2025 CLC 408 (اسلام آباد ہائی کورٹ)
I.B. Employees Cooperative Housing Society بنام Additional District Judge-II, East Islamabad
فیصلہ: 8 ستمبر 2023 | معزز جج: جسٹس سمن رفت امتیاز
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🧾 مقدمہ کا پس منظر
درخواست گزار (I.B. Employees Cooperative Housing Society) کا مؤقف یہ تھا کہ Co-operative Societies Act, 1925 کے تحت اگر کوئی حکم رجسٹرار جاری کرے تو اس پر عملدرآمد (Execution) صرف رجسٹرار خود کر سکتا ہے، سول عدالت نہیں۔
دوسری جانب فریقِ مخالف کا کہنا تھا کہ قانون کے مطابق یہ حکم سول عدالت کے ذریعے بھی نافذ ہو سکتا ہے۔
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⚖️ عدالت کا قانونی جائزہ
عدالت نے سیکشن 59(1)(a), (b), (2), (3) کا باریک بینی سے جائزہ لیتے ہوئے اہم قانونی نکات واضح کیے:
🔹 1. دو قانونی طریقے (Modes of Execution)
سیکشن 59(1) کے تحت رجسٹرار یا لیکویڈیٹر کے حکم پر عملدرآمد کے دو طریقے ہیں:
1. (a) وہ حکم سول کورٹ کی ڈکری سمجھا جائے گا اور سول عدالت میں اسی طرح نافذ کیا جائے گا؛
2. (b) یا پھر کلیکٹر کے ذریعے اراضی کے محصول کی وصولی کے قانون کے مطابق نافذ کیا جا سکتا ہے۔
یعنی قانون نے دو الگ راستے واضح طور پر فراہم کیے ہیں —
یا تو سول کورٹ کے ذریعے، یا کلیکٹر کے ذریعے۔
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🔹 2. رجسٹرار کے اختیارات محدود ہیں
سیکشن 59(2) رجسٹرار کو کلیکٹر جیسے اختیارات دیتا ہے تاکہ وہ جائیداد منسلک کر کے رقم وصول کرے،
مگر سیکشن 59(3) میں صرف حدِ مدت (Limitation) کے لحاظ سے رجسٹرار کو سول کورٹ کے برابر سمجھا گیا ہے،
نہ کہ دیگر تمام عدالتی اختیارات کے لیے۔
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🔹 3. رجسٹرار خود سول کورٹ نہیں
عدالت نے واضح الفاظ میں کہا کہ قانون میں کہیں بھی یہ نہیں لکھا کہ رجسٹرار خود سول کورٹ ہے۔
بلکہ صرف یہ کہا گیا ہے کہ اس کا جاری کردہ حکم سول کورٹ کی ڈکری کے برابر ہو گا تاکہ اس پر وہی عملدرآمد ہو سکے جو عدالت کے حکم پر ہوتا ہے۔
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🔹 4. موجودہ مقدمے میں اطلاق
اس کیس میں مدعا علیہ نے نہ تو کلیکٹر اور نہ ہی رجسٹرار کے سامنے کوئی درخواست دائر کی تھی،
لہٰذا سیکشن 59(3) کا اطلاق نہیں بنتا تھا۔
عدالت نے تسلیم کیا کہ فریقِ مخالف نے درست فورم یعنی سول کورٹ میں کارروائی کی۔
لہٰذا، نچلی عدالتوں کا فیصلہ درست قرار دیا گیا اور درخواست خارج کر دی گئی۔
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🪶 قانونی اصول (Principle Laid Down)
> رجسٹرار کے حکم کو سول کورٹ کی ڈکری سمجھا جا سکتا ہے، مگر رجسٹرار خود سول کورٹ نہیں۔
قانون دو طریقے فراہم کرتا ہے:
(1) سول کورٹ کے ذریعے عملدرآمد، یا
(2) کلیکٹر کے ذریعے بحکمِ رجسٹرار وصولی۔
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📚 حوالہ جاتی مقدمات
Dehli Cooperative Housing Society v. Province of Sindh (2017 MLD 695)
Muhammad Rafique v. Farida Khan (2016 CLC 1451)
S.M. Tariq Khawaja v. Registrar Cooperative Societies (2020 CLC 653 – Distinguished)
Mehrunnisa v. Assistant Registrar Cooperative Societies (2003 MLD 1927 – Relied)
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🟩 فیصلے کا خلاصہ
عدالت نے درخواست خارج کر دی اور قرار دیا کہ:
> سول کورٹ میں کارروائی سیکشن 59(1)(a) کے مطابق درست تھی،
رجسٹرار کے اختیارات صرف محدود نوعیت کے ہیں،
اور وہ خود سول کورٹ نہیں بلکہ اس کا حکم سول کورٹ کی ڈکری کے مترادف ہے۔
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🌟 انفرادی نکتہ (Munfarid Nukta)
> “رجسٹرار کے حکم کو سول کورٹ کی ڈکری سمجھا جا سکتا ہے، مگر رجسٹرار خود عدالت نہیں۔”
Must read Judgement
2025 C L C 408
[Islamabad]
Before Saman Rafat Imtiaz, J
I.B. EMPLOYEES COOPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY through authorized Representative ---Petitioner
Versus
ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE-II, EAST ISLAMABAD and another ---Respondents
Writ Petition No. 277 of 2023, decided on 8th September, 2023.
