Civil Revision No. 2142 of 2010 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No. 2142 of 2010 Date of Decision: 29.6.2010 Balwinder Singh .....Petitioner Versus Punjab Wakf Board .......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA Present: Shri Karanjit Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. HEMANT GUPTA, J (Oral). Challenge in the present revision petition is to the order dated 12.9.2009 passed by the learned Wakf Tribunal, whereby suit filed by the Punjab Wakf Board for possession of the land measuring 14 kanals 6 marlas, was decreed. The defendant himself did not appear as a witness though he examined DW1-Maktool Singh and DW2-Gurmukh Singh, his neighbours. Both the witnesses have deposed that the possession of the defendant is peaceful, uninterrupted, continuous and hostile. They further deposed that the suit property is adjoining to the land owned by the defendant. Earlier, it was un-even, barren and was not fit for cultivation and the defendant made it cultivable by spending a sum of Rs.2 lacs. From the evidence led by the defendant, it is apparent that that the defendant is a trespasser. The plea of adverse possession is not available to the defendant as he has not disclosed the adverse Civil Revision No. 2142 of 2010 [2] possession to the knowledge of the true owner, nor the provisions of Limitation Act, 1963 are not applicable to the Wakf property, in view of Section 107 of the Wakf Act, 1995. Consequently, I do not find any patent illegality or material irregularity in the finding recorded by the learned Tribunal, which may warrant interference by this Court in exercise of its revisional jurisdiction. Hence, the present petition is dismissed. [ HEMANT GUPTA ] JUDGE 29.6.2010 ds