Lahore: During the hearing of a case filed to grant legal status of housing societies in Punjab, the Lahore High Court has ordered Lahore Development Authority to submit details on legal and illegal housing societies, reported a news source. The petitioner’s lawyer told the court that the societies are willing to pay for the water bills but these should first be given legal status.
Commenting on petitioner’s stance, Justice Akbar Ali Qureshi commented that all societies will be brought into the net as that is the state’s ambit. He also said that the societies have been using water free of cost, which will no longer be allowed. The court called Punjab Local Government secretary in the next hearing and adjourned the court until then.
