SHC Restricted Camps Committee Charges Parking Fees

The Sindh High Court (SHC) has retrained Karachi’s camp committee or any of its subordinate authorities to stop charging parking fees in their respective jurisdictions until further orders are received.

The interim order was made in a petition by Atta Mohammad, who challenged the direct or indirect collection of parking fees by the local camp committee.

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The petitioner’s lawyer stated that the Clifton Camp Commission issued an advertisement requesting awards based on parking fees. He argued that in a case related to the Hyderabad Resident Commission, the Supreme Court held that the Resident Commission Act of 1924 did not provide for the authorization of the commission to collect parking fees, and therefore there is no legal authority to collect such fees.

The lawyer submitted that the Supreme Court held that the resident committee does not mention parking fees in Article 200 of the Resident Committee Act, and therefore the resident committee has no right to expand the scope of the fee portion and include unimagined conjectures. Charging part.

SHC was told that, in violation of the Supreme Court’s order, the camp committee had been awarding a contract to collect parking fees, which was illegal. The High Court was required to declare that the resident committee’s direct or indirect collection and recovery of parking fees are illegal, and restrict the resident committee and its contractors from claiming parking fees from anyone.

Judges of the SHC Chamber headed by Judge Mohammad Shafi Siddiqui pointed out that the Clifton Camp Committee should have performed its functions under the Act, but the committee’s legal advisers were unable to assist the court in determining which law the advertisement was published under. Issuance is used to award contracts to claim parking fees. The SHC prohibits the camp committee or any of its subordinate authorities from requesting parking fees until there is a further order. The High Court directed Cantonment Board Clifton to comment on the petition at the next hearing.