Civil Appeal Nos.977 & 978 of 2018 and C.M.A. No.3658/2019 in C.A. No.978/2018
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that Section 54 ibid controls the exercise of such power.
Consequently, the impugned judgment is set aside. If the
respondent telecom licensee had any grievance regarding the
manner in which the power under Section 8(2)(c) of the Act was
exercised by PTA it should have taken up the matter in the first
instance with the Federal Government. Therefore, its recourse to a
Court of law straightaway was pre-mature and vexatious. The
appeals are accordingly allowed.
C.M.A. No.3658 of 2019: Disposed of.
Judge
Judge
Islamabad, the
22th April, 2020
Approved for reporting
Ghulam Raza/Meher LC