Dera Ghazi Khan. 37 Construction of Court for AD&SJ at Rojhan, district Rajanpur. 8.685 Construction of Judicial Complex at Sadiqabad, district 38 66.459 Rahim Yar Khan. Construction of Bar Room, Library and Mosque in the 39 12.865 Judicial Complex Khanpur, district Rahim Yar Khan. Construction of women litigant shed in Judicial Complex 40 1.084 Dunyapur, District Lodhran Construction of women litigant shed in Judicial Complex 41 1.030 Lodhran Construction of women litigant shed in Civil & Sessions 42 1.053 Courts at Arifwala, District Pakpattan

43 Construction of women litigant shed in Civil Courts at Attock 1.006

Construction of women litigant shed in Civil Courts at Jand, 44 1.006 District Attock Construction of women litigant shed in Civil Courts at 45 1.006 Pindigheb, District Attock Construction of women litigant shed in Judicial Complex 46 1.013 Burewala, District Vehari Construction of women litigant shed in Judicial Complex at 47 1.013 Vehari Remodeling of Boundary Wall of Lahore High Court, Multan 48 2.671 Bench, Multan Construction of Boundary Wall around Civil / Sessions Courts 49 1.639 Complex, Kasur Construction of Boundary Wall along with gate and gate 50 pillars for security purpose around the Civil & Sessions 5.928 Courts at Jauharabad, District Khushab Raising and repair of Boundary Wall of Sessions Courts, 51 5.752 Lahore Provision of security arrangements in Sessions & Civil Courts 52 1.074 at Nankana Sahib Construction of Courts: 1 for AD&SJ, 3 for Civil Judges, 53 litigant shed , Bakhshi Khana, toilet block, boundary wall, 15.767 gate & gate pillars at Ahmadpur Sial, District Jhang

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Establishment of new Additional District & Sessions Judge 54 Court and Civil Courts in old Rest House at Zafarwal, District 1.522 Narowal Provision of OHR 10000 Gallons in Sessions Courts 55 3.989 Complex, Gujrat 56 Construction of Bar Room at Kabirwala, District Khanewal 5.412 Construction of Judicial Complex at Samundari, District 57 3.134 Faisalabad Construction of one residence for AD&SJ and 2 Nos. 58 17.254 Residences for Civil Judge at Chakwal Construction of 2 Nos. Civil Judge residences at Talagang, 59 8.659 district Chakwal 60 Rehabilitation of old House in Judicial Colony, Chakwal 5.389 Construction of Residences for Judicial Staff and Boundary 61 54.115 Wall at Bhakkar Construction of residence for AD&SJ at Mankera, District 62 7.115 Bhakkar Construction of 2 Nos. residences for Civil Judges at Kallur 63 7.301 Kot, District Bhakkar 64 Construction of new Sessions House at Faisalabad 11.449 Construction of 6 Nos. 2 Bed Room flat type multi storeyed 65 residences i/c stair case for Civil Judges in Judicial Colony, 19.339 Faisalabad

Construction of 3 Nos. Garages in Civil Judge residences in 66 0.949 Judicial Complex Ahmedpur Sial, District Jhang

Construction of Judicial Rest House i/c 2 Nos residences for 67 53.472 AD&SJ and 2 for Civil Judges at District Mandi Bahauddin. Construction of Official Residences for Judicial Officers at 68 21.892 Shakargarh, District Narowal Provision of Sui Gas Geezers, Heaters and Lamps at Judicial 69 0.465 Colony, Kasur 70 Addition/alteration to Judicial Colony Okara 0.340 Addition/alteration to residences in Judicial Colony Depalpur, 71 0.349 District Okara 72 Construction of residence for Superintendent at Pakpattan 3.614 Construction of 2 Nos. AD&SJJ residences and 1 No. Civil 73 21.924 Judge residence at Arifwala, district Pakpattan Spreading of tuff tiles from main gate to Staff Guest House at 74 3.203 Lahore High Court, Multan Bench, Multan Provision of missing facilities in Judicial Colony Dunyapur, 75 4.066 District Lodhran Construction of Rest House, Single Suite Accommodation 4 76 Nos., Record Room, Servant Quarter, Guard Room and 20.109 Boundary Wall at Additional Judicial Complex Khanewal Construction of 1 residence for Additional District & Sessions 77 7.106 Judge at Tehsil Kabirwala, District Khanewal Construction of residences for Judicial Officers at Jampur, 78 68.855 District Rajanpur

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Construction of Residence for AD&SJ and Civil Judge at 79 15.876 Tehsil Chishtian, District Bahawalnagar Construction of Residence for Civil Judge at Tehsil 80 6.963 Haroonabad, District Bahawalnagar Provision of Pumping & boring in Civil Judge residences / 81 0.437 Judicial Colony at Bahawalnagar Addition/alteration to Judicial Officers' Residences at Narowal 82 0.878 - Provision of water supply System Addition/alteration & improvement of Residence No.B-03 at 83 0.659 Sarwar Shaheed Road District Sheikhupura Addition/alteration & improvement of Residence No.A-01 at 84 0.606 Shami Road District Sheikhupura Addition/alteration & improvement of Residence No.B-08 at 85 0.244 Judicial Colony District Sheikhupura Improvement/renovation of Civil Judges Rest House Murree, 86 3.576 District Rawalpindi Construction of Judicial Complex at Kallar Syedan, District 87 50.000 Rawalpindi Construction of Court and Residence of AD&SJ at Pindigheb, 88 21.754 District Attock Construction of one Court for AD&SJ and one for Civil Judge 89 8.831 at Chakwal Construction of 2 Nos. Civil Judges Courts at Talagang, 90 7.855 district Chakwal 91 Construction of Bakhshi Khana in Sessions Courts at Jhelum 6.865 92 Improvement /Renovation of Session Court at Jhelum 6.740 Construction of 7 Nos. Civil Courts at Bhalwal, district 93 29.142 Sargodha Construction of Judicial Complex at Sahiwal, District 94 81.488 Sargodha 95 Construction of 7 Nos. Civil Courts at Sargodha 28.596 Provision of Sui Gas in Civil & Sessions Courts at 96 1.389 Jauharabad, district Khushab Construction of Session House (Grade-21) Khushab at 97 18.918 Jauharabad Construction of 2 Nos. AD&SJ Courts and 2 Nos. Civil Courts 98 15.742 at Bhakkar 99 Construction of Garage in Sessions Judge Court at Bhakkar 0.344 Construction of 1 No. Civil Court at Kallur Kot, District 100 3.436 Bhakkar Construction of 1 No. AD&SJ Court at Mankera, District 101 6.680 Bhakkar Construction of 2 Nos. Toilets at Civil Court Darya Khan, 102 0.344 District Bhakkar Construction of mosque in Sessions Court Complex, 103 2.486 Faisalabad Construction of 6 Nos. Courts for Judicial Officers in the 104 32.338 Sessions Court Complex at Faisalabad Construction of Record Room in District Courts Complex 105 34.461 Faisalabad

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Construction of Mosque & Canteen in the Judicial Complex 106 6.458 at Jaranwala, District Faisalabad 107 Construction of Courts for Judicial Officers at Toba Tek Singh 30.000 Provision of Sui Gas in Judicial Complex Pindi Bhattian, 108 6.665 District Hafizabad Construction of Judicial Complex, Sarai Alamgir, District, 109 20.000 Gujrat Construction of Bar Room within the Judicial Complex at 110 6.149 Phalia, district Mandi Bahauddin. 111 Construction of 2 Nos. Civil Court at Sambrial, district Sialkot 16.748 Construction of Bar Room at Judicial Complex Daska, District 112 9.367 Sialkot Installation of 25 KVA Transformer for smooth supply of 113 electricity to the Additional District & Sessions Judges Courts 0.288 at Pasrur, District Sialkot Construction of Sr. Civil Judges court in the premises of Civil 114 8.523 courts at Sialkot 115 Construction of Bar Room at Shakargarh, District Narowal 6.486 Addition/alteration to Lahore High Court, Lahore (open area 116 0.727 of parking shed of cycle stand) 117 Addition/alteration to Cantt. Courts Lahore 5.168 Construction of Overhead Passage between Civil Court 118 0.495 Block at Sheikhupura Construction of Record Room in District Complex at 119 4.857 Sheikhupura 120 Construction of Canteen in Judicial Complex at Sheikhupura 0.926 Addition/alteration to District & Sessions Judge Court at 121 1.880 Sheikhupura (Iron Racks of old Record Room) Construction of Judicial Complex at Ferozewala, District 122 35.000 Sheikhupura Addition/alteration to Civil Courts at District Nankana Sahib 123 0.182 (Installation of split AC 2 ton capacity) Provision of racks in Record Room at Sessions Court 124 2.160 Nankana Sahib Construction of Judicial Complex at Sangla Hill, District 125 80.000 Nankana Sahib Construction of 4 Courts for Additional District & Sessions 126 30.000 Judges at Kasur Acquisition of land measuring 05 kanals 09 marlas for proper 127 entrance/approach to Judicial Complex at Pattoki, District 1.129 Kasur Addition/alteration in D&SJ Court (Committee Room) at 128 1.548 Okara Addition/alteration in D&SJ Court (Provision of Power Wiring 129 0.900 Services) at Okara Provision of Fiber Glass Car Parking Shed in Judicial 130 0.476 Complex Okara Addition/alteration to Judicial Complex Renala Khurd 131 (Provision of Fiber Glass Car Parking Shed and Power 1.646 Wiring), District Okara

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Addition/alteration to the Courts at Depalpur (Provision of 132 0.219 Power Wiring), District Okara Construction of Meeting Room, Boundary Wall, Camp Office 133 with Guard Room and provision of Walk Way in Judicial 0.498 Complex Sahiwal

Provision of Water Supply and construction of Boundary Wall 134 0.547 around Judicial Complex Chichawatni, District Sahiwal

Construction of 2 Nos. AD&SJJ Courts and 1 No. Civil Judge 135 15.016 Court at Arifwala, district Pakpattan Construction of Toilet Block in Sessions Courts Complex at 136 0.779 Pakpattan Construction of mosque in Judicial Complex at Jalalpur 137 3.201 Pirwala, district Multan Renovation / Replacement of disintegrated RCC roof of 138 9.476 Office Block at Lahore High Court, Multan Bench, Multan Provision of 100 Steel Racks in the Record Room of Lahore 139 1.754 High Court, Multan Bench, Multan Construction of Record Room in new Judicial Complex at 140 25.436 Multan Provision/installation of Benches in the premises of Lahore 141 0.327 High Court, Multan Bench, Multan Installation of Fiber Glass Shed from corridor adjacent to the 142 High Court Bar Association Multan to the stairs of Court 0.251 Room No.2, Lahore High Court, Multan Bench, Multan Installation of Ceiling Fans in the verandahs of Court Wing of 143 0.192 Lahore High Court, Multan Bench, Multan Provision & installation of Goldamatic Pump at Judges Rest 144 0.165 House, Multan Addition/alteration to Lahore High Court Bar Association 145 1.788 Multan Bench Multan 146 Construction of Bar Room at Judicial Complex Lodhran 147 Construction of Canteen in Judicial Complex at Lodhran 2.408 Construction of 4 Nos. Civil Courts at Kabirwala, district 148 15.052 Khanewal Construction of 4 Nos. Civil Courts at Mian Channu, district 149 16.252 Khanewal Construction of Mosque in Judicial Complex at Kabirwala, 150 4.780 District Khanewal Rehabilitation of sewerage system at Sessions Court 151 2.033 Khanewal Provision of sui gas in Sessions/Civil Courts Complex at 152 2.653 Vehari Construction of mosque in the Judicial Complex at Alipur, 153 3.211 district Muzaffargarh Provision of anti-termite in the Judicial Record Room of 154 0.134 Lahore High Court, Bahawalpur Bench, Bahawalpur Construction of Bakhshi Khana in the Court premises at 155 6.480 Yazman, District Bahawalpur

