IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PIUS C.KURIAKOSE & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.S.GOPINATHAN WEDNESDAY, THE 3RD NOVEMBER 2010 / 12TH KARTHIKA 1932 CRP.No. 1128 of 2005() ---------------------------- OS.18/2004 of WAKF TRIBUNAL, KOLLAM .................... REVN. PETITIONER(S): DEFENDANTS ------------------------------------------- 1. CHINNAKKADA MUSLIM JAMA-ATH, CHINNAKKADA, KOLLAM, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, A.A.SAMAD. 2. A.A.SAMAD, SON OF ABDUL LATHEEF, PRESIDENT, CHINNAKKADA MUSLIM JAMA-ATH, RESIDING AT NEELAGIRI, KOLLAM WEST VILLAGE, KOLLAM-13. 3. A.M.SHERIEF, SON OF ABDUL RAZAK, CHINNAKKADA MUSLIM JAMA-ATH, KOLLAM, RESIDING AT HASHIM MANZIL, THEKKEVILA, ERAVIPURAM, KOLLAM. 4. H.HASHIM, SON OF KOCHU MUSALIYAR, KHATIB, CHINNAKKADA MUSLIM JAMA-ATH, CHINNAKKADA, KOLLAM-1. BY ADVS. SRI.T.H.ABDUL AZEEZ SRI.T.B.HOOD RESPONDENT(S): PLAINTIFF AND 5TH DEFENDANT ------------------------------------------------------------ 1. MUHAMMED SALIM, SON OF ABDUL RAHIMAN RAWTHER, RESIDING AT MEHER MANZIL, ANDAMUKKAM, KOLLAM-1. 2. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, WAKF BOARD, PARAMARA ROAD,ERNAKULAM. R1 BY ADVS. SRI.C.KHALID SRI.N.GOPINATHA PANICKER R2 BY ADVS. SRI.P.A.ABDUL JABBAR, SC, WAKF BOARD SRI.M.M.SAIDU MUHAMMED,SC,WAKF BOARD SRI.A.A.ABUL HASSAN, SC, WAKF BOARD THIS CIVIL REVISION PETITION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 03/11/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: svs/ PIUS C.KURIAKOSE & P.S.GOPINATHAN, JJ. ----------------------------------- C.R.P.No.1128 OF 2005 ----------------------------------- Dated this the 3rd day of November, 2010 O R D E R ~~~~~~~ P.S.Gopinathan, J. The defendants 1 to 4 in O.S.No.18/2004 on the file of the Wakf Tribunal, Kollam, are the revision petitioners. The 1st respondent herein instituted the above suit before the Tribunal below seeking a decree to set aside Ext.B4 decision expelling the 1st respondent from the Committee of the 1st revision petitioner. The Tribunal below, overruling the objections raised by the revision petitioners that the suit is beyond the powers of the Wakf Tribunal, decreed the suit. Assailing the above decree and judgment, this revision petition was filed.. 2. Having heard either side, we find that the matter is covered by the decision of the Apex Court in Ramesh Gobindram v. Sugra Humayun Mirza Wakf [2010(3) KLT 862]. The suit on hand is not maintainable before the Wakf Tribunal. C.R.P. No.1128/2005 2 3. In the above circumstances, the decree and judgment under challenge are set aside . The suit before the Tribunal shall stand dismissed as not maintainable with liberty to the 1st respondent to move the appropriate court for the relief, if so chosen. (PIUS C.KURIAKOSE, JUDGE) (P.S.GOPINATHAN, JUDGE) ps