(O&M) Charanjit Singh And ORS v. Pb Wakf Board

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No.3343 of 2007 (O&M) Date of decision: 6.5.2015 Charanjit Singh and another ..... Petitioners

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Punjab Wakf Board ......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL

Present:

Mr. Surinder Gandhi, Advocate, for Mr. Hardip Singh, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Jai Bhagwan, Advocate, for the Wakf Board. RAJESH BINDAL, J Challenge in the present petition is to the order dated 1.5.2007 passed by the Tribunal under the Wakf Act, 1995 (for short "the Act"), whereby, the suit filed by the Wakf Board seeking eviction of the petitioners from the property in dispute has been decreed. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that in terms of the judgments of Hon'ble the Supreme Court in Ramesh Gobindram (dead) through LRs. v. Sugra Humayun Mirza Wakf, 2010(8) SCC 726 and Faseela M. v. Munnerul Islam Madrasa Committee and another, 2014 (2) RCR (Civil) 890, jurisdiction to deal with the cases of eviction of tenants from the wakf property lies in the civil court and not before the Tribunal constituted under the Act.

Learned counsel for the Wakf Board could not dispute the aforesaid fact.

In view of the law laid down by Hon'ble the Supreme Court in the aforesaid cases when the Tribunal did not have jurisdiction to deal with the issue, the order passed by the Tribunal is set aside. The suit filed by the Wakf Board before the Tribunal is directed to be returned back to it with liberty to present the same in the court of competent jurisdiction. The petition stands disposed of.

(RAJESH BINDAL) JUDGE 6.5.2015 sharmila SHARMILA 2015.05.11 12:36 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document.

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