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Installation of Air Conditioners in the Court Rooms at Lahore 156 2.601 High Court, Bahawalpur Bench, Bahawalpur Construction/expansion of Masjid at Lahore High Court, 157 7.020 Bahawalpur Bench, Bahawalpur Construction of Court for AD&SJ and Civil Judge at Tehsil 158 11.884 Chishtian, District Bahawalnagar 159 Construction of Public Toilet Block in Sessions Courts Chiniot 0.874 Fixing of Iron Racks in the old Record Room of Sessions 160 0.434 Courts Chiniot Construction of Litigant Shed and Record Room in Sessions 161 5.919 Court Complex at Chiniot Addition / alteration and renovation of the Court Room of 162 1.804 Hon'ble Mr. Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah Laying of Asphalt in front of newly constructed Masjid in 163 0.884 Lahore High Court, Lahore Construction of Store & Cycle Stand in the Lahore High 164 1.380 Court, Bahawalpur Bench, Bahawalpur Providing and fixing of Benches of steel structure frame and 165 plastic seats in Lahore High Court, Bahawalpur Bench, 0.162 Bahawalpur Providing and fixing of Angle Iron File Racks in the Record 166 1.335 Room in Lahore High Court, Bahawalpur Bench, Bahawalpur Construction of Women Litigant Sheds in existing Civil and 167 2.674 Sessions Courts at Jhelum Construction of Women Litigant Shed in Sessions & Civil 168 2.500 Courts, District Chakwal Construction of Women Litigant Sheds in Sessions Court at 169 1.254 Nankana Sahib Construction of Women Litigant Sheds in Civil Court at 170 1.254 Nankana Sahib Construction of Women Litigant Sheds in Court Complex at 171 1.027 Sahiwal Construction of Female Litigants Shed in District Courts at 172 1.003 Bahawalpur Renovation/improvement of Waiting Shed for Women at 173 0.121 Judicial Courts at Tehsil Liaqatpur, District Rahimyar Khan Construction of Boundary Wall of existing Sessions Court at 174 7.305 Jhelum Raising of Boundary Wall with iron spikes at Civil Courts 175 0.803 Jhelum Construction of Boundary Wall, Jangla, Raiser Wire and 2 176 2.474 Nos. Guard Room in Sessions and Civil Courts, Gujranwala Construction of Boundary Wall around Sessions & Civil 177 1.449 Courts, district Chakwal Construction / Raising of Boundary Wall of Courts Complex 178 0.745 at Chichawatni, District Sahiwal Construction of Boundary Wall around Civil and Sessions 179 2.384 Courts at Pakpattan

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Construction of Security Room, Posts and provision of 180 barbed wire on Boundary Wall etc. in Judicial Complex at 0.725 Toba Tek Singh Construction of Boundary Wall of old Court Tehsil Jampur, 181 0.344 District Rajanpur Construction of Boundary Wall with gate and gate pillars at 182 1.460 Judicial Court Tehsil Liaqatpur, District Rahim Yar Khan Reconstruction of Boundary Wall around Judicial Officers 183 Residences (Colony) Tehsil Liaqatpur, District Rahim Yar 2.065 Khan Raising of Boundary Wall including providing / fixing Steel 184 3.686 Jangla around Civil Court at Mankera, District Bhakkar Construction/Raising of Boundary Wall of Civil Courts 185 1.263 Complex Kamalia, District Toba Tek Singh Dismantling of old damaged wall and construction of new 186 Boundary Wall with barbed wire and street lights at Gojra, 0.683 District T.T.Singh Construction of Boundary Wall around Civil and Sessions 187 1.110 Courts at Arifwala, District Pakpattan Construction of Boundary Wall around Civil and Sessions 188 2.347 Judges Court at Burewala, District Vehari Raising of Boundary Wall, construction of Guard Room, 189 Wicket Gate with Main Entrance Gate in Judicial Colony 1.466 Bhakkar Raising of Boundary Wall including providing / fixing Steel 190 Jangla around Additional Sessions Court & Civil Court at 2.295 Kallur Kot, District Bhakkar Raising of Boundary Wall 2' Height at Judicial Complex 191 0.496 Dunyapur, District Lodhran Construction of Boundary Wall around Civil and Sessions 192 2.057 Court at Bahawalpur Raising of Boundary Wall 2' Height at Judicial Complex 193 1.495 Lodhran Construction / Raising of Boundary Wall around District 194 4.204 Courts at Sahiwal Raising of Boundary Wall and fixing of barbed wire in Judicial 195 0.668 Complex at Ahmadpur Sial, District Jhang Providing and Laying of new electric wiring for air 196 3.217 conditioners in Session and Civil Courts at Jhang Construction of Judges Houses and Suites at Lahore High 197 47.459 Court, Bahawalpur Bench, Bahawalpur Construction of Judicial Complex at Kahuta, District 198 58.042 Rawalpindi Construction of Bar Room and Lavatory Block in Civil Courts 199 3.516 at Karor Pacca, District Lodhran Addition/alteration to Lahore High Court, Lahore 200 (Replacement of M.S. Jangla Admin Block and P/F of Steel 0.282 Ladder in 8 Nos. Courts Block) Addition/alteration to Civil & Sessions Court Complex at 201 0.696 Narowal - Provision of water supply system

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202 Replacement of old Electric Wiring in Civil Courts at Jhang 1.450 Addition/alteration to Aiwan-e-Adal, Lahore (Dangerous Sun 203 1.333 Shade in Block A&B at 52' above Ground Level) Construction of Boundary Wall around Sessions Courts 204 1.842 Complex Attock Construction of Boundary Wall around Civil Courts at 205 0.702 Fatehjang, District Attock Construction of Boundary Wall around Civil Courts Complex 206 0.511 Hassanabdal District Attock Addition/alteration to Lahore High Court, Lahore 207 0.282 (Construction of Bathrooms of Rooms No.24 & 25)

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6.8. TRANSPORT BRANCH:

The captioned branch is overall headed by an Additional Registrar (Transport) comprises Deputy Registrar and Assistant Registrar. Its working sphere includes repair, maintenance and purchasing of cars. Services of Motor Vehicle Examiner are also available to this branch for technical supervision of repair and maintenance. Transport oriented tasks taken up during the year 2012 are detailed below: -

SPECIAL CASES

 Purchase of 22 Toyota Corolla GLi Cars Model 2012 for Hon’ble Judges.

 Purchase of 10 Toyota Corolla Xli Cars Model 2012 for the Officers on 12.03.2012.

 Purchase of 02-Honda CD-70 Motorcycles for the use of officials of this Court on 16.05.2012.

 Purchase of 10 Sohrab Bicycles for the use of officials of this Court on 08.05.2012.

 Auction of eleven unserviceable vehicles and out of which, six were auctioned.

 Official vehicle No.LEG-443 Toyota Corolla-2009 sold to Hon’ble Mr. Justice ® Sheikh Ahmad Farooq on depreciated price of Rs.7,93,728/-.

 Official vehicle No.LEG-177 Toyota Corolla-2012 sold to Hon’ble Mr. Justice ® Ch. Shahid Saeed on depreciated price of Rs.13,51,500/-.

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ROUTINE CASES

 Cases regarding approval of official vehicles for repair/maintenance.

 Cases regarding re-imbursement of petrol bills of Hon’ble Judges and Officers of this Court.

 Matters relating to the recruitment, casual/regular leave, Disturbance allowance, GP fund, retirement, renewal of driving licence, N.O.C, Ex-post facto permission etc. of drivers.

 Token tax of official vehicles was paid for the financial year 2012-13.

 Bills regarding repair of official vehicles received from different workshops were got sanctioned and made entry in relevant register of each vehicle.

 Annually Tracker system fee was paid.

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6.9. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WING:

The IT Wing is engaged in providing efficient services and solutions for boosting the overall efficiency of the various sections. The major responsibility of I.T. Section is to generate Regular, Urgent and Supplementary Cause-Lists after collecting data from judicial branches of this Court. The Software developed for the purpose namely, Current Cases Information System enables generation of Judges &Lawyer-wise lists which have greatly benefited members of the Bar and public at large. Lawyers-wise list is also regularly updated on website of this Court (www.lhc.gov.pk) for a wider benefit of the legal fraternity. The Wing is overall headed by District & Sessions Judge Inquiries and Research/NJP and comprises Deputy Registrars & Assistant Registrars.

The detailed account of the project shouldered by IT wing of this court during the year 2012 is given below.

6.9.1. SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS AND DATABASE DEVELOPMENT: The following software systems have been, or are being, developed to automate various functions at Lahore high court Lahore.

KOHA LIBRARY SYSTEM:

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COURT PENDENCY COUNTER: IT wing has developed software for the pendency of cases of this Court and its allied benches. The software presents daily updated status of the cases instituted, disposed of and pendency statistics at Principal Seat and its Benches.

DISTRICT COURT PROGRESS MONITORING: Two software applications were developed to monitor progress of cases disposal at different stages of each district:-

 New Oldest Category Case.  Fortnightly Statement of Oldest Cases, Old Cases and New Cases Category. Computer operator(s) of all districts of Punjab enter daily disposal of cases online by use of software applications. After completion of data entry the reports are readily available for NJP Implementation Cell and NJP Cell.

SURETY MANAGEMENT:

A Software module has been developed to update the record of sureties being deposited and refunded by/to the litigants. The aim is to keep track of the deposits and refunds alongwith the liabilities of balances kept in banks. The application dashboard is available to the concerned authorized to visualize the up-to date status of balances. REPORTING APPLICATION FOR STATISTICAL CELL:

A comprehensive reporting module for Statistical Cell has been developed to generate different types of reports based on institution, disposal and pendency of cases.

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SYSTEM GENERATED AUTOMATIC EMAILS:

IT wing has developed number of software applications to produce system generated reports through emails. Some of them mentioned hereunder:  Disposal stats court wise.

 Daily Urgent Cause List.

 Court Pendency Counter

 Cause List to Additional Prosecutor General, Punjab IVR HELPLINE IVR Helpline project is under progress with the coordination of PITB, Government of the Punjab and The Resource Group (Pvt.). This project has been extended to include the data of benches as well and now ready for inauguration. This help line is a free service for public and lawyers to get information through landline/mobile by dialing 1134.All helpline agents are fully trained handle judicial inquires. In addition to deal with the routine matters, the I.T. Wing also performs following tasks/assignments:  Database software running at benches was up-graded from old version (8) to latest version Oracle 11g. Numerous applications active at Principal Seat were implemented at Benches as well. Categories of cases were made uniform at Principal Seat as well as the Benches.

 Software was developed to manage the information / data of pensions related to Gazetted employees and Hon’ble Judges of this August Court. This helps to timely process the pensions.

