1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.3571 OF 2010. _______________________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office | Memoranda of Coram, | Court's or Judge's orders appearances, Court's | orders or directions | and Registrar's orders | _______________________|_______________________________________ Mr.Sachin Deshmukh, advocate for the petitioners. Mr.Y.B.Pathan, advocate for the Respondent No.1. Mr.S.I.Nandode, advocate for Respondent No.2. CORAM : S.V.GANGAPURWALA,J. Date : 30.08.2011. 1. Heard. 2. The present Writ Petition is filed challenging the action taken by the Respondents U/s 54 of the Wakf Act, on the ground that the property is not notified as a Wakf Property in the Gazette. 3. The Respondent No.1 has filed an affidavit-in-reply stating that the said property is registered with the Wakf in the year 2008. 4. In view of that I am not inclined to 2 entertain the petition. The petitioners will be at liberty to raise all the defences including the defence of the maintainability of the proceedings, the registration of the property as a Wakf property and other defences. The petitioner may file his say before the Chief Executive Officer within a period of four (4) weeks from today. The Chief Executive Officer shall consider all the defences raised by the petitioners and after giving opportunity of hearing may proceed with the matter. 5. Needless to state, I have not opined anything on merits of the matter. 6. All points are kept open. 7. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. (S.V.GANGAPURWALA,J.) Dt.30.08.2011. asp/office/wp3571.10 3