C.R. No.1496 of 2008 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.R. No.1496 of 2008 (O&M) Date of Decision.03.10.2011 Sohan Singh son of Tota Singh .....Petitioner Versus Punjab Wakf Board through its Secretary and another.....Respondents 2. C.R. No.1498 of 2008 (O&M) Gurdip Kaur wife of Atma Singh .....Petitioner Versus Punjab Wakf Board through its Secretary and another.....Respondents Present: Mr. Ashok Singla, Advocate for the petitioner. None for respondents. CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? No 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? No 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? No -.- K. KANNAN J.(ORAL) 1. Both the revision petitions are against the orders dismissing the suits filed before the Additional District Judge exercising jurisdiction as a Tribunal to the Wakf Act, 1985. The petitioners are aggrieved by the summary dismissal of the suit for injunction when the contention was that as tenants, they could not have been evicted except in due process of law. 2. The jurisdiction of a Tribunal is attracted only in situations where the issue is whether a particular property is wakf property or there is a dispute relating to the character of such property. The mere action for injunction in relation to the property belonging to wakf C.R. No.1496 of 2008 (O&M) -2- against the Wakf Board will still be competent only before the normal Court of civil jurisdiction and cannot be instituted before the Wakf Tribunal as has been held recently in Ramesh Gobindram Vs. Humayuri Wakf (2010) 8 SCC 726. The order passed will have to be modified for a different reason that the Wakf Tribunal itself will not have jurisdiction to entertain such a suit. Even while setting aside the order of dismissal already passed by the Court, I direct the Wakf Tribunal namely the District Court at Faridkot to return the papers to the petitioner for presentation in Civil court of competent jurisdiction. 3. The civil revisions are disposed of with the direction as above. Any observations made by the Tribunal will disposing of the case shall not in any way prejudice the court of competent jurisdiction if the case were to be filed as original suit. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE October 03, 2011 Pankaj*