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 A Software Module for Leave Management of Hon’ble Judges and adjournment of Lawyers has developed to manage and keep track of leaves and adjournments of Hon’ble Judges and lawyers respectively.

 A Revamping of Assets Management Software has been developed to have comparison and tracking of assets of officers / employees during his entire service.

 cases which are challenged in Supreme Court against the order of Lahore High Court has been launched. Now Hon’ble Judges can get status of their cases that are decided by the Hon’ble Apex Court.

 Regularly maintain the existing and installed software used in branches as well as in the courts

 Regularly printing the cases lists , issuance of computer code numbers and issuance of id cards to the staff of this court and district Judiciary

 Provision of Wireless internet devices to the courts as well as the offices on their demand. 6.9.2. Network/Hardware Section:

The IT Wing offers an array of support services to users in the courts as well as in the branches. The support staff of the IT Wing resolves the problems regarding troubleshooting software installation hardware installation, assembling of new accessories such as scanner printers etc.

Various tasks performed by network section during the year 2012 are given below:-

 About 9160 calls/complaints regarding hardware maintaining 900/calls /complaints for trouble shooting, Computer equipment, Operating System, installation of

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software’s, etc. were received and all of them were success fully resolved  About 4286 calls/complaints regarding Network and Printer Sharing Repair of Network Nodes, repair of Network Switches and Cabinets - Installation/ configuration of Newly Purchased Switches were received and all of them were success fully resolved Several tasks related to the servers maintainers and installation are also entertained by this wing.  About 550586 additional services provided qua uploading of Supplementary Cause List, Urgent Cause List, Certified Copy Status and Short Orders, Uploading of SMS, email List (regular/supplementary/ urgent) and IVR Data on SMS portal, Uploading of Judgments approved for reporting, etc. WEBSITE RE-ENGINEERING AND MAINTENANCE:

The website of the Lahore High Court, Lahore is regularly updated to ensure access to accurate and useful information to all concerned. Efforts are also underway to re-engineer the site in order to give it a better appearance and to reorganize the available information in a user-friendly manner. At present, information available on the website includes cause list, roster, last case hearing status, certified copy status, Rules and Orders of Lahore High Court, Lahore, annual reports, notifications orders & circulars etc. A specific login has been assigned to the users in the branches as well as users of the Hon’ble Courts toupdate following assignment/task on the website:-

JUDGMENT APPROVED FOR REPORTING:

User of Courts may use this online interface to upload Judgment Approved for Reporting on website instantly from their own

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Courts. Information will be displayed on website once the Administrator of this website view / approve the information.

DISTRICT PROGRESS MONITORING:

Web application for entering cases data, daily disposal and reporting services to get cases information of District Judiciary. District users using their specific logins may enter Judge wise case information in web application on daily basis and the reports can be generated accordingly.

JUDGMENT / SHORT ORDER:

User of specific courts may use this online interface to upload Judgment / Short Orders on website. Information regarding Judgment / order will be uploaded instantly on website for general public view.

GREEN BENCH ORDER:

User of specific courts may use this online interface to upload Green Bench Orders on website. Green Bench cases will be combining into one tag word / subject and user can view all short orders of any specific case.

LAST HEARING STATUS:

By using this interface users can upload text file to insert data into Live Database for updating case last hearing status on website so that general public may be facilitate to view the status of their cases even from their homes.

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CREATE ROSTER:

User now can with authentic login can create / edit Roster of current and coming week.

CREATE CAUSE LIST:

User now with authentic login can create / edit cause List of current by fetching data directly form Database server and upload / update live server to display on Lahore High Court’s website.

WEBSITES OF DISTRICT COURTS:

To facilitate the lawyers as well as the public at large IT section has developed websites of district courts. It provides information about cases Statistics, Cause List, Posting/ Transfer, Judge Information, Judges Performance etc.

TRAINING IN IT PRODUCTS AND SERVICES:

The IT Wing also organized a comprehensive training program for the computer operators of the district courts of the Punjab. The module of the training includes feeding of MIT statement, NJP statement, automation of district courts, case flow management, etc.

DISTRIBUTION OF EQUIPMENTS RECEIVED FROM PITB UNDER SCHEME OF “NEW I.T. INITIATIVE”:

Several equipment’s i.e. UPS, multimedia projectors, scanners, printers, computer LCDs Web cam with mic, USB, etc. under the scheme of “New IT Initiatives” for Lahore High Court,Lahore were purchased and provided to concerned branches at principal seats

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MONITORING OF KIOSK:

One of the important developments of IT wing was establishment of an Information Kiosk for the facilitation of lawyers and public at large. Assistant Registrar Computer runs its affairs and regularly monitors and updates the status of facilities includes Information about Location of Courts, Copy Information/Status, Roster Information, Case search, Case Fixation Dates, Case History/Status, and Lawyers Data Collection & Issuance of Lawyers Code to provide easy, accurate & useful information to all concerned.

The Performance of Information Kiosk during the Year 2012is tabulated below:-

CALLS S/N QUERY ATTENDED 1 Information about location of Courts 80,000

2 Copy information status 200,000

3 Roster Information 90,000

4 Case search 350,000 Lawyers data collection & Issuance 5 2,000 of Lawyers Code TOTAL CALLS ATTENDED 722,000

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6.10. ESTABLISHMENT WING:

The captioned wing is of paramount significance as it deals with the appointments, promotion, postings/transfers, disciplinary proceedings, and service appeals of all the gazetted/non gazetted members of the establishment of this court. The wing also deals with the pay & pensionary related matters of the Hon’ble Judges, Judicial officers & officer/ officials of this court The Wing is overall headed by an Addl. Registrar and comprises Deputy Registrar (Admin.), Assistant Registrar (Gaz-I), Assistant- Registrar (Gaz-II) and Assistant Registrar (Staff).

The establishment wing has been divided into the following three limbs:-

 Gazette Branch-I  Gazette Branch-II  Staff Branch

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6.10.1. GAZETTE BRANCH-I

Gazette branch-I holds central importance in the establishment of Lahore High Court as it deals with pay, pensionary related matters of Hon’ble Judges, judicial officers and all gazetted members of establishment of this Court. The details of assignments performed by this Branch during the year 2012 are tabulated below.

 The pension cases of 02 Hon’ble Judges, 12 Officers and 08 OSD of this Court were got sanctioned by the Hon’ble Chief Justice, and subsequently the same were pursued and got finalized from Accountant General, Punjab and Treasury Office.

 04 cases of pension were revised as family pension after the demise of pensioner.

 Leave Encashment of 02 Hon’ble Judges, 12 Officers and 05 OSDs of this Court were finalized.

 17 cases of Disturbance allowance in favour of various officers of this Court were finalized.

 11 cases of Special Pay in favour of various officers of this Court were finalized.

 05 cases of advance increments in favour of various officers of this Court were finalized.

 08 cases of Property Tax of Hon’ble Judges of this Court were finalized.

 793 cases regarding T.A/D.A. and Transfer grant on posting/transfer and retirement of Hon’ble Judges and Officers of this Court have been dealt with..

 12 monthly expenditure statement, 2md statement, Annual Budget estimate for the forthcoming financial year.

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 126 Medical Claims of serving Officers and 78 Medical Claims of retired officers were reimbursed. Furthermore 215 free Medical Entitlement Certificates were issued in favour of Serving as well as retired Hon’ble Judges and officers of this Court.

 70 cases of G.P. Fund advance and final withdrawal by the Hon’ble Judges and officers of this Court processed and got finalized from Accountant General Punjab and Treasury Office.

 667 Bills regarding Pay and Allowances were prepared in favour of Hon’ble Judges and Officers of this Court and 1000 Change forms were got effected from Accountant General Punjab.

6.10.2. GAZETTE BRANCH-II: This unit of establishment wing deals with all the service oriented matters of the gazetted establishment members of this Court such as oath taking of Hon’ble Judges, preparation of charge assumption report/bio-data forms of Hon’ble Judges, appointments, promotions, postings/transfers, disciplinary matters and service appeals of the gazetted officers, etc. The assignment performed by this branch during the period in question is depicted below:-

Number of Sr. No. Subject Matter cases proceeded.

1. N.o.c and ex-Pakistan leave/earned leave 30

2. Training programme, seminar conferences/work 05 shops

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3. Nomination of member election commission and 15 appellate tribunals

4. Nomination of university syndicate and selection 15 board

Matters related to sale and purchase of car for 5. gazetted officers (BS-18 and above.) and judicial 15 officers.

Matters related to sale and purchase of plots for 6. gazetted officers (BS-18 and above.) and judicial 20 officers.

Matters related to bank loans/flexi loans for 7. gazetted officers (BS-18 and above.) and judicial 05 officers.

8. Official permission for study 15

9. Summons cases 10

10. Creation of post cases 20

11. Benevolent fund cases 30

12. Inquiry/complaint cases 10

In addition to deal with the above-mentioned routine matters, the branch under discussion also performs following tasks during the year under review:

 Processed cases for making recruitment against 21 vacant posts of personal assistant BS-17 and 04 vacant posts of stenographers BS-17.

 Deals with the service appeals/representations of gazetted officers. Two service appeals were disposed off in year 2012. [164]

 02 cases of complaints/inquiry cases of personal assistants, stenographers, and account officer were initiated.

 Number of cases qua sale and purchase of car/plots and bank loans of the category of personal assistants, stenographers, account officer, etc. were also handled by this branch. 6.10.3. STAFF BRANCH:

The Staff branch may rightly be called as the backbone of the establishment of Lahore High Court since it caters vast majority of the establishment members in BS-5 to 15. Its working sphere includes appointments, postings/transfers, disciplinary matters/inquiries, leave of all categories and maintenance of seniority lists etc.

During the year under review, the performance of various units of the Staff branch is as follows:

 06-Senior most Senior Clerks were promoted as Assistant from (BS-13 to BS-15).

 3-Senior Clerks M/s Ameer Ali, Abdul Razzaq Nasir & Muhammad Saleem Raza, Senior Clerks (now Assistants) were granted Selection Grade from BS-07 to BS-09 w.e.f. i.e. 01.01.1999, 22.06.200 and 22.06.2000, respectively, vide Order dated 20.12.2012.

 06-officials M/S Mehmood Ali, Muzaffar Ali Khan, Habib Ahmad, Assistants and M/s Yaqoob Butt, Saqib Nasir Iqbal Butt and Muhammad Rafique Senior Clerks were allowed to proceed on retirement w.e.f 03.07.2012, 03.08.2012, 27.08.2012 06.01.2012, 31.07.2012 & 04.11.2012, respectively, on account of medical invalidation, premature/own request and attaining the age of superannuation. Moreover, one Mr. Muhammad Aslam [165]

Shah, Assistant was allowed to proceed on 365-days Leave Preparatory to Retirement and also to retire w.e.f. 01.02.2014.

 On receipt of summons, 10-officials/Bailiff of this Court were allowed to appear in lower Courts or before the Inquiry Officer for recording their evidence.

 2-Senior Officials M/s Ajmal Amir Khan and Muhammad Arslan Zafar Assistants were deputed/nominated acquainted with two weeks training of Biological & Chemical Warfare Course No. 123 run under the arrangements of Commandant, Civil Defense Academy, Lahore.

