IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.M.JOSEPH & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.L.JOSEPH FRANCIS TUESDAY, THE 25TH AUGUST 2009 / 3RD BHADRA 1931 CRP.No. 2125 of 2003(G) ----------------------- CS.4/2003 of WAKF TRIBUNAL, KOLLAM .................... REVN. PETITIONER: 3RD DEFENDANT ------------------------------------------------------ M.SHAMSUDEEN, AGED 51 YEARS S/O. MYTHEEN KUNJU, ANUS MANZIL, MANJAPPARA P.O., AYOOR, KOLLAM 691 533. BY ADV. SRI.V.PHILIP MATHEW SRI.GIBI.C.GEORGE RESPONDENTS: PLAINTIFF AND DEFENDANTS 1, 2 AND 4 TO 24 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. S.BASHEER, S/O. OF SHAHUL HAMEED, AGED 47 YEARS, KUNNIL VEEDU, MANJAPARA P.O., AYOOR, KOLLAM 691 533. 2. A.MUHAMMED SHAH, AGED 31 YEARS, GOVERNMENT SERVANT S/O. ABDUL KAREEM, SHAFI MANZIL, MANJAPPARA P.O., AYOOR, KOLLAM 691 533. 3. M.ABDUL SAMAD, S/O.MUHAMMED THAMPI, AGED 63 YEARS, HOME AFFAIRS, RESIDING AT MANNANKONATHU VEEDU, MANJAPPARA P.O., AYOOR, KOLLAM 691 533. 4. M.SHIHABUDEEN, S/O. MUHAMMED ISMAIL, AGED 45 YEARS, RESIMA MANZIL, MANJAPPARA P.O., AYOOR, KOLLAM 691 533. 5. A.SHAJAHAN, S/O. ABDUL REHUMAN, AGED 34 YEARS, DRIVER, THATTAKADU HOUSE, MANJAPPARA P.O., AYOOR, KOLLAM 691 533. 6. C.M.MEERASAHIB, S/O. MUTHALIF, AGED 78 YEARS, ADVOCATE, MATHILAKATHU VEEDU, MANJAPPARA P.O., AYOOR, KOLLAM 691 533. 7. M.MUHAMMED ABDUL KHADER S/O. MYTHEENKUNJU, AGED 63 YEARS, RETD.TEACHER, TANIVILA VEEDU, MANJAPPARA P.O., AYOOR, KOLLAM 691 533. 8. S.A.KHADAR, S/O. SAYEDMUHAMMED, AGED 70 YEARS, HOME AFFAIRS, MELATHIL VEEDU, MANJAPPARA P.O., AYOOR, KOLLAM 691 533. 9. A.BADARUDEEN S/O. ALIYARUKUNJU, AGED 60 YEARS, HOME AFFAIRS, PALAVILA VEEDU, MANJAPPARA P.O., AYOOR, KOLLAM 691 533. 10. MANJAPPARA VAHID, S/O. OSANARU PILLAI, AGED 54 YEARS, POLITICIAN, MANJAPPARAVILA VEEDU, MANJAPPARA P.O., AYOOR, KOLLAM 691 533. 11. P.M.MUHAMMED SALIM S/O. MUHAMMED IBRAHIM, AGED 44 YEARS, HOME AFFAIRS, RESHIDA MANZIL, MANJAPPAA P.O., AYOOR, KOLLAM 691 533. 12. K.MUHAMMED KUNJU, S/O. KASIM PILLAI, AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS, RETD.TEACHER, IYRROOR PLAVILA VEEDU, EZHIYAM P.O., AYOOR, KOLLAM 691 533. 13. M.M.BASHEER, S/O. MUHAMMED HASSAN, AGED 38 YEARS, DEALER OF NATURAL RUBBER, FATHIMA MANZIL, MANJAPPARA P.O., AYOOR, KOLLAM 691 533. 14. P.M.SHAHULHAMEED, S/O. MEERA SAHIB, AGED 60 YEARS, RETD.TEACHER, ANVAR MANZIL, MANJAPPARA P.O., AYOOR, KOLLAM -691 533. 15. E.MUHAMMED ISMAIL, S/O. IBRAHIM KUNJU, AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS, HOME AFFAIRS, SHEMEER MANZIL (KUNDAYATHU VEEDU), MUKKADA, MANJAPPARA P.O., AYOOR, KOLLAM 691 533. 16. P.A.SAINULABDEEN, S/O. ABDUL AZEEZ, AGED ABOUT 56 YARS, HOME AFFAIRS, NIZAM MANZIL, MUKKADA, MANJAPPARA P.O., AYOOR, KOLLAM 691 533. 17. M.BIJILI, AGED ABOUT 42 YEARS, HOME AFFAIRS, RESIDING AT KUNNIL VEEDU, VELLAMKOLLI, MANJAPPARA P.O., AYOOR, KOLLAM 691 533. 18. U.SULAIMAN, S/O.UNUS, AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS, HOME AFFAIRS, SULFIA MANZIL, MANJAPPARA P.O., AYOOR, KOLLAM 691 533. 19. S.JALALUDEEN, S/O. SULAIMAN, AGED ABOUT 46 YEARS, HOME AFFAIRS, VELAYIL VEEDU, EZHIYAM P.O., AYOOR, KOLLAM 691 533. 20. S.M.HANEEFA, S/O. SHAHUL HAMEED, AGED ABOUT 62 YEARS, RETD. TEACHER, RESIDING AT PANAGADU VEEDU, MANJAPPARA P.O., AYOOR, KOLLAM 691 533. 21. A.ABDUL SAMAD, S/O. ALIYAKUKUNJU, AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS, HOME AFFAIRS, ANAS MANZIL, MANJAPPARA P.O., AYOOR, KOLLAM. 22. A.SAINUDEEN, S/O. ABDUL KAREEM, AGED 56 YEARS, HOME AFFARIS, PAVOOR VEEDU, MANJAPPARA P.O., AYOOR, KOLLAM 691 533. 23. A.ABDUL SALAM, AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS, HOME AFFAIRS, PULLUKKATTIL VEEDU, KUNDAYAM, MANJAPPARA P.O., AYOOR, KOLLAM 691 533. 24. A.ABDUL RASHEED, S/O. AHAMMED PILLAI, AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS, WORKING IN GULF, MANJAPPARA CHARUVILA VEEDU, MANJAPPARA P.O., AYOOR, KOLLAM 691 533. 