By a Plaint which was filed on 10th November, 2009, the Board of PPF sued Anthony Hakalu to claim and trace its ownership of the disputed plots back to 1996. Mr. Hakalu disputed this claim by filing his written statement of defence on 23rd November, 2009 and insisted that his own claim over the disputed land much earlier than the Board’s to 1991. On 26th July, 2010 the Board filed an Amended Plaint which this time around pleaded Mr. Hakalu, the Commissioner for Lands, the Registrar of Titles and the Attorney General as defendants.
On 12th August, 2010 the Commissioner for Lands, the Registrar of Titles and the Attorney General filed their Amended Written Statement of Defence which included a Counter Claim and a Notice of Preliminary Objection. On 31st July 2013, Mr. Hakalu was ordered to file his amended written statement of defence which he filed on 14th August, 2013. In his amended defence, Mr. Hakalu included a Counter Claim.
While Land Case No. 289 of 2009 was still pending in the Land Division of the High Court, Mr. Hakalu transacted a Sale Agreement with one Ashiq Abbas Versi. This sale of plots was the basis of the subsequent Petition (Misc. Land Appeal No. 78 of 2015) in the Land Division of the High Court wherein Mr. Abbas Versi staked his claim over the same plots. The Land Division of the High Court went ahead to confirm Mr. Abbas Versi as the transferee of the registered plots. These developments prompted Dr. Lamwai, Counsel for the Plaitiff to file complaints before the Chief Justice resulting into the present revision proceedings.