ORDER

1.Heard learned counsel for the parties including the appellant appearing in person in C.A. No. 5828/2006. The appellant in C.A. No. 5828/2006 is also respondent No. 6 in C.A. No. 4981/2006.

2.C.A. No. 4981/2006 is directed against the judgment and order dated 22.8.2006 passed by a learned Single Judge of the Delhi High Court in Election Petition No. 2/2004. C.A. No. 5828/2006 is directed against the judgment and order dated 22.8.2006 passed by the same learned Single Judge of the High Court in Election Petition No. 3/2004. The appellant in C.A. No. 5828/2006 (who was petitioner in Election Petition No. 3/2004) has stated before the High Court that Election Petitions No. 2 and 3 of 2004 were almost identical and hence no evidence was recorded in Election Petition No. 3/2004.

3.The facts of the case are that the appellant contested the election to the Delhi Legislative Assembly in 2003 but lost. The respondent Haroon Yusuf was declared elected. At the time of the election Haroon Yusuf was also the Chairman of the Delhi Waqf Board.

4.The question involved in both these appeals is whether the office of Chairperson or Members of the Walf Board is an office of profit so as to disquali