IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PIUS C.KURIAKOSE & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.S.GOPINATHAN WEDNESDAY, THE 22ND SEPTEMBER 2010 / 31ST BHADRA 1932 WP(C).No. 33089 of 2009(R) -------------------------------- AGAINST THE ORDER IN IA 76/2009 IN EL.P.1/2008 of WAKF TRIBUNAL, ERNAKULAM .................... PETITIONER(S): ------------------ K.A.HYDROSE,KAROTHUKUZHI,GENERAL SECRETARY,KODIKUTHIMALA MUSLIM JAMAATH, KODIKUTHIMALA,ASOKAPURAM,ALUVA. BY ADV. SRI.G.SHRIKUMAR SRI.SREEJITH S.NAIR SMT.KAVERY S THAMPI RESPONDENT(S): ------------------- 1. P.V.SAINUDDIN,PRESIDENT,THALAYI SAITS NEW MOSQUE MADREASSA YOUSAFFIA TRUST,THALASSERY.PO KANNUR. 2. M.C.MAYIN HAJI,PRESIDENT,NALLALAM PAZHAYA JAMAATH PALLI,NALLALAM.P.O, KANNUR. 3. THE RETURNING OFFICER,KERALA STATE WAKF BOARD ELECTION AND DISTRICT COLLECTOR,COLLECTORATE ERNAKULAM. 4. THE KERALA STATE WAKF BOARD,KALOOR, ERNAKULAM,REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY. ADV. SRI.R.RAMADAS FOR R2 SRI.M.M.SAIDU MUHAMMED,SC,WAKF BOARD FOR R4 SRI.ESM.KABEER FOR R1 SRI.A.A.ABUL HASSAN, SC, WAKF BOARD FOR R4 THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 22/09/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: PIUS C. KURIAKOSE & P. S. GOPINATHAN, JJ. ------------------------------------------------ W. P. C. No.33089 of 2009 ------------------------------------------------ Dated this the 22nd day of September, 2010 JUDGMENT Pius C. Kuriakose, J Under challenge in this Writ Petition filed under Article 227 is the order of the Wakf Tribunal dismissing I.A.76/09 in Election Petition No.1/08. I.A.76/09 was a petition for calling for the ballot papers pertaining to the disputed election. It is conceded by both sides that in view of the recent judgment of the Supreme Court in Ramesh Gobindram v. Sugra Humayun Mirza Wakf (2010 (3) KLT 862 (SC), the Election Petition itself will not be maintainable before the Wakf Tribunal. Under the above circumstances, we formally set W. P. C. No.33089 of 2009 -2- aside the impugned order and dispose of the Writ Petition directing the Wakf Tribunal to take a fresh decision not only in the I.A. but also regarding the maintainability of the Election Petition in the light of the judgment of the Supreme Court cited supra. PIUS C. KURIAKOSE JUDGE P. S. GOPINATHAN JUDGE kns/-