IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision : 05.10.2010 C.R.No.6291 of 2010 (O&M) P.B.Chadha ...Petitioner Versus Punjab Wakf Board and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA Present : Mr. Mohit Jaggi, Advocate, Advocate, for the petitioner. HEMANT GUPTA, J. (Oral) The petitioner is in revision aggrieved against an order passed by the learned Wakf Tribunal on 04.08.2010, whereby a suit for recovery of ` 4,33,961/- was dismissed. After the aforesaid judgment was announced by the learned Wakf Tribunal, the Hon’ble Supreme Court in an order passed on 01.09.2010 in Civil Appeal No.1182 of 2006 titled “Ramesh Gobindram (dead) through LRs Vs. Sugra Humayun Mirza Wakf” has held that the Wakf Tribunal does not have the jurisdiction in respect of the matters, where the question is not of determination of the property as wakf property. In view of the said fact, the filing of the suit before the Wakf Tribunal was without jurisdiction. In view of the judgment of Hon’ble Supreme Court, the findings recorded by the learned Wakf Tribunal are without jurisdiction and consequently cannot be sustained. Therefore, the plaint is ordered to be returned to the petitioner for presentation before the Court of competent jurisdiction within a period C.R.No.6291 of 2010 (O&M) of one month of the return of the plaint. The plaint be returned to the petitioner within a period of one month from today. With the said observations, the instant revision petition stands disposed of. 05.10.2010 (HEMANT GUPTA) Vimal JUDGE 2