 One post of Telephone Technician (BS-08) was advertised in the press and in response thereto 67 applications were received. On recommendations of the Recruitment Committee, call letters for interview were issued to 49-candidates who fulfill the criteria. At present the case is actively under process.

 Degrees/Result Cards of about 10 non-gazetted officials were got verified by the issuing authorities.

 Almost 25 miscellaneous applications for appointment in this Court (from BS-07 to BS-15) in relaxation of rules/on compassionate grounds, were dealt by the office by issuing orders to them to apply afresh as and when the posts are advertised in the press.

 18-appliations were received from the children/wife of the deceased/incapacitated officials of this Court, for appointment as Junior Clerk under Rule 17-A of PCSR, 1974. The case for their appointment as Junior Clerk in this Court is actively under process.

 13-temporary posts i.e. 3-Caretaker, 2-Proof Reader, 4-Telephone Operators, 2-Telephone Technician, 1- Technician, 1-Computer Operator, were continued/created by orders of the Hon’ble Chief Justice,

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for the Fiscal Year 2012/2013, from within the allocated budget of this Court.

 Posting Transfer of 52 non-gazetted officials (from BS-07 to BS-15) were made within the establishment of this Court. Besides, on receipts of requests, 4 non-gazetted official, were transferred within the establishment of this Court, on compassionate grounds.

 33 officials of this Court (from BS-07 to BS-15), posted at Principal Seat as well as allied Benches of this Court, granted departmental permission/ex-post facto permission for transactions (purchase/sale/transfer) of their moveable/ immovable properties/assets (house/plot/auricular-land & vehicles).

 As many as 74-offciials of this Court were granted departmental permissions/NOCs to get admission & to appear in the examinations of various academic/professional courses/programs, in respective institutes/Universities/ Boards/Commissions.

 27-officials of this Court were issued No Objection Certificates to obtain/renew International Passport to perform Umra/Hajj.

 33-officials of this Court were sanctioned G.P.Fund Advances, either on refundable basis or in shape of final payment.

 85-Applications for appointment against different posts, submitted by the officials of this Court were forwarded to quarters concerned. Besides, 25-requests seeking allotment of Government Accommodation were duly forwarded to the Estate Office.

 75-cases for grant of Monthly Aid/Funeral Charges/Marriage Grant out of Benevolent Fund were processed and forwarded to the quarters concerned including issuance of No Marriage Certificates/Life certificates to the ex-officials/their widows.

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 145-requests for grant of earned leave of the official of this Court on various grounds were entertained. Besides, 70- officials were granted Medical Leave, 05-lady officials were granted Maternity Leave and 12-offiicals were granted Ex-Pakistan Leave for performance of Umra/Hajj.

 Disciplinary proceedings against ten officials were initiated. Out of them two were filed, six were dropped, one was censured and six are under process. Two service appeals were filed. One service appeal was dismissed on 13.11.2012 and one is pending.

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6.11. JUDICIAL OFFICER ESTABLISHMENT WING:

Judicial officer establishment wing is the backbone of this august institution. The Wing is overall headed by District and Session Judge (Establishment) comprises Deputy Registrars and Assistant Registrars. The working sphere includes Enquiries, arrangements of A. C. Meetings, posting, transfers and promotion/service matters of District & Session Judges, Additional Session Judges, Senior Civil Judges and Civil Judges/Judicial Magistrate, conferment of powers upon Civil Judges, and ACRs of non-gazetted/gazette officers &judicial officers, moreover, conferment of powers u/s 30 Cr. P.C. representations against adverse remarks. The Judicial officer establishment wing has been divided into the following four limbs:-

. Confidential Branch-I . Confidential Branch-II . Judicial Officers’ Branch-I

. Judicial Officers’ Branch-II

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6.11.1. CONFIDENTIAL BRANCH-I:

Primarily, Confidential Branch was established to deal with confidential matters of the Judicial Officers in the Punjab. With the passage of time, sanctioned strength of Judicial Officers has enhanced considerably. The Confidential Branch-I now deals with matters of Judicial Officers regarding their appointment/recruitment, conferment of Civil/Magisterial Powers, promotion to the next higher rank, transfer, placing services of the judicial officers against ex-cadre posts i.e. Banking Courts, Accountability Courts, Drug Courts, Special Judge (Central), Anti- Terrorism Courts, Anti-Corruption Courts, Labour Courts, District Consumer Courts, Special Courts (Control of Narcotics Substances), Special Courts (Custom, Taxation and Anti- Smuggling), Environmental Protection Tribunal, LDA Tribunal, Child Protection Court, Customs, Excise and Sales Tax Appellate Tribunals and many other ex-cadre posts which are created by the Federal /Provincial Government from time to time.

 The Confidential Branch-I manages meetings of Administration Committee, Provincial Judicial Selection Board, Departmental Promotion Committee, Proforma Promotion Committee, Review Committee, Recruitment Committee, Departmental Examination Committee and meetings of other committees constituted from time to time to consider service record and administration of Judicial Officers’ matters. The Confidential Branch-I, gets convened meetings of Hon’ble Administration Committee, Sub-

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Committees covering different administrative issues regarding all over the Punjab administration.

 The Confidential Branch-I also manages computerized data of Judicial Officers i.e. District and Sessions Judges, Additional District and Sessions Judges, Senior Civil Judges, Civil Judges-Cum-Judicial Magistrates consisting profiles, history cards and seniority lists etc.

 The Hon’ble Authority usually entrusts urgent/confidential assignments of other branches pertaining to Establishment of this Court to the Confidential Branch-I for dealing with proficiently/confidentially which expresses trust of the Authority in this Branch. In the various meetings, the Hon’ble Judges appreciated the working of Confidential Branch-I. On initiation of disciplinary proceedings against Judicial Officers, officials of Confidential Branch-I, on request of the Inquiry Officer, also assist the Inquiry Officer during the inquiry, at various stations throughout the Punjab.

 During the current year, the Confidential Branch-I managed five meetings of the Provincial Judicial Selection Board/Administration Committee on 18.02.2012, 12.05.2012, 19.07.2012, 28.07.2012 and 14.11.2012 to consider the promotion cases of Additional District and Sessions Judges to the rank of District & Sessions Judges and Senior Civil Judges to the rank of Additional District & Sessions Judges, and other disciplinary matters of Judicial Officers etc. In the said meetings, the Hon’ble Members of the Provincial Judicial

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Selection Board/Administration Committee, after considering service record and general reputation of the judicial officers, made promotions as reflected below:-

No. of Category officers promoted Additional District and Sessions Judges for 11 promotion as District and Sessions Judges.

Senior Civil Judges for promotion as Additional 04 District and Sessions Judges.

Civil Judges for promotion as Senior Civil Judges. 04

 During current year, the Confidential Branch-I consisting of only 11 members efficiently conducted examination for 25 posts of Additional District & Sessions Judges from the quota of Bar. The said recruitment is at final stage of appointment now and will be completed in fortnight.

 The Confidential Branch-I also conducted Departmental Examination of 320 Civil Judges-Cum-Judicial Magistrates twice under the rules. Result was prepared and announced on 17.07.2012 & 22.12.2012.

 During current year, the Confidential Branch-I with a minimum man power of 11 members advertised 135 posts of Civil Judges-cum-Judicial Magistrates. These 11 members scrutinized 5970 application forms very efficiently and conducted objective type examination on 16.12.2012 hiring the services of NTS and written examination on 20.12.2013

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simultaneously at three cities Lahore, Multan and Islamabad in various centers. The remaining process for the said recruitment is in progress.

 During the year 2012, the Hon’ble Administration Committee/Authority performed following business pertaining to Judicial Officers:-

i) Disciplinary proceedings were initiated against 08 Judicial Officers. ii) Disciplinary proceedings were dropped against 10 Judicial Officers. iii) Minor penalty of Censure was imposed upon the 05 Judicial Officers. iv) Services of 01 Judicial Officer were terminated. v) 02 Judicial Officers were reinstated in service. vi) Services of 02 Judicial Officer were dismissed. vii) Major penalty was imposed upon 02 Judicial Officers. viii) Minor penalty of withholding of promotion/annual increment/s was imposed upon 04 Judicial Officers. ix) Warning was issued to 03 Judicial Officers. x) 13 Additional District & Sessions Judges were confirmed in service. xi) Special Chance for appearing in Departmental Examination for Civil Judges was granted to 02 Civil Judges. xii) Disciplinary proceedings were abated against 01 Judicial Officer on attaining the age of superannuation.

 Powers of Civil Judge Class-I were conferred upon 03 Civil Judges Class-II whereas Powers of Civil Judge Class-II were also conferred upon 51 Civil Judges Class-III. [173]

 Review petition of 01 Judicial Officer was rejected by the Hon’ble Committee.

 Counsels at the panel of this Court and Advocate General Punjab were assisted before the Hon’ble Punjab Subordinate Judiciary Service Tribunal and Hon’ble Apex Court, respectively, in number of appeals/CPLAs.

6.11.2. CONFIDENTIAL BRANCH-II: This unit of judicial establishment deals with ACRs, assets and other important matters of judicial officers, which may not be recorded here being confidential and sensitive in nature. However, a general quantitative account of the assignments performed by this branch is reflected hereunder:-

Received Disposal

process

Under Sr. Case Description No.

Declaration of Income & Assets of the Judicial Officers (in-field & ex-cadre) & Superintendents Sessions (Un de r 1 2871 2871 Courts, posted in the Punjab scrutiny) Province as well as all cadres of the Establishment members including three benches. Reports regarding Declaration of Assets given in any kind of permission cases (relating to 2 procurement /disposal of 428 428 Nil properties and financial resources for abroad journey etc.) sought by the concerned [174]

branches in respect of Judicial Officers, Superintendents, Sessions Courts, posted in the Punjab and Officers/Officials of this Court and its three benches. 3 A.C.Rs of judicial officers 2399 2204 195 A.C.Rs of all cadres of High 4 1900 1900 Nil Court establishment members. Submission of reports qua completion of ACRs/adverse remarks to the concerned 5 58 58 Nil branches regarding pension, promotion and move over cases etc. Placement of observations /strictures passed on the 6 5 5 Nil judicial side in the CR. Dossiers of judicial officers. 7 Move over cases. 2 Nil 2 Special reports qua work and 8 35 35 Nil conduct of judicial officers. Preparation of 9 synopses/transcripts of ACRs -- 2399 Nil of judicial officers. Submission of synopses/transcripts of ACRs 10 -- 752 Nil of judicial officers to Confidential-I Branch. Communication of adverse remarks recorded in the ACRs 11 80 80 Nil to the concerned officer/official. Communication of advisory 12 128 128 Nil remarks. Representations against 13 76 8 68 adverse remarks 14 Service Appeals 1 Nil 1 No. of incoming 15 3400 3400 Nil letters/correspondence. 16 No. of mail/letters issued. -- 1475 Nil

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6.11.3. JUDICIAL OFFICER’S BRANCH-I (JOB-I):

The subject office, usually abbreviated as ‘JOB’ branch has been bifurcated in to two branches i.e. JOB-I & JOB-II on the basis of quantum and nature of assignments. As evident from the title itself, these two branches deal with multifarious tasks relating to judicial officers of the whole province, The JOB-I branch is an integral unit of Judicial Officers’ Establishment Wing and exclusively deals with the service matters of District & Sessions Judges and Additional District& Sessions Judges. Assignment wise performance of the JOB-I branch is tabulated below: -

