Kum. Indira Jain, J.

RULE. Rule is made returnable forthwith. Heard finally with the consent of learned counsel for the parties.

2. By the present writ petition petitioner who was a member of Waqf Board seeks direction to quash and set aside the impugned notification issued by respondent No.1 on 26/07/2016 declaring that petitioner has deemed to have vacated the office of the member of the Board w.e.f. 1st December, 2015 as he ceases to be the member of Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa from 1st December, 2015.

The facts giving rise to the petition may be stated in brief as under:

3. The petitioner was Chairman of the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa. He ceased to be the member of Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa as tenure of the body came to an end w.e.f. 1st December, 2015. As a member of Bar Council, petitioner was appointed as member of Maharashtra State Board of Waqfs, Aurangabad from the category of Muslim members of the Bar Council of the State vide Government Notification dated 17/04/2012.

4. On 29/02/2016 one Mohd. Firdoz Ahmed preferred writ petition No. 1801 of 2016 seeking declaration that tenure of the petitioner as member of Waqf Board was coterminus with hi