IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PIUS C.KURIAKOSE & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.S.GOPINATHAN TUESDAY, THE 26TH OCTOBER 2010 / 4TH KARTHIKA 1932 CRP.No. 971 of 2007(B) -------------------------- OS.43/2003 of WAKF TRIBUNAL, KOZHIKODE .................... REVN. PETITIONER(S): PETITIONERS/DEFENDANTS 1, 3 4 AND 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. ACHAMBAT ABDUL RAHIM, S/O.KUNHALIKUTTY HAJI, CHELLIYIL HOUSE, PARAPPANANGADI, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. 2. CHOVVAKKARAN PARAKKAT MUHAMMED KEYI, S/O.ACHAMBAT MOHAMMED, NASEEM VILLAGE, BEACH ROAD, PARAPPANANGADI, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. 3. CHOVVAKKARAN PARAKKAT ABOOBACKER KEYI, S/O.KIZHAKKINIYAKATH KUNHALIKUTTY NAHA, THOTTATHIL HOUSE, P.O.PARAPPANANGADI, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. 4. ACHAMBAT KUNHALI HAJI, S/O.MOHAMMED @ KOYAKUTTY NAHA, CHERMANGALAM, P.O.NEDUVA, PARAPPANANGADI, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.T.KRISHNAN UNNI, SENIOR ADVOCATE RESPONDENT(S): PLAINTIFF & DEFENDANTS 2,5,7,8 AND 10 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. K.KOYAKUTTY NAHA, S/O.HAJEE C.P.MAMMUKEYI, KEYI'S COTTAGE P.O., PARAPPANANGADI, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. CRP.971/07 -2- 2. N.V.KOYAMUTTY MUSALIAR, S/O.MAMMU, "MUDARISU", PANAYATHIL JUMA-ATH PALLI, PARAPPANANGADI, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. 3. ACHAMBAT MOHAMMED ALI @ BAPPU, S/O.ABDU RAHIMAN, PUTHAN PURAYIL, TANUR ROAD, PARAPPANANGADI, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. 4. UMMERKUTTY NAHA, S/O.HAJEE C.P. MAMMU KEYI, DARUSSALAM P.O. PARAPPANANGADI, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. 5. KIZHAKKINIYAKATH KUNHIKOYAMUTTY NAHA, S/O.ACHAMBAT KUNHALIKUTTY HAJEE, BANGLAVI HOUSE, P.O.PARAPPANANGADI, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. 6. KERALA WAKF BOARD, REPRESENTED BY ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, ERNAKULAM. ADV. SRI.P.A.ABDUL JABBAR, SC, WAKF BOARD FOR R6 SRI.T.SETHUMADHAVAN FOR R5 SRI.PUSHPARAJAN KODOTH FOR R5 SRI.K.JAYESH MOHANKUMAR FOR R5 SRI.K.RAMACHANDRAN FOR R1 SMT.A.R.DIVYA FOR R1 SRI.K.K.MOHAMED RAVUF SRI.P.N.KRISHNANKUTTY ACHAN, SENIOR ADVOCATE FOR R4 SRI.K.MOHANAKANNAN FOR R4 SMT.M.A.ZOHRA FOR R4 SRI.M.M.SAIDU MUHAMMED,SC,WAKF BOARD FOR R6 THIS CIVIL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 26/10/2010 A/W CRP NO.168 OF 2008 & CON. CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: PIUS C. KURIAKOSE & P. S. GOPINATHAN, JJ. ------------------------------------------------ C. R. P. Nos.971 of 2007, 168, 248 & 260 of 2008 ------------------------------------------------ Dated this the 26th day of October, 2010 ORDER Pius C. Kuriakose, J All the CRPs are directed against the judgment and decree of the Wakf Tribunal, Kozhikode in O.S.43/03. The suit was one for declaration and perpetual injunction. We notice the judgment of the Supreme Court in Ramesh Gobindram v. Sugra Humayun Mirza Wakf (2010 (3) KLT 862 (SC). We also notice the judgment of a learned Single Judge of this Court in Abdul Rahiman Musaliar v. Muhammed Sahib (2002(3) KLT 742). It appears to us that in view of the judgment of the Supreme Court, the suit may not C. R. P. Nos.971/07, 168, 248, 260 of 2008 -2- be maintainable before the Wakf Tribunal. We do not propose to decide the issue finally. We set aside the judgment and decree under revision and remand the suit back to the Wakf Tribunal, Kozhikode. The Wakf Tribunal is directed to take decision first on the question whether the suit is maintainable after hearing both sides in the light of the pronouncement of the Supreme Court in Ramesh Gobindram v. Sugra Humayun Mirza Wakf (2010(3) KLT 862 (SC). I.A. Nos.2512/10, 2513/10 and CRP.168/08 are also made over to the Wakf Tribunal which will consider those IAs and take decision after hearing all concerned parties. The parties will appear before the Wakf Tribunal, Kozhikode on 19/11/10. Transmit the C. R. P. Nos.971/07, 168, 248, 260 of 2008 -3- records forthwith to the Wakf Tribunal, Kozhikode. PIUS C. KURIAKOSE JUDGE P. S. GOPINATHAN JUDGE kns/-