IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 20TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2019 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK ARADHE WRIT PETITION NOs.44651 OF 2016 & 52813-816 OF 2016 (GM-WAKF) BETWEEN:
1. S.A.SYED ZUBAIR AGED MAJOR, S/O S.A.AKMAL OCC: SILK MERCHANT R/O MUMTAZ BUILDING, KUMANDAN MOHALLA RAMANAGARA-562159.
2. AFTAB AHMED AGED MAJOR, S/O SHAFI AHMED, OCC: SHU PROVISION STORE, R/O MADAR KHAN MOHALLA, RAMANAGARA-562159.
3. MUSTAQ AHMED AGED MAJOR, S/O NISAR AHMED, OCC: GENERAL MERCHANT, R/O KWAJA CIRCLE, 1ST MAIN BLOCK, 1ST BLOCK, YARAB NAGAR RAMANAGARA-562159.
4. MOHAMMED SHUAIB ULLA AGED MAJOR, S/O SAMIULLA, LATE, OCC: CONTRACTOR, R/O 4TH CROSS, TIPPU NAGAR, RAMANAGARA-562159.
5. ILLAZ SHARIEFF AGED MAJOR, S/O LATE ABDUL BASHEER, OCC: JEWELLER, R/O MUNICIPAL EXTENSION, RAMANAGARA-562159. … PETITIONERS (By Smt. FATHIMA LOHRA ADV., FOR Mr. MOHAMOOD PATEL, ADV.) AND:
1. THE KARNATAKA STATE BOARD OF AUQAF "DARUL AUQAF", NO.6, CUNNINGHAM ROAD, BANGALORE-560052, REPRESENTED BY ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.
2. THE MANAGING COMMITTEE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF ANJUMAN-E-HIMAYATHUL ISLAM (SUNNI), RAMANAGARA DISTRICT, RAMNAGARA – 562 159, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, DR.NAYAZ AHMED. … RESPONDENTS (By Smt SWATHI ASHOK ADV., FOR Smt. S R ANURADHA ADV., FOR R1 R2 SERVED AND UNREPRESENTED) - - -
These Writ Petitions are filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, praying to quash the impugned order passed by the Karnataka WAQF Tribunal, Bengaluru Division, Bengaluru in application No.3/2015 dated 18.09.2015 at Annex-A and allow the prayers made in application No.3/2015 vide Annex-D; and etc.
These Petitions coming on for Preliminary Hearing in ‘B’ group this day, the Court made the following:-
ORDER Smt.Fathima Zohra, learned counsel for Sri.Mohamood Patel, learned counsel for the petitioners. Smt.Swathi Ashok, learned counsel for Smt.S.R.
Anuradha, learned counsel for respondent No.1.
2. In these petitions, the petitioners have assailed the validity of the order dated 28.11.2014.
3. When the matter was taken up today, learned counsel for the petitioners submits that since the term of the Committee of the Wakf has come to an end by efflux of time on 17.09.2018, therefore, nothing survives for adjudication in the writ petitions. It is made clear that this Court has not expressed any opinion on the merits of the case.
Accordingly, the petitions are dismissed as infructuous.
Sd/- JUDGE RV