Grazing land can only be allotted for public use: SC

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that charagah land — an open pasture, a field or meadow used for grazing cattle — is distinct from state land and can only be leased out on specific conditions, and that too with the permission of the Board of Revenue (BoR).

Grazing land is always considered a common resource for the benefit of a village and, if leased out, should be for a public purpose, that too for a specified period of time with the permission of the BoR, observed Justice Ayesha A.