(a) Co-operative Societies Act (VII of 1925)---
----Ss.59(1)(a), (b) & 59(2), (3)---Limitation Act (IX of 1908), First Sched., Art. 182---Execution of orders by the Liquidator or Registrar---Powers of the Registrar to execute his orders---Scope---Contention of the petitioner was that it was the Registrar who had the powers to execute his orders instead of the Civil Court---Validity---Section 59(1) of the Co-operative Societies Act, 1925 (CSA) provides that an order passed by the liquidator or the Registrar under the stipulated provisions of the CSA, if not carried out, shall on a certificate signed by the Registrar or Liquidator be deemed to be a decree of a Civil Court and shall be executed in the same manner as a decree of such court or alternatively be executed by the Collector in accordance with the law pertaining to the recovery of arrears of land revenue subject to issuance of the requisite certificate---Section 59(2) of CSA empowers the Registrar to exercise powers of the Collector under the relevant law relating to land revenue to recover by sale and attachment of property such sums as stipulated thereunder, whereas, S.59(3) of CSA provides the limitation period applicable upon the Registrar when inter alia exercising the powers under the CSA for the recovery of any amount by sale and/or attachment of property---Limitation period provided for the execution of a decree or order of any Civil Court has been stipulated in Art.182 of the Limitation Act, 1908 and for such purpose S.59(3) of CSA provides that the Registrar shall be deemed to be a Civil Court, therefore, the provision of S.59 of the CSA is absolutely devoid of any language whereby the Registrar is to be deemed a Civil Court for any purposes other than limitation where the Registrar is exercising any power under the CSA for recovery of any amount---Respondent No. 2 had not made an application to the Collector pursuant to S.59(1)(b) of the CSA or to the Registrar under S.59(2) of CSA for recovery in accordance with law pertaining to recovery of arrears of land revenue and as such subsection (3) thereof did not come into play---Both the Courts below correctly concluded that S.59(1) of CSA provides two modes of execution and as such the proceedings before the Civil Court were rightly instituted under the mode provided pursuant to S.59(1)(a) of CSA---Constitutional petition was dismissed accordingly.
Messrs Dehli Co-Operative Housing Society through Chairman v. Province of Sindh through Secretary, Co-Operation, Karachi and 5 others, 2017 MLD 695; Mst. Saima Tabbasam v. Syed Sher Shah and 3 others 20l6 MLD 1430; Muhammad Rafique v. Farida Khan and others 2016 CLC 1451; Dad Rehman and another v. Mst Shakeela 2003 YLR 141; Federal Employees Cooperative Housing Society v. Director General, Federal Investigation Agency, Islamabad and others 2019 PCr.LJ 594; Shahnaz Parveen through Attorney v. The Additional District Judge-III, Karachi-East and 3 others 2019 MLD 1008; Zia Ullah Shah v. Muhammad Khaqan and 6 others 2018 MLD 1860; Shahnaz Parveen through Messrs Dehli Co-Operaine Housing Society through Chairman v. Province of Sindh through Secretary, Co-Operation, Karachi and 5 others 2017 MLD 695 and Sheikh Haidar v. Registrar Cooperative Societies, Karachi and others PLD 1966 (W.P.) Karachi 177 Ref.
Mehrunnisa and others v. Assistant Registrar Cooperative Societies (Recoveries) 2003 MLD 1927 rel.
Government Employees' Cooperative Housing Society Limited and others v. The Secretary, Cooperative Societies and others 2015 MLD 280 and S.M.Tariq Khawaja v. Registrar Cooperative Societies, Islamabad and 3 others 2020 CLC 653 Disting.
(b) Co-operative Societies Act (VII of 1925)---
----Ss. 59(1)(a)---Family Courts Act (XXXV of 1964), S.25---Islamabad Rent Restriction Ordinance (IV of 2001), S.23---Execution of orders/decrees---Scope---Comparison of provisions of Co-operative Societies Act, 1925 ("CSA") with the provisions of Family Courts Act, 1964 and Islamabad Rent Restriction Ordinance, 2001---Significant distinction in phraseology of said laws---Examination of the provisions of the Family Courts Act, 1964 and the Islamabad Rent Restriction Ordinance, 2001 in comparison with S.59(1)(a) of the Co-operative Societies Act, 1925 ("CSA") highlighted various significant differences in phraseology---As per provision of the Co-operative Societies Act, 1925 it is an order passed inter alia by the Registrar under the stipulated provisions that shall be deemed to be a decree of the Civil Court and which shall be executed in the same manner as a decree of such court, therefore, the subject of the said provision is the order passed by the Registrar, which has been accorded the status of a decree passed by a Civil Court and as such ordains for it to be executed in the same manner as a decree of the Civil Court and the said provision does not state that the Registrar shall be deemed to be a Civil Court---Comparison with the other provisions of laws makes it clear and apparent that where the Legislature intended to confer the power of execution upon the forum passing the order/decree to be executed, it does so in clear and explicit language, which is conspicuously missing in S.59(1)(a) of the CSA.
Sardar Taimoor Aslam Khan and Mudassar Abbas for Petitioner.
Rizwan Shabbir Kayani for Respondent No.2.
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