The Lahore High Court Rawalpindi bench on Monday dismissed a petition filed by a former minister of Azad Kashmir seeking a halt to a drive to retrieve plots illegally occupied by him.

LHC Justice Jawad Hassan after preliminary hearing of the petition ruled that since the petitioner was found to have encroached on private land, in the light of the judgements laid down by superior courts, he was not entitled to any interim relief.

The petitioner, Mushtaq Minhas, had been issued notice by the Punjab Housing and Town Planning Agency (PHATA) for removal of encroachments from the plots illegally occupied by him in Media Town.