LAHORE – The Lahore High Court (LHC) has reprimanded the officials of Lahore Development Authority (LDA) for sealing the 12 petrol pumps in Lahore despite the court orders.
Justice Jawad Hassan Jawad while hearing a case against LDA’a action of retrieving the filling station on Tuesday night during an operation termed the move contempt of court and illegal.
The government had formed a committee to settle the matters about the lease of the petrol pumps but the LDA authorities sealed the 12 pumps by misusing the powers.
Ordering the authority to unseal the filling stations immediately, the high court has summoned a detailed reply from the LDA and adjourned the case until July 23.
After retrieving the pumps, the LDA officials said that LDA director general constituted special teams, which carried out a late-night operation and took back possession of 13 petrol pumps.
These sites included a petrol pump established on 30-B, Faisal Town, two petrol pumps at 01 and 02 Civic block, Garden Town, a petrol pump at 44 B-2 Johar Town, three pumps at 44-A, Truck Stand and 01 Civic Centre of Sabzazar, four petrol pumps 22-A Kashmir Block, 55-A Civic block, 123 Rachna Block and 299-A Khyber Block in Allama Iqbal Town and two petrol pumps in Gulberg opposite Liberty Market and opposite Liberty Cinema.
LDA officials said the LDA management has decided to lease out the retrieved petrol pump sites through auction and estimated revenue to be earned from this auction was around Rs 210 million.