Refer ence Refer ence Sr. Refer ence under Subje ct Matter(s)/Category disposed No. rec eived process as of ye t Educational Scholarship(s) 1 out of Benevolent Fund. 38 38 -

2 Transfer of cases. 52 52 - Matters of deceased 3 Officers (who dies while in 03 03 - service/after retirement) Pension/Encashment cases 4 of D/AD&SJJ 90 88 2 Farewell Grant out of 5 Benevolent Fund. 18 18 - Outstanding Dues against 6 D/AD&SJJ 15 15 -

7 Posting/Tour of D/AD&SJJ 50 45 05 Minutes of meeting of the 8 Bar & Bench Coordination 200 200 - Committee in the Districts Vacation/Allotment of 9 residence in r/o of 52 52 - D/AD&SJJ Permission to deliver 10 Lecture(s) in r/o D/AD&SJJ 07 07 - Grant of TA/DA bill in r/o 11 of D/AD&SJJ 06 06 - [176]

Strike of different Bar 12 Associations in the 300 300 - Punjab. Service of summons upon 13 D/AD&SJJ 10 10 - Issuance of Retirement 14 Notification. 19 19 - Ex- 15 Pakistan/Earned/Medical 86 86 - Leave of D/AD&SJJ Permission for Passport in 16 r/o of D/AD&SJJ 40 40 - Sanctioned of GP Fund 17 Ad van ce 03 03 - Re-imbursement of Medical 18 Charg es. 17 17 - Permission to avail Loan 19 Facility from different 01 01 - Bank s. Sales/Purchase of 20 moveable/immovable 33 25 09 Propert y Casual/Short/Station Leave 21 of the D/AD&SJJ 114 1 114 1 - Posting/Transfer of 22 Special Judicial 73 73 - Magistrates Pension cases of 23 D/AD&SJJ 90 88 02 Ex- Pakistan/Earned/Medical 24 30 30 - Leave of Special Judicial Magistrates. MIC Powers to Special 25 Judicial Magistrates. 05 05 - Publication of Court 26 Notic es 50 50 -

27 Inquiry cases of SJM 02 02 - Tour of Special Judicial 28 Magistrates. 01 01 -

29 M isc. 120 0 120 0 - Charge Reports of 30 D/AD&SJJ 975 975 - Training of the D/AD&SJ at 31 Federal Judicial Academy, 06 06 - Islamabad. Training of the D/AD&SJ at 32 Punjab Judicial Academy, 05 05 - Lahore. To tal 461 8 460 0 18

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6.11.4. JUDICIAL OFFICERS’ BRANCH-II (JOB-II): The JOB-II branch is vital unit of Judicial Officers’ Establishment Wing and unreservedly deals with the service matters of Senior Civil Judges and Civil Judges/Judicial Magistrates. Its efficiency during the year under review is depicted below: -

From 01.01.2012 to 31.12.2012 Sr Ref. Ref. Ref. . Category of Assignments dispose under rec eived No d off proce ss Educational Scholarship(s) 1 10 10 Nil out of Benevolent Fund Issuance of Service Certificate(s) 2 6 6 Nil (in favor of officers once they left the se rvice ) Request(s) for Change of Nam e(s) 3 4 4 Nil (of officers after their entry into Judicial Service) 4 Resignation(s) from Service 5 5 Nil Higher Qualification 5 (LL.M./M.Phil) Allowance 15 15 Nil cases Marriage Grant (out of 6 2 2 Nil Benevolent Fu nd ) Request(s) for the Interview 7 with the Hon’ble Chief 4 4 Nil Justice Outstanding Dues (regarding 8 electricity/gas/bank loan 6 6 Nil etc.) against Senior/Civil Judges. One Advance Increment 9 2 2 Nil cases Contempt perpetrated 10 agai nst Judicial Officers by 0 0 ----- la wye rs Vacation/Allotment/Extensio n/Illegal occupation of 11 8 8 Nil official residences of Judicial Officers Tour of Civil Judges from 12 District to sub -Division and 5 5 Nil vice versa Request(s) for 13 posting/provision of Civil 10 10 Nil Judges by D&SJJ and other [178]

Ref. Ref. Sr. Ref. Category of Assignments disposed under No rec eived off proce ss 14 Service of Summon cases 7 7 Nil Cases of unruly behavior 15 4 4 Nil vis -à -vis Judicial Officers Maintenance of History 16 Record/sheets of Judicial 530 530 Nil Officers Case files regarding 17 conferment of 2 nd Class 2 2 Nil powers upon the officers T.A Advance (orders of 18 100 100 Nil respective D&SJJ) Maintenance of District - 19 wise and Ex-cad re 270 270 Nil lists/record files Miscellaneous Cases (envisaging information 20 38 38 Nil received from different qua rte rs) Request(s) to purchase/sell 21 movable/immovable 54 50 04 pro pe rty Request(s) for International 22 Passport(s) for 82 82 Nil Hajj/Umrah/Ziarat etc. Any kind of leave (earned/medical/marriage/m 23 226 226 Nil aternity/Ex-Pakistan/study) except casual leave(s). Crediting of duty period(s) 24 into casual leave 36 36 Nil account(s) cases Me dical Re-imbursement 25 18 14 04 Claim (s) 26 Pension Case(s) 2 2 Nil Request(s) for admission(s) 27 in LL.M./M.Phil/Ph.D 98 98 Nil Classes Permission for appearance 28 of CSS/any other 02 02 Nil Competitive Examination(s) Permission for performance 29 4 4 Nil of Hajj for the ye ar -2 01 2 Case(s) regarding request(s) for treating 30 0 0 ----- Suspension Period(s) to be spent on duty 31 G.P. Fund Advance cases 4 4 ------Request(s) to apply for membership(s) in Punjab 32 Govt. Servants Housing 0 0 ------Foundation (PGSHF) Schem e.

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Ref. Ref. Sr. Ref. Category of Assignments disposed under No rec eived off proce ss

Cases regarding grant of 33 powers under Insolvency 4 4 Nil Act, 1920 to SCJJ Welfare Grant(s) out of 34 2 2 Nil Benevolent Fund cases Special Reports (W ork and 35 0 0 ----- Con duct) 36 Annual Transfer Reports. 116 8 116 8 ----- Conferment of powers 37 (under Control of Narcotics 3 3 Nil Substances Act, 1997) 38 Casual/Station leave 25 25 Nil 39 In-service trainings 10 10 Nil Permission for acceptance 40 14 14 Nil of Gifts Applications for issuance of 41 1 1 Nil Arm License Permission for getting Bank 42 4 4 Nil Loa n 278 5 277 7 8 To tal

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6.12. GENERAL & SERVICES WING:

The Wing is overall headed by an Addl. Registrar and comprises Deputy Registrars, Assistant Registrars. The working sphere includes. Enrollment of Supreme Court lawyers, grant of license to Oath Commissioners, Jail Petitions/Trials and Selection of Panel for Defense Counsel, loss of Judicial Records in the District Judiciary. Service of Summons distribution of order, notification, circular, notice/summon and official correspondence to Government as well as private sectors, service matters of Class-IV establishment ,protocol duties and establishment matters of the Lower Court staff in BS-1 to 16.

Every branch of this Wing has a fundamental role for providing number of services & facilities to various ranks/hierarchies of this Court.

General & Services wing has been divided into the following six limbs:-

. General Branch . General Issue Section . Resident Branch . Protocol Branch . Lower Court Establishment Branch . Security Branch

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6.12.1. GENERAL BRANCH:

There are two offices almost with the same titles viz. General branch and General Issue Section; job description of the latter is of great significance having direct nexus with the overall performance of other offices as it is an agency which makes possible the issuances/circulation of each & every communication/correspondence, order, notification, circular, notice/summon and official correspondence to Government as well as private sectors sans which entire mechanism and implementation of the Court orders may come to a halt. This fact may very well be adjudged from the amount & volume of work performed by this Section. General branch has been entrusted with quite voluminous and important assignments of the likes of enrollment of Supreme Court lawyers, grant of license to Oath Commissioners, enrollment Jail Petitions/Trials and Selection of Panel for Defence Counsel etc. Its efficiency during the period in question is depicted below:-

 Enrolment of advocates as advocate of Supreme Court of Pakistan.

 Direct enrolments of the lawyers under section 27(c) of the Legal Practitioners & Bar Councils Act, 1973.

 Grant license for fresh appointments/extensions as Oath Commissioners to the lawyers and retired employees of this Court/Lower Courts.

 Selection of Panel for Defence Counsel.

 Deals with the cases related to permission for jail trial and transfer of the accused from one jail to other or from one district to other.

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 Deals with the cases related to loss of Judicial Records within the District Judiciary.

 Diary Seat i.e. deals with the dak received from all over Pakistan, etc.

 Complaint against advocates.

 Service of Summons/Documents/ Notices.

6.12.2. GENERAL ISSUE SECTION:

No. of cases Under As signmen t Dispos ed Pending Remar ks rec eived Proces s

29341+1150= Dia ry 304 91 ------304 91

638 (som e Supreme Court relates to Enrolm ent 102 536 -- -- pre vi ous Cases yea rs)

Direct Enrolment 61 13 48 -- -- U/s 27 (c)

Defe nce 144 -- 144 -- -- Cou nsel Cases

Com plaint 70 agai nst 70 ------

Advocat es Appointment/ Extension of 203 189 14 -- -- Oath- Commissioners 508 Jail Trials/ (consolidated Transfer/Product 508 ------+ case to ion of accused case basis)

Loss of Judicial 140 15 125 -- -- Reco rd

Service of 149 5 149 5 ------Summ ons

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The statistical detail of the assignments of general issue section during the year 2012 is reflected below:

SR# ASSIGNMENTS Diary Number given to letters/ 33701 1 notification/circular/orders No. of letters/notification/circular/ orders 130057 2 dispatched. No. Letters/notices/ files issued /returned in 9600+960+1200=117 3 High Court. 60 No. of notification/circular/ proforma as / orders 7,14,036 4

6.12.3. RESIDENT BRANCH:

Resident Branch is one of the main branches of G&S Wing which controls Class-IV establishment viz. Daftries, Qasids, Naib Qasids, Frash, Sweepers, Watchmen, Watermen and Malies etc. It makes postings/transfers of Daftries, Qasids and Naib Qasid in the Courts of Hon’ble Judges. At the same time it supervises maintenance of High Court building’s lawns and cleanliness of Courts/offices, including premises of High Court.

Resident Branch controls the Class-IV strength consisting Daftries / Qasids / Naib Qasids/Frash/Sweepers/Watchmen/Malies, etc. and affairs related thereto i.e. appointments, disciplinary proceedings, inquiries, posting/transfer, GP fund, regular leave and promotion cases (in other words all establishment of Class-IV). It provides Daftries/Qasids/Naib Qasids to the Courts as well as in the Offices and supervises maintenance of High Court. It also solitarily responsible for the whole cleanliness of High court [184]

premises. In the year 2012, a number of meetings have also been held under the chair of Hon’ble Chief Justice. It is submitted that the fresh recruitment in Class-IV employees has also been made.

It is necessary to mention here that the Branch is also dealing with the matters regarding taking possession of vacant Bungalows in GOR-I, making their relevant inventories and looking after the same Bungalows.

