Wais Waheed's SIFCO flat was given to another person, a temporary order was not issued

The High Court has decided not to issue an order that would prevent the SIFCO Hiyaa flat, which was revoked from the Director General of the National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Major General Retired Wais Waheed, from being given to another party.

Wais Waheed's claim was that he had submitted an application for the SIFCO Hiyaa 300-flat project on November 28, 2013, in accordance with the announced terms. He stated that his initial payment was accepted, he received the letter confirming the flat allocation, and he signed the sales agreement.

However, SIFCO later decided not to hand over the flat after discovering that Wais Waheed owned land measuring over 600 square feet in Malé at the time of his application.

Wais Waheed filed a case with the Civil Court, which ruled that SIFCO was correct in its decision not to hand over the flat, as he had provided false information to obtain it.

Last September, Wais Waheed appealed the Civil Court's judgment to the High Court and requested a temporary injunction to stop the flat from being awarded to anyone else.

The High Court ruled on the request for an injunction, noting that the SIFCO flat in dispute has now been awarded to another person, and an agreement with the new party was signed on September 16th, the same day the Civil Court issued its judgment against Wais Waheed.

The High Court stated that since rights over the flat have already been established for a third party, and the transactions concerning the flat sought to be halted by Wais Waheed have already been concluded, there is no legal basis to issue the temporary injunction requested.

Consequently, the three High Court judges presiding over the case unanimously decided that there was no ground to issue the temporary injunction requested by Wais Waheed.

The SIFCO flat agreement stipulates that if a buyer owns a plot of land larger than 600 square feet in the Malé region, including Malé, Villingili, Hulhumalé, Gulhifalhu, Thilafushi, and Giraavaru Falhu, they must agree to relinquish that land before signing the flat agreement. The agreement also explicitly states that the agreement would terminate immediately if it is proven that false information regarding land, house plots, or flats was provided by the applicant.

Further investigation during the trial revealed that a 3,800 square foot plot of land, H. Sosan Villa, was registered under the names of six people, including Wais Waheed.

This plot was then divided into two parts on October 1, 2014, with one 1,900 square foot portion registered equally among Vice Waheed and two other individuals. The Civil Court judgment noted that Wais Waheed did not deny owning land exceeding 600 square feet in the Malé area and confirmed that he was aware of the ownership.

Therefore, the judgment concluded that Wais Waheed failed to relinquish the land as required by the agreement, leading the court to determine that the agreement had reached its termination point.