Ch. Shoukat Aziz for Petitioners.

       Mohammad Asad Khan, Legal Advisor for respondents nos. 1 to 8.

       Ch. Mohammad Aslam Raza for the intervener.

JUDGMENT

SYED SHAHID BAHAR, J.—The captioned writ petition has been filed under Article 44 of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Interim Constitution, 1974, whereby, a direction has been sought against the respondents to implement the approved scheme of road 01 km in Village Bainan Link Road from Main Road Nali Morr to Mohalla Gali as per Survey and Etimate prepared on spot and the Google Earth Map which is not relevant to Village Bainan may also be set-aside.

2.    Shortly stated facts of the captioned writ petition are that the Government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir through notification bearing No. Works/Road/H-1(73)/2021 sanctioned different roads for Metaling, Black topping in Constituency No.2 keeping in view the basic needs of the inhabitants of vicinity 1 km and 0.5 km roads were approved in Annual Development Programs and out of total roads 16.5 km for Constituency No.2, 01 km road was approved for the inhabitants of Village Bainan which is at serial No.6 of the notification and 0.5 km road has been approved for the inhabitants of other revenue Village Maldaie and after the visiting and survey PC-1 was prepared. It has been averred that the estimate was forwarded for the sanction of the scheme but alongwith the file, the map of the scheme which was attached with the name of reconditioning and blacktopping of the link road Bainan but the same copy which was downloaded from the Google reveals and marked the other Village Maldaie from starting to end point, which is totally irrelevant, whereas, the scheme for Bainan is approved for the improvement, metaling and blacktopping link road from Nali Morr Main Road Bainan to Mohalla Gali Bainan, whereas, in the map it reveals reconditioning and blacktopping and the petitioners after having knowledge of the said inadvertence filed an application before respondent No.2 for making necessary correction but no necessary steps were taken to rectify this illegality, whereas, according to the record both the Villages are two independent Revenue Villages and their independent boundaries and later on tender notices were issued and bids were invited for construction of the link road and all the road which are sanctioned below 1 km their tender notices was issued combine with the other nearby road and in this regard the name of the work adjacently advertised as “Link Road Bainan L-1 km” and “Link Road Maladaie L-0.50” total length 1.5 km but the respondents in garb of the Google map are going to start the construction work of road 1 and 0.5 km in Village Maldaie, whereas, only 0.5 km road was sanctioned for Village Maldaie, so, the survey of road on spot prepared by respondent No.8 in presence of respondent No. 10 from Main Road Bainan Nali Morr to Mohallah Gali could not be shifted in the light of illegal Google Earth Map, hence, this petition.

3.    The writ petition was contested by the other side by filing objections stating therein that 03 km metallic road from Galli to Bainan exists in Village Bainan and the then MLA made proposal of 01 km road from the ending point where 03 km road of Village Bainan and as per proposal of the MLA, the department has prepared PC-I and the end point of the said 1 km road is Maldai Village and neither in the proposal of MLA nor in the Government notification the mentioning of Main Road to Bayain Nalli Morr Mohalla Galli has been shown and the work of the road shall be started from Village Bainan and will be ended at Village Maldaie. It has further been alleged that in the light of proposal the concerned MLA, after survey PC-I is prepared and the same is then send to the relevant forum and after approval of the scheme from the relevant forum department is bound to start the work as per map and route. Finally, it has been prayed that the writ petition may be dismissed.

4.    In compliance of the order of this Court dated 30.06.2022, the parties submitted their written arguments, whereby, the grounds raised in the pleadings have mostly been reiterated.

5.    In the written arguments filed on behalf of the petitioners it has been stated that that through notification annexure “PB” dated 16.02.2021, 01 km metallic road has been approved for Village Bainan (from Main Road Nali Morr to Mohallah Gali) and 0.5 km metallic road was also approved for Village Maldai but the respondents while preparing the illegal Google Earth Map have changed the route and on the basis of said map the respondents want to start construction work and this illegal act of the respondents is not justified in any manner and this will deprive the petitioners/inhabitants of the Village Bainan from their legal vested rights. It has further been alleged that issuance of notification regarding the approval of road in favour of inhabitants of Village itself creates their rights and this right cannot be snatched by way of making any sort of amendments in the notification or in other way by changing its route through any kind of Map (Google Map etc.).

6.    In the written arguments filed on behalf of the respondents, it has been alleged that in the light of proposal of the concerned MLA, after survey PC-I is prepared and the same is then send to the relevant forum and after approval of the scheme from the relevant forum department is bound to start the work as per map and route. Finally, it has been prayed that the writ petition may be dismissed.

