Overview
- The Islamabad High Court issued an interim order on Monday restraining authorities from evicting apartment owners and sub‑lessees at One Constitution Avenue until further orders.
- A two‑member bench of Justices Muhammad Azam Khan and Inaam Ameen Minhas heard intra‑court appeals filed by residents including Mujahid Anwar Khan, Ehsan Mani and Wasim Sajjad who challenged paragraph 30 of a prior single‑bench judgment on third‑party protections.
- CDA lawyers told the court the building has not received a completion certificate and that the authority appointed an administrator for the project on March 12, 2023.
- The dispute traces to a 2019 Supreme Court restoration of the lease that required Rs17.5 billion in instalments and to court findings that the developer failed to meet those payments with roughly Rs2.9 billion paid so far.
- The stay preserves residents’ occupancy for now but leaves unresolved who legally owns units, who must pay the remaining liabilities, and when the IHC will hear the full case and rule on long‑term remedies.