5049/2024 Const. P. Sharifullah Khan (Petitioner) V/S Province of Sindh & Others (Respondent)
Bench: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Adnan-ul-Karim Memon(Author), Hon'ble Mr. Justice Abdul Mobeen Lakho
5049/2024 Const. P. Sharifullah Khan (Petitioner) V/S Province of Sindh & Others (Respondent) Sindh High Court
Bench: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Adnan-ul-Karim Memon(Author), Hon'ble Mr. Justice Abdul Mobeen Lakho Order Date: 13-JAN-26
In similar circumstances, this Court and other benches have held that petitions challenging the election or internal governance of associations registered under the Societies Registration Act are devoid of maintainability under Article 199 of the Constitution and must be dismissed since such bodies are not performing public functions nor represent a public authority amenable to constitutional jurisdiction. On the aforesaid proposition reliance has been placed on the cases of Mirza Muhammad Nazakat Baig v. Federation of Pakistan (through Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice, Islamabad and another (2020 SCMR 631) and Syed Iqbal Hussain Shah Gillani v. Pakistan Bar Council through Secretary Supreme Court Bar Building Islamabad and others (2021 SCMR 425). 8. Accordingly, the petition is dismissed on maintainability grounds as no case is made out for exercise of writ jurisdiction under Article 199 of the Constitution.