25. M.MASOOD, S/O.MEERASAHIB, AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS, HOME AFFAIRS, KAZHUTHUMOODIYIL SUHARA MANZIL, EZHIYAM P.O., AYOOR, KOLLAM 691 533. 26. A.ALIYARUKUNJU S/0. AHAMMED PILLAI, AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS, HOME AFFAIRS, RESIDING AT VAYALIRAKKATHU VEEDU, MANJAPPARA P.O., AYOOR, KOLLAM 691 533. 27. E.ABDUL RASHEED, S/O. EBRAHIMKUNJU, AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS, RETD.PWD OVERSEAR, KURUMBUMKONATHU VEEDU, MANJAPPARA P.O., AYOOR, KOLLAM 691 533. 28. THE KERALA WAKF BOARD, ERNAKULAM REPRESENTED BY ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, (SECRETARY), PARAMARA ROAD, ERNAKULAM, KOCHI-682 018. ADV. SRI.N.K.THANKACHAN FOR R6 TO 11, 13, R15 TO 22, 25 TO 27 ADV. SRI.BABY THOMAS FOR R12 & R14 ADV. SRI.P.B.SURESH KUMAR FOR R2 & R5 ADV. SRI.S.M.ALTHAF FOR R2 & R5 ADV. SRI.VIJAI MATHEWS FOR R23 ADV. SRI.A.A.ABUL HASSAN, SC, WAKF BOARD FOR R28 SRI.P.A.ABDUL JABBAR, SC, WAKF BOARD FOR R28 SRI.M.M.SAIDU MUHAMMED,SC,WAKF BOARD FOR R28 SRI.E.RADHAKRISHNAN FOR R24 THIS CIVIL REVISION PETITION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 25/08/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: O R D E R NEITHR THE PETITIONER NOR HIS COUNSEL PRESENT. THIS REVISION PETITION IS ACCORDINGLY DISMISED FOR DEFAULT. 25.8.2009 SD/- K.M. JOSEPH, JUDGE SD/- M.L.JOSEPH FRANCIS, JUDGE /TRUE COPY/ P.S. TO JUDGE PIUS C.KURIAKOSE & P.S.GOPINATHAN, JJ. ------------------------ C.R.P.No. 2125 OF 2003 ------------------------ Dated this the 2nd day of November, 2010 O R D E R Gopinathan, J. The 3rd defendant in Civil Suit No.4/2003 on the file of the Wakf Tribunal, Kollam, is the revision petitioner. The respondents 1 to 5 instituted the above suit before the Tribunal below seeking a decree to frame a scheme for the administration of Manjappara Muslim Jama-ath. The revision petitioner raised a preliminary objection challenging the jurisdiction of the Tribunal to entertain the suit to frame the scheme. 2. The Tribunal below heard the parties and by the impugned order dated 3/12/2003 found that the suit before the Tribunal is maintainable. Assailing the legality, correctness and propriety of the above order, this revision petition was prepared. 3. Today when the revision petition came up for hearing, the learned counsel for the revision petitioner submitted that the matter is covered in favour of the revision petitioner by the decision of the Apex Court in M.P.Wakf Board v. Subhan Shah(D) CRP.No.2125/2003 2 By LRs and Others (2006 (10) SCC 696). In para 28 of the above judgment , it is held as follows ; “The Tribunal had been constituted for the purposes mentioned in S.83 of the 1995 Act. It is an adjudicatory body. It's decision is final and binding but then it could not usurp the jurisdiction of the Board. Our attention has not been drawn to any provision which empowers the Tribunal to frame a scheme. In absence of any power vested in the Tribunal, the Tribunal ought to have left the said function to the Board which is statutorily empowered therefor. Where a statute creates different authorities to exercise their respective functions thereunder, each of such authority must exercise the functions within the four corners of the statute.” 4. In the light of the above ruling of the Apex Court, we find that the impugned order is not sustainable. The Tribunal below has no jurisdiction to entertain a suit for framing the scheme. CRP.No.2125/2003 3 The result is that while allowing the revision petition, the impugned order would stand set aside. The suit before the Tribunal below would stand dismissed as not maintainable with no order as to costs and with liberty to the plaintiffs to move the appropriate forum for seeking the relief sought in the suit. PIUS C.KURIAKOSE,JUDGE P.S.GOPINATHAN, JUDGE dpk