SC issues show cause notice to Sindh Chief Secy

A five-member larger bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, was hearing the case.During case hearing, Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) and provincial board of revenue submitted their records in the court.Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali inquired of revenue department officials as to whether they checked the records of properties.On this, revenue officials responded that all records were being computerised and the department checked them constantly.Justice Gulzar Ahmed stated that computerised registration was being carried out using bogus names, adding that same properties are registered to multiple names.Justice Ahmed also inquired about the progress being made on court’s order that was issued in 2005 to complete survey for protection of public property and issued show cause notices to Sindh Chief Secretary, Senior director master plan KMC and senior members of revenue department.On the other hand, the Election Commission submitted its report before the bench stating that until the census was conducted, boundaries of administrative units could not be altered.The report stated that altering the boundaries prior to conducting census would be unconstitutional as population census was a constitutional requirement for changing geographical limits of a constituency.