IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.R. No.3099 of 2007 (O&M) Date of decision:01.11.2010 Ajit Singh ...Petitioner Versus Punjab Wakf Board ...Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN Present: Mr. Gurcharan Dass, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Jai Bhagwan, Advocate, for the respondent. ***** RAKESH KUMAR JAIN, J. (ORAL) This revision petition is directed against the order of the Additional District Judge-cum-Wakf Tribunal, Rupnagar [for short “Tribunal”] dated 05.02.2007 by which suit filed by the respondent for possession of agricultural land by way of ejectment of the petitioner, has been decreed. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the Tribunal does not have the jurisdiction to try the present suit in view of a decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Ramesh Gobindram (deceased by LRs.) Vs. Sugra Humayun Mirza Wakf, AIR 2010 Supreme Court 2897, in which it is authoritatively held that “a suit seeking eviction of the tenants from what is admittedly wakf property could, therefore, be filed only before the Civil Court and not before the Tribunal”. The petitioner has admitted the respondent to be the owner of the property and himself to be the tenant under it, therefore, the Tribunal does not have the jurisdiction to try this suit and as such, the impugned order dated 05.02.2007 passed by the Tribunal is patently illegal as it is without jurisdiction. In view thereof, the present revision petition is allowed and the impugned order is set aside. November 01, 2010 (RAKESH KUMAR JAIN) vinod* JUDGE