7.    Be that as it may High Court in its extraordinary jurisdiction cannot sit over and step in the policy/administrative decisions of the government functionaries quo the welfare projects particularly when the stance of the petitioners side is strongly objected from other side regarding feasibility ground realities and geographical ups and downs are alleged by portraying and conflicting narrative, the proper recourse in this regard is to file the civil suit in order to establish a specific fact by providing oral as well as documentary evidence. Extraordinary relief is justified only in extraordinary circumstances in favour of an aggrieved person, if any infringement of law or for that matter violation of constitutionally fundamental guaranteed rights is involved. The official respondents in their arguments have categorically clarified the matter in para No. IV, which is useful to reproduce as infra:-

“یہ کہ متعلقہ MLA وقت کی جانب سے ترقیاتی سکیم ہافیز XIII کے لیے تجویز موصول ہوئی۔ جس کی سیریل نمبر 06 پر تعمیر پختہ سڑک بائیاں بھی شامل تھی انہی کی تجویز کے مطابق بروئے نوٹیفکیشن نمبر ورکس/شاہرات/ایچ۔1(73)2021 مورخہ 16.02.2021 کے تحت سکیم ADP میں شامل ہوئی ADP میں سکیم کی شمولیت کے بعدتحت ضابطہ MLA کی تجویز نشاندہی  کے مطابق محکمہ نے موقع پر سروے کرواتے ہوئے سکیم کا PC-I مرتب کر کے مجاز فورم کو ارسال کیا ۔ سکیم کی مجاز فورم سے منظوری ہونے کے بعد بروئے نوٹیفکیشن نمبر 2021/(73)1-C&W/H مورخہ 08.02.2021 کے تحت منظوری جاری ہوئی۔منظوری ہونےکے بعد سکیموں کے پیکج بناتے ہوئےحلقہ لچھراٹ LA-25 کے ٹینڈرز نوٹس  سیریل نمبر 03 تعمیر لنک روڈ بائیاں 01 کلومیٹر اور لنک روڈ مالدہی 0.5 کلومیٹر کو ایک پیکج میں شامل کرتے ہوئے ان کے تحت ضابطہ ٹینڈرز طلب کیے ہیں۔ ٹینڈرز کی کاروائی مکمل ہو چکی ہےاور اس وقت  ورک آرڈر کی کاروائی زیر کار ہے۔محکمہ شاہرات منظور شدہ روٹ میپ/سکوپ سے ہٹ کر کسی کی ذاتی خواہشات پر لنک روڈ تعمیر کرنے کا مجاز نہ ہے۔ بدیں وجہ ان کی رٹ پٹیشن قابل اخراج ہے۔”

8.    It is an astonishing state of affair that the petitioners have made challenge to the change of route of scheme in guise of apprehension that it is detrimental to their rights, as it is extended and amended in a way to provide the facility of road to the people of other Village Maldaie. In para No.3 of the written arguments submitted by the official respondents it is further alleged as infra:-

“یہ کہ ضمن نمبر 3 متعلقہ MLA وقت کی تجویز کے مطابق سکیم ADP میں شامل ہوئی اورشمولیت  کے نوٹیفکیشن  کے بعد مطابق تجویز نشاندہی روٹ متعلقہ MLA کا سروے کرتے ہوئے پی سی ون مرتب کرتے ہوئے مجاز فورم کو ارسال کیا ہے۔ جو کہ مجاز فورم AJK DWP سے منظور ہوا ہے۔  پیٹیشنرز نے اس ضمن میں جس جگہ نلی موڑ مین روڈ تا محلہ گلی بائیاں کا ذکر کیا ہے وہ MLA وقت کی تجویز  اور کسی بھی سرکاری نوٹیفکیشن   میں اس کاکوئی ذکر نہ ہے۔ پہلے سے تعمیر شدہ پختہ لنک روڈ تقریباً تین کلومیٹر زائد گلی تابائیاں جس جگہ اختتام پذیر ہو رہی ہے اس پوائنٹ سے آگے MLA وقت نے ایک کلومیٹر پختہ لنک روڈ کی  تجویز/نشاندہی دی ۔ متعلقہ MLA کی تجویز  نشاندہی کے مطابق 01 کلو میٹر لنک روڈ کا آغاز بائیاں گاؤں سے شروع ہو کر اس کا اختتام مالدہی پر ہوگا۔”

9.    Before parting with the decision, it is worthwhile to mention that government functionaries are under bounded duty to perform their duties strictly in accordance with law, particularly local development projects should be carried out and executed keeping in view of welfare of public at large without exhibiting any undue favour to anyone or otherwise on the strength of any extraneous reasons.

LOCUS POENITENTIAE:

Doctrine of law is embedded and breath from Section 21 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 meaning thereby that authority can exercise the powers of modification by revisiting the order of instrument already passed but said power is not qualified (sic) and subject to the condition that in case of implementation of suchlike order or instrument, that too where decisions steps have stood taken resultant of which certain rights have been created in favour of a party, exercise of power under this doctrine is not available.

10.  In the backdrop of the facts, ibid only partial modifications have been made in the scheme of Link Road by extending its fruits to nearby adjacent Village. Thus, partial modification in the scheme of execution of Link Road by anyway does not snatch or taken away the rights of petitioners, as unmodified previous scheme of Link Road was not practically executed even otherwise, therefore, authorities cannot be paralyzed at random, that too, extraordinary jurisdiction cannot be exercised to resolve the inter see vendetta of the localities or for that matter to resolve controversies based upon disputed question of fact requiring evidence.

For the above multiple reasons, the instant constitutional petition fails which is consigned to record. Miscellaneous application be dealt with accordingly.

Petition dismissed.