IHC sets aside CDA ban on property transfers in Islamabad
Key takeaways
- The petitioner, a permanent resident of Shah Allah Ditta, told the court that he owns ancestral property in the area and is the sole breadwinner of his family.
- The petitioner contended that the court’s order was limited to preventing illegal housing schemes and did not authorize a blanket ban on all property transfers in Zone-III.
- The petitioner maintains that the said order was confined to transactions intended to facilitate illegal housing schemes and did not impose a blanket prohibition on all transfers of property in Zone-III.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday set aside the ban by the Capital Development Authority’s (CDA) blanket ban on the registration, transfer and mutation of properties in several areas of Islamabad, ruling that it had no legal authority to impose such restrictions.
Justice Muhammad Asif issued the ruling while allowing a petition challenging the administrative and verbal ban on the sale, purchase, registration and mutation of properties in the mouzas of Shah Allah Ditta, Sangjani, Sara-e-Kharbooza and other areas of Zone-III.
The petitioner, a permanent resident of Shah Allah Ditta, told the court that he owns ancestral property in the area and is the sole breadwinner of his family. He argued that he was unable to dispose of or transfer his property to meet household expenses and the medical needs of his elderly mother due to the restrictions imposed by the CDA.