It is also necessary to mention here that Resident Branch also deals with the cases relating to the Class-IV employees enrolled/appointed/extensions on contract basis (yearly basis) as well as appointed on daily wages basis and also prepared monthly salaries of contingent paid staff. Further, in the year 2012, this Branch has also conducted auction proceedings of shops, allotment of Quarters and other matters related thereto in the High Court premises.

6.12.4. PROTOCOL BRANCH:

The captioned branch, though under over all supervision of Additional Registrar (G&S), has its own and somewhat independent working domain, where concerned officers/officials remain directly at the beck & call of Hon’ble Chief Justice, Hon’ble Judges and worthy Registrar etc. for immediate performance of protocol duties. The Section comprises one Deputy Registrar and one Assistant Protocol officer, apart from an Assistant Registrar along-with support/clerical staff. In order to facilitate Hon’ble retired Judges, an extension of Protocol branch has been set-up by exclusively deputing an Assistant Registrar [185]

Protocol therein so that this revered & intellectual class & their families may not have to face problems after retirement.

Salient tasks performed by this cadre are enumerated below: -

 Made arrangements in connection with oath making ceremony of the Hon'ble Chief Justice at Governor House and newly appointed Judges of this Court in the Judges Lounge.

 Made arrangements regarding meeting of Hon'ble Chief Justice with Judges of Anti-Terrorism Courts in the Punjab and for meeting of Al-Mizan Foundation in the new Library Hall of this Court.

 Made arrangements regarding address of the Hon'ble Chief Justice to the District & Sessions Judges of the Province of Punjab.

 Made arrangements for meeting of the Principals of all the Law Colleges in the Punjab Province as well as members of High court bar with the Hon'ble Chief Justice.

 Made arrangements in connection with Brunch hosted in favour of an Indian delegation comprising President/members of Supreme Court Bar and High Court Bar Association

 Made arrangements regarding Flag-hoisting Ceremony and illumination of High Court Building on the occasion of 14th of August and 12th Rabiul Awwal.

 Made arrangements in connection with farewell dinner in honour of retired Hon’ble Judges at Judges Rest House.

 Dealt with all the matters relating to allocation of Court- rooms to Hon’ble Judges and regarding their stay in the Judges Rest Houses.

 Received and see-off the Hon’ble Judges of this Court, their families as well as the Hon’ble Judges of other Provincial High Courts at the Airport & Daewoo Bus

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Terminal from time to time on their visits to Benches & abroad from Lahore on various occasions.

 Dealt with the matters relating to reservation of seats and purchase of tickets of various Airlines on the occasion of visit of the Hon’ble Judges to the Benches as well as abroad.

 Made arrangements in connection with send-off on the eve of retirement of Hon’ble Judges as well as of those who were elevated to Hon’ble Supreme Court of Pakistan.

 Dealt with the matters relating to issuance/renewal of driving licenses, membership of various Clubs and provision of necessary information regarding visas of different countries for the Hon’ble Judges and their Families.

 Received various dignitaries/guests/delegations on the occasion of their visits to High Court regarding different meetings with the Hon’ble Chief Justice and Hon’ble Judges.

 Performed many other assignments entrusted by the Hon’ble Chief Justice as well as the Hon’ble Judges of this Court from time to time.

 Made arrangements and saw-off/received Hon’ble Judges at the Wahga Border, on the occasion of visits of their lordships to India.

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6.12.5. LOWER COURT ESTABLISHMENT BRANCH:

This Section is an integral office of the General & Services Wing and exclusively deals with the service matters of staff of the sub- ordinate Courts in the Punjab. The detail of assignments in segregated form, discharged by this section during 2012 is as

under:-

Under Category of cases

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Sr. No.

Disposal Received

Posting/transfer of Superintendents of 1 - 02 - Sessions Divisions Various matters relating to officials 2 84 59 25 (BPS-01 to 16) 3 Service Appeals 215 02 213 Complaints against the officials (BPS 01 - 4 16) working in sub -ordinate Courts in the 62 56 06 Punjab No Objection Certificate for obtaining an 5 International Passport for performance of 90 78 12 Hajj/Umrah 6 Ex-Pakistan Leave 113 101 12 7 Medical Claims/Medical Bills 15 08 07 8 Mutual Transfers 64 55 09 9 One way Transfers/Wedlock Policy 25 22 03 Administrative Approval of Recruitments 10 101 76 25 made in Sessions Divisions 11 Applications for Appointment/Complaints 227 211 16 12 Establishment of Copying Agency 03 00 03 13 Establishment of Process Serving Agency 04 02 02

Grand Total 1005 672 333

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6.12.6. SECURITY BRANCH:

Security section is responsible for the security of the High Court Building and its judges and employees. In addition to that this section also responsible for checking of visitors so that they may not bring electronic devices – such as cell phones, pagers or personal digital assistants that also function as cell phones – into the building. Weapons also are prohibited. All visitors to the high Court must pass through a metal detector from all its gates. Security oriented tasks taken up during the year 2012 are detailed below:-

MATTERS UNDER PROCESS

 13-Morchas/bunkers at different points/gates of this court are being prepared.

 Installation of Jammers in all the sitting court rooms is under process.

 Recruitment of two fire fighters.

 Shifting of three fire alarm panels from 12-Court Building to Security Control Room and Service of Fire Panel connects with all the Judicial Records.

 Provision of new UPS for CCTV System.

COMPLETE MATTERS

 CCTV System containing 129 cameras and 17 monitors/LCDs are under operation in the premises of this Court as well as on parameter wall, for 24 hours, for the fool-proof security of this Court.

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 Under Vehicle Surveillance System at all the five gates has been got installed and in functional condition.

 Maintained CCTV system which has been got installed at HCJ House at 11-Aikmen Road, and Judges Rest House I & II Tolinton Lane, GOR, I, Lahore which is working 24 hours.

 A Fire-fighting system is under operation and being maintained properly.

 Checking of security duty according to daily duty roster as under:-

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i. Police employees of Battalion-7. ii. Police employees of Special Branch. iii. Police employees of District Police. iv. Police employees of Elite Force. v. Police employees of Lady Staff.

 Special security duty arrangements at the time of meetings held in this Court from time to time.

 Provision of ladies and gents police staff for the assistance of the Courts on demand specifically in love marriage cases etc.

 Special security arrangements/deployment of root at the time of visit of Hon’ble Chief Justice and Judges to Lahore High Court Bar Association and other events within the High Court premises as well as Judicial Academy.

 Deployment of security personal at eight observation posts on the parameter wall of this Court.

 Trimming of those trees which made hurdle for the monitoring through CCTV Cameras for better result of CCTV System is being arranged from time to time.

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 Installation of new one Walk Through Gate at Small Mosque Gate.

 Installation of Hydraulic Road Blockers/Barriers at all the five gates of this Court.

 Construction of new jerky Barriers at the entry gates of Lahore High Court Premises.

 Deployment of Naib Court and Gunmen with Hon’ble Judges.

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Hon'ble Chief Justice and Judges presenting key of the first car to Mr. Abdul Sattar, District & Sessions Judge under car financing leasing facility for judicial officers/members of the establishment of Lahore High Court, Lahore Sponsored by MCB Bank Limited.

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CHAPTER NO. 7

INQUIRIES RESEARCH NATIONAL JUDICIAL POLICY CELL & RESEARCH CENTER

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7.1 INQUIRES RESEARCH /NATIONAL JUDICIAL POLICY

The wing headed by D&SJ (I&R/NJP) and comprises Additional Session Judges and Civil Judges. Office of District & Sessions Judge (Inquiries, Research & Development) established in the year 2011 was given the nomenclature of District & Sessions Judge (inquiries & Research/NJP) with enhanced scope of multifarious assignments spreading from cognitive projects like Capacity Building of Judicial Officers, Standardization of Procedures to managerial tasks, supervising; Research Center, Information Technology Wing & NJP Cells. The categorical/respective achievements of the wing under discussion are substantiated below:-

CAPACITY BUILDING OF JUDICIAL OFFICERS

Capacity Building with the conceptual approach to understand the obstacles that inhibit the judicial officers and to draw measures to enhance their abilities for measureable and sustainable results, was focused. In the first phase the Capacity Building on Individual Level was taken up, 22 workshops for 742 judicial officers of Punjab were organized during the period.

SUGGESTIONS AND COMPLAINTS BY DIFFERENT SEGMENTS OF SOCIETY

The office appreciates the suggestions and measures for improvement in administration of justice. It addresses the proposals and suggestions by all the stake holders of the society,

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STANDARDIZATION OF PROCEEDINGS / PROCEDURE, THROUGH SOP's

The Complaints were referred to this office where the accused were released from jail on presentation of Fake Jail Robkars. In addition to disciplinary action by MIT, the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP's) were drafted and circulated to avoid such like instances. The feedback is positive and no such occurrence is reported during the year.

The Complaints were also referred where the Raiding Magistrates during the Anti-Corruption measures had exceeded their limits; abusive to human rights. To standardize the raiding procedure In Trap Cases; the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP's) for the Pre-raid and Post-raid proceedings were drafted and circulated.

The instances of non-production of accused before magistrate and illegal confinement by police officials are not unknown, to curb this practice and to standardize the Magisterial Supervision the maintenance of specific registers with specific columns are devised. Each Physical or Judicial Remand are entered in specific registers which provide information as to status of confinement and the submission of Challan.

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HOLDING OF SEMINARS

To sensitize all stake holders about the irregularities in the proceedings u/s 22-A,22-B Cr.P.C, a Seminar on Proceedings u/s 22-A,22-B was organized. After healthy debates, the deliberation of Hon’ble Judges was formulated as “Practice Note for Applications Under Section 22-A and 22-B Cr.P.C.” and circulated among all concerned, as guidelines. The feedback is appreciate able and would definitely work to stream line such proceedings.

A seminar with the topic Standardize the Legal Education and to check the mushroom growth of law colleges, was organized.. The Chairman PBC Legal education committee, eminent law scholars, principals from selected law colleges of Punjab, Baluchistan, K.P.K and Sindh raised the points to ponder. The proposals are to be placed before Hon’ble Chief Justice Supreme Court, for further consideration.

MONITORING AND SUPERVISION OF RESEARCH CENTER AND IT WING

The offices of D&SJ (I&R/NJP) also monitor and supervised the activities performed by information technology wing and Research Center established in this court

MURTAZA KAMAL LIBRARY, GUJRANWALA

On the request of Ch. Farrukh Mahmud Sulehria, Advocate this Court took the ownership and possession of Murtaza Kamal

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Library at Sessions Court, Gujranwala, for full utilization of premises to execute various objectives for advantage of Bench and Bar. The Proposed activities are Academics, Publication, National celebrations, Health care etc.

GREETING CARDS

The initiative that the institution should have one greeting card per season to be published on auspicious occasions, like Eid with insignia and picture of this court was approved and the approved specimen would be published.

CLEANLINESS IN JUDICIAL COMPLEXES

Cleanliness is a cardinal requisite for maintaining dignity of the premises and a clean environment. The District & Sessions Judges were asked to constitute committees at District & Tehsil levels, for carrying out the inspection of the Judicial Complexes. Furniture and fixtures were repaired, buildings were white washed, proper lighting was arranged, the broken window-panes and the doors were replaced to present pleasant and nice look. The office also collected and maintained the data in the form digital photographs.

