The court ordered the land acquiring department i.e. Military Estate Office, Peshawar, to pay compensation to the landowners as fixed by the Supreme Court in its Feb 15, 2018 verdict. DawnNewsTV/File
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court has declared illegal an order of Nowshera’s district collector (deputy commissioner) to de-notify an award announced around two decades ago for acquiring 3,413 acres of land in Nowshera district for establishing an artillery range.
A bench consisting of Justice Roohul Amin Khan and Justice Mohammad Nasir Mahfooz accepted five petitions filed by several Nowshera residents against the Oct 7, 2019, de-notification by the district collector under Section 48 of the Land Acquisition Act.
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