JUDICIAL LOCKUP (BAKHSHI KHANA)

The deplorable and pathetic conditions of Judicial Lockups in District and Tehsil Headquarters required immediate attention. The suggestions to improve the conditions of Bakhshi Khana are encompassed; firstly the provisions of washrooms /sanitary

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fittings, sitting arrangements, lightening fixtures, construction of boundary walls and Secondly the installation of electric water coolers and CCTV Cameras. The relevant quarter are referred for provision of funds.

TRAINING OF RESCUE (EMERGENCY SERVICE)

The matter pertaining to security of High Court premises and personnel was discussed in a meeting headed by Mr. Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah; the proposal that Punjab Emergency Services be requested to provide Security Response Training to enable the officials to be productive in case of any emergency, was approved. The employees of the High Court and of District Courts were imparted security response training in batches at 1122 service centers.

NJP IMPLEMENTATION CELL

On 10th November, 2012 the Hon’ble Chief Justice established the NJP Implementation Cell under the supervision of this office. One post of Addl. D&SJ as Monitoring In-charge and three posts of Civil Judges as Monitoring Associates were created. 7.2 NATIONAL JUDICIAL POLICY CELL:

The foremost and sought after objective of the National Judicial Policy-2009 is “justice for all”, which impliedly includes “justice for all at the door step”. The Policy banks upon ensuring enforcement of the constitutional principles of equality before law and equal protection of law. The key features of the National Judicial Policy are strengthening the independence of judiciary by [201] its separation from the executive and ridding the courts of the menace of corruption, thereby presenting a clean and positive image of judiciary. Its goals are to initially reduce and ultimately eliminate backlog both from superior as well as subordinate courts and further to fix time frame for disposal of civil and criminal cases. With a view to pursuing an effective implementation of the Policy, this Court established NJP Cell under the direct and spirited guidance/supervision of the Registrar which catered following implementations of NJP in the year 2012:-

 This Court desired all the District & Sessions Judges to ensure the expeditious disposal of cases within stipulated time.

 This Court issued instructions to the District Judiciary to decide the New Oldest Category (Criminal/Civil) Cases up to 2008 in line with National Judicial Policy 2009.

 This Court directed all the District and Sessions Judges to dispose off New Oldest Category Cases by 31.12.2012 pursuant to the directions of the NJPMC dated 03.11.2012.

 This Court directed all the District & Sessions Judges to provide information pertaining to delay in completion of investigation/submission of challan.

 This Court required all the District & Sessions Judges to provide details of every old case Criminal/Civil (Oldest, Older & Old) cases pending on 31.12.2011 with reason for delay.

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 This Court desired Chief Secretary Government of the Punjab to establish Forensic Science Laboratories at Rawalpindi and Multan pursuant to directions of NJPMC meeting dated 27th-28th April, 2012.

 This Court launched NJP Imp.Cell to monitor the disposal of New Oldest Category Cases on daily basis through collection of e-reports from all the Districts and its onward transmission to Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan.

 This Court directed all the District and Sessions Judges to monitor the disposal of New Oldest Category Cases after rationalizing the pendency of New Oldest Category Cases.

 This Court directed all the District and Sessions Judges to nominate a Judicial Officer as Focal Person for monitoring the disposal of New Oldest Category Cases.

 This Court directed all the District and Sessions Judges to provide list of New Oldest Category Cases in which stay orders have been granted by this Court.

 This Court directed all the District and Sessions Judges to constitute Committees at District and Tehsil level to inspect Judicial Complexes alongwith offices of the Districts periodically for monitoring the cleanliness.

 This Court announced 20 laptops alongwith appreciation letters to 20 Judicial Officers showing optimum level of disposal of the New Oldest Category Cases.

 This Court directed all the District and Sessions Judges to observe practice and procedural measures contained in Practice Note for applications u/s 22-A & 22-B Cr.P.C.

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District Judiciary 01.01.2012 to 31.12.2012 Pendency, Institution, Disposal and Balance

Criminal+Civil Pendency Institution Disposal Balance Cases Oldest Cases 98094 - 68171 29923 (Upto 31.12.08) Old Cases 375285 - 216431 158854 (Upto 28.02.11) New Cases 551520 2077186 1736206 892500 (From 01.03.11)

Total: 1024899 2077186 2020808 1081277

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Disposal of new oldest category cases (upto 2008) during the month of December 2012 Disposal Sr. Name of District 01.12.2012 to # 31.12.2012 1 Attock 135

2 Bahawalnagar 192 3 Bahawalpur 663 4 Bhakkar 137 5 Chakwal 9 6 Chiniot 214 7 D.G.Khan 150 8 Faisalabad 877 9 Gujranwala 229 10 Gujrat 647 11 Hafizabad 20 12 Jhang 387 13 Jhelum 95 14 Kasur 523 15 Khanewal 240 16 Khushab 104 17 Lahore 3544 18 Layyah 83 19 Lodhran 104 20 M. B. Din 83 21 Mianwali Nil Pendency 22 Multan 572 23 Muzaffargarh 271 24 Nankana Sahib 136 25 Narowal 281 26 Okara 149 27 Pakpattan 71 28 R. Y. Khan 491 29 Rajanpur 18 30 Rawalpindi 635 31 Sahiwal 123 32 Sargodha 261 33 Sheikhupura 608 34 Sialkot 359 35 T.T.Singh Nil Pendency 36 Vehari 259 Grand Total 12670

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7.3. RESEARCH CENTER: The Research Center was established in 2012 to provide research-based inputs to the queries of the Hon’ble Judges in different matters pending before them. The idea was to appoint research Officers/judicial clerks to assist the Hon’ble Judges to provide them research based response in the matters pending before them. This is not judicial / law clerkship as is the practice in other advanced countries like USA. However, the aim to establish the Center is to lead us towards the law clerkship system over the period of time .The wing under discussion is headed D&SJ(I&R/NJP) and comprises Additional Session Judge ,senior Civil Judge and Civil judges

Center encourages the Research Officers to write quality papers, participate and present in the Conferences both at national and international level and to become part of relevant organizations and sister bodies. At present, the Center is in its evolutionary stage. Thus, in the coming months and years, and subject to available resources, it will define its ways so that it can not only provide a research support to the Hon’ble Judges of this Court but also become a research and development (R&D) backbone of the judiciary in the Punjab.

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The Research Center Performed Following Distinctive Functions

STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES (SOPs):

The research center design and develop following Sops standard operating procedures (SOPs)

 For query management Information System.

 For Research Officers/Judicial Clerks.

 For Bench-books.

 For Research in other areas.

 For participation in Conferences/Seminars etc.

 For Newsletter for District Judiciary.

 For Judicial Research Journal.

 For linkages with Research institutions.

 For Website.

 For Capacity Building / TOT Programs.

 For Training/Education Programs for the judiciary.

SOME MAJOR PROJECTS:

Judicial Clerkship:

It is in the aim of the Research Center to rais e its level to provide judicial/law clerkship for Hon’ble Judges of the High Court as is practiced internationally.

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Bench Books:

Research Center also aims at developing bench books for the Hon Judges for having ready reference at their desks on different topics like constitutional law, writ jurisdiction, civil, banking, tax, criminal, family etc.

Journal:

A research journal will be published on regular basis to provide insight into various current issues dealing with law and other interdisciplinary matters.

Linkage with other institutions: Research needs outsourcing. Hence, the Center is in the process of looking after national and foreign institutions for possible linkage not only for capacity building of the Center itself but for exchanging of materials and literature.

Query Management System:

Research Center with the technical assistance of the IT Branch of the High Court has developed a Query Management System to facilitate the Hon Courts to interact with the Center through computer. Research and Development:

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The Center also aims at hardcore research on different areas of law development including the empirical studies needed to support the change

Following is the output of the research center during the reference year Queries from Hon Courts 912 Responded by RAs 889  Two Research Associates have assisted the Defective Drugs Inquiry Tribunal headed by Mr. Justice Ijaz-ul- Ahsan, Hon Judge, Lahore High Court

 RAs have prepared materials for preparation of 1st of its kind Bench Book to be published by the High Court for Hon Judges

 Research Associates have also participated in different conferences, workshops and seminars and also presented papers

 Also delivered lectures at the Punjab Judicial Academy in a number of recent judgments of the Lahore High Court, the Research Center has been mentioned as assisting the Hon Courts, e.g., 2012 PLC (CS) 1062.

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Hon'ble Chief Justice inaugurating the Call Center (1134) at Lahore High Court, Lahore to facilitate the lawyers as well as litigant public all over the Province.

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CHAPTER NO. 8

INSTRUCTIONS TO DISTRICT JUDICIARY

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LAHORE HIGH COURT, LAHORE.

No. 15443 /MIT/HC. Dated 13.06.2012. From Abdul Sattar, Member Inspection Team, Lahore High Court, Lahore. To All the District & sessions Judges, in the Punjab.

Subject: ERADICATION OF CORRUPTION. Dear Sir, I have been directed by the Authority to state that with an aim to improve Judicial system and to facilitate public at large, a notice for public at large drawn in Urdu enclosed with this letter is sent to you with a direction to replicate the same on a notice board made of wood of the size of 4x3 (feet), which should be prominently displayed outside the Court of District & Sessions Judge and Senior Civil Judge at district headquarter and outside the Court of Additional District & Sessions Judge-1 if posted and outside the Court of Civil Judge 1 st Class-1 at tehsil level. This exercise be completed within a period of three days positively under intimation to this Office

SD/- MEMBER INSPECTION TEAM

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LAHORE HIGH COURT, LAHORE.

No. 15442 / MIT/HC. Dated 13.06.2012. From Abdul Sattar, Member Inspection Team, Lahore High Court, Lahore. To All the District & sessions Judges, in the Punjab.

Subject: OBSERVANCE OF COURT TIMINGS. Dear Sir, I have the honour to state that in order to ensure discipline and improvement in the system of administration of justice, the Hon’ble Chief Justice has been pleased to direct that henceforth under the direct supervision of District & Sessions Judge posted in each district, Daily Attendance Sheet shall be maintained/prepared in a confidential manner, in which the timings of check-in and check-out of all the

Judicial Officers as well as the staff of the Courts shall be noted down. For this purpose some reliable official of the District Courts establishment may be deputed.

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Such Attendance Sheet should be reviewed at the end of the day by the District & Sessions Judge and in case of need correctional steps be taken.

2. Please acknowledge receipt.

SD/- MEMBER INSPECTION TEAM

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LAHORE HIGH COURT, LAHORE.

No. 15444 / MIT/HC. Dated 13.06.2012. From Abdul Sattar, Member Inspection Team, Lahore High Court, Lahore. To All the District & sessions Judges, in the Punjab. 1. All the Presiding Officers On Ex-Cadre Posts in the Punjab.

Subject: MENTIONING OF THE NAMES OF THE COUNSEL/ADVOCATES ON THE ORDER SHEET. Dear Sir, I have the honour to state that it has been noticed with concern that Judicial Officers while recording interim/final orders/Judgments in civil and criminal cases mark attendance of parties counsel without mentioning their names and in some cases while recording attendance of proxy counsel it is noted

2. The foregoing careless and inefficient practice breeds confusions and problems in subsequent or future proceedings of those cases, if taken before appellate forums. Disapproving the above noted practice, the Hon’ble Chief Justice has directed the

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a) Henceforth every Judicial Officer marking attendance of the counsel for parties in civil and criminal cases shall necessarily mention/note down the name of the counsel/lawyer and in case of State Representative the name of concerned Prosecutor. b) While recording evidence of the parties in civil and criminal cases the name of counsel cross-examining the witness shall be particularly mentioned before the start of cross-examination. c) Ever Judicial Officer while signing each order/judgment passed in civil and criminal case shall necessarily note down his full name with designation and date thereof by arranging a name stamp, if not already provided. The District & Sessions Judge shall ensure the provision of requisite name stamps to every Judicial Officer posted in the district.

3. Violation of the above instructions may entail serious consequences.

4. Please acknowledge receipt.

SD/- MEMBER INSPECTION TEAM

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LAHORE HIGH COURT, LAHORE.

No. 16865 /MIT Dated 23.06.2012.

From Member Inspection Team, Lahore High Court, Lahore. To All the District & sessions Judges, in the Punjab.

Subject: INFORMATION IN RESPECT OF CASES UNDULY STAYED. Dear Sir, I am directed to refer to letter No. 6173-

JOB-II (1) VI.J.PF dated 20 th April, 2005 on the subject of Civil Petition No. 48-L/2005-SCJ, dated 4.4.2005 titled “Mt. Sardaran (Deceased) through her L.R’s V.

Suleman and another” issued by this Court (copy enclosed) and require you to furnish the information about the cases in which the proceedings have been unduly stayed/stopped by the courts just on the excuse of pendency of appeals, revisions or writ petitions before the higher courts in-spite of the fact that no stay order has been issued in those cases. The information should be court wise and with total [220] number of such matters, which must reach this Office within two days positively through fax.

Yours faithfully,

SD/- (ABDUL SATTAR) MEMBER INSPECTION TEAM

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LAHORE HIGH COURT, LAHORE.

No. 16255/MIT/HC/Ahlmads Dated 19.06.2012. From

Member Inspection Team, Lahore High Court, Lahore. To All the District & sessions Judges, in the Punjab.

Subject: COMPLAINTS ABOUT PERFORMANCE OF AHLMADS POSTED IN DISTRICT JUDICIARY ALL OVER THE PUNJAB. Dear Sir, I am directed to refer to the subject cited above and to state that the Authority has taken serious notice of complaints against Ahlmads of District

Judiciary regarding incomplete registers, not entering the results of the cases in relevant columns, non- consignment of the files to Record Room, non - production of registers before the Judicial Officers on the quarterly inspection and non-delivery of registers at the time of transfer or retirement to the successor

Ahlmads.

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2. You are, therefore, directed to follow the following instructions regarding maintenance of registers by the Ahlmads posted in your district: -

i. Complete the registers of the court as per proformas given in the High Court Rules and Orders. ii. Enter the results of cases in the relevant column, consign the decided judicial files to the Record Room and enter the consignment numbers against the cases in the registers. iii. On transfer or retirement ahlmads shall hand over the registers successor at the time of relinquishment of the charge. iv. On quarterly inspection ahlmads shall produce the registers before the Judicial Officer of their respective courts.

3. Kindly acknowledge the receipt of the direction and ensure strict compliance.

SD/- MEMBER INSPECTION TEAM

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LAHORE HIGH COURT, LAHORE.

No. 22880 /MIT/HC/ATC Dated Lahore, the 18.09.2012. From

Member Inspection Team, Lahore High Court, Lahore. To All the District & sessions Judges and All Senior Civil Judges, in Punjab.

Subject: MARKING OF FRESHLY INSTITUTED CASES BY DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGES AND SENIOR CIVIL JUDGES. Dear Sir, I am directed to refer to the subject cited above and to state that the Authority has been pleased to direct to all the District and Sessions Judges a s well as the Senior Civil Judges in Punjab to ensure the marking of all freshly instituted cases themselves with their own hand-writing and signatures. They shall not depute any officer/official for marking of freshly instituted cases. Any defiance of the above said instruction coming to the notice of this Court may entail serious consequences.

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2. Please ensure the compliance and acknowledge the receipt thereof.

Yours faithfully,

SD/- MEMBER INSPECTION TEAM

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LAHORE HIGH COURT, LAHORE.

No. 22881 /MIT/HC/ATC Dated Lahore, the 18.09.2012. From Abdul Sattar, Member Inspection Team, Lahore High Court, Lahore. To All the District & sessions Judges, in Punjab.

Subject: TRANSFER AND POSTING OF MINISTERIAL STAFF WORKING IN CIVIL AS WELL AS SESSIONS COURTS. Dear Sir, I am directed to refer to the subject cited above and to state that the Authority has been pleased to direct you to immediately constitute a committee comprising of two judges for transfer and posting of the ministerial staff working in the Civil as well as Sessions Courts within the district. The said committee will regulate the transfer and posting of ministerial staff process indeed with the guidance and concurrence of District and Sessions Judge.

2. Please ensure the compliance and acknowledge the receipt thereof.

Yours faithfully,

SD/- MEMBER INSPECTION TEAM

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CHAPTER NO. 9

HEAD NOTES OF IMPORTANT JUDGMENTS

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2012 C L C 1236

[Lahore]

Before Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, J

SHABBIR AHMED -----Petitioner

Versus

KIRAN KHURSHEED AND 8 others ----Respondents

Writ Petition No. 18645 of 2011, decided on 10 th April 2012.

(a) Punjab Local Government Ordinance (XIII of 2001)---

---Ss. 124 (2), 195 & Sixth Schedule, item 64---Punjab Council (Property) Rules, 2003, Rr. 9 (2) (e) 16 (c) & 18---Punjab Local Councils (Contract) Rules, 1981, R.4---Constitution of Pakistan, Arts. 4, 10 -A, 18, 23 & 199---Lease---Enhancement of rent---Forcible dispossession---Grievance of petitioners was that there had been a valid lease of plot in question in their favour since 1961, but Tehsil Municipal administration forcibly dispossessed them from plot in question --- Plea raised by authorities was that lease in question was executed in violation of the provisions of Punjab Local Council (Property) Rules, 2003 and petitioners were not paying rent according the market rate which had made out a case for enhancement of rent against the petitioners---Validity---Petitioners were entitled to a “reasonable notice” for enhancement of rent (variation in the terms of the lease) and in the case of [229] their non-acceptability, for cancellation of their lease -- -Authorities had woken up (it is not clear whether TMA woke up on its own motion or was driven by some other vested interest) from a long slumber with a shuddering realization to immediately protect and safeguard interest of Tehsil Municipal Administration and public exchequer but in their overzealousness, insensitively trampled upon due process and rule of law guaranteed to the petitioners under the Constitution---Tehsil Municipal Administration had offended fundamental and constitutional rights of petitioners, bypassing the process provided under section 195 and the schedule to Punjab Local Government Ordinance, 2001, and violating the protections guaranteed under Articles 4, 10A, 18 and 23 of the Constitution---Rushing directly to auction leasehold rights without giving notice to existing tenants i.e. petitioners, in terms of the Sched ule (which enjoyed higher legislative status than the Rules), was unabashedly unconstitutional and a blatant violation of Punjab Local Government Ordinance, 2001---Initiation of auction proceedings and resulting auction was in violation of Punjab Local Council (Property) Rules, 2003--- High Court, in exercise of Constitutional jurisdiction declared such auction to be illegal and set aside the same ---Petition was allowed accordingly.

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2012 C L C 1679

[Lahore]

Before Muhammad Khalid Mehmood Khan and Shahid Waheed, JJ

MUHAMMAD HUSSAIN -----Appellant

Versus

MALIK ALLAH YAR KHAN ----Respondent

Regular first Appeal No. 418 of 2006, decided on 24 th April, 2012.

(a) Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908)---

----O. XXXVII, Rr.1 & 2--- Suit for recovery of money--- Pro note, consideration of ---Proof---Suit filed by plaintiff on the basis of pro note was dismissed by Trial Court --- Plaintiff did not produce any witness to prove payment of consideration amount---Pro note was proved to be without consideration and no decree on the basis of such pro note could be passed, as plaintiff had no cause of action against defendant---High Court declined to interfere in judgment passed by Trial Court--- Appeal was dismissed in circumstances. Pakistan v. Abdul Ghani PLD 1964 SC 68; M essrs Ch. Brothers Ltd. v. Jaranwala Central Cooperative Bank Ltd and others 1968 SCMR 804 and Amir Shah V. Ziarat Gul 1998 SCMR 593 ref.

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(b) Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908)---

----O. XXXVII, Rr.1 & 2---Negotiable Instruments Act (XXVI if 1881), S.13---Stamp Act (II of 1899), S.35 & Art. 49 [as amended by Punjab Finance Act (VI of 1995)] --- Negotiable instrument---deficient stamp---Admissibility in evidence---Principle---Pro note is liable to be stamped under Article 49 of Stamp Act, 1899 and by virtue of amendment made by Punjab finance Act, 1995, stamp of an amount of Rs. 100/- is payable if amount exceeds Rs. 500,000/-----Provision of proviso (a) to section 35 of Stamp Act, 1899, is curative and covers situation according to which if any instrument is not stamped or insufficiently stamped would be admitted in evidence on payment of penalty---Payment of stamp duty is a matter between a citizen and the State and an adversary cannot be permitted to capitalize on a technicality which otherwise is not fatal to suit.

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CHAPTER NO. 10

IMPORTANT NOTIFICATIONS, CIRCULARS & OFFICER ORDERS

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LAHORE HIGH COURT, LAHORE

O R D E R

The Hon’ble Chief Justice has been pleased to re-designate the post of “Additional Registrar (Vigilance)” of this Court as “Additional Member Inspection Team” in the public interest, with immediate effect.

SD/- (MUHAMMAD ARIF MALIK) DEPUTY REGISTRAR (ADMN.) FOR REGISTRAR

Endst: No. 4511Gaz.1.V.Z Dated Lahore the, 30.07.2012

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LAHORE HIGH COURT, LAHORE

No.3054/Gaz. II Dated:05.04.2012

The Honorable Chief Justice has been pleased to establish a Green Single Bench and a Green Division

Bench at Principal Seat and Benches of this Court to hear all the cases relating to environmental issues or relating to environmental interest litigation.

The Honourable Chief Justice has also been pleased to nominate:-

i. Honourable Mr. Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah to grace the Court as Green Single Bench at principle seat of this Court. ii. Honourable Mr. Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and Honourable Mr. Justice Shujaat Ali Khan to grace the Court as Green division Bench at Principal Seat. iii. The senior most Honourable Judge available at the Benches to grace the Court as Green Single Bench at the Benches of this Court. iv. Two senior most Honourable Judges available at the Benches to grace the Court as Green Division Bench.

SD/- REGISTRAR

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LAHORE HIGH COURT, LAHORE

C I R C U L A R

All concerned are informed that the Roche

Pharmaceutical Company is holding free screening camp of

“Hepatitis B & C” in the premises of Dispensary of this

Court today on 10.03.2012 for Lahore High Court, Lahore employees. The desirous officers/officials of this Court may avail the opportunity for test/medication under the supervision of Senior Medical Officer, Dispensary of Lahore

High Court, Lahore.

SD/- (SYED ALI AKBAR SHAH) ADDL. REGISTRAR (ESTT.) FOR REGISTRAR

Endst: No. 2979 Gaz-II Dated Lahore the 10th March, 2012

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Flowering at Lahore High Court, Lahore

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