Rajiv Shakdher, J.

1. This is an application filed by defendant No. 1 under Section 5 read with Section 8 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter referred to in short as `the Arbitration Act'). The only relief that the defendant No. 1 has sought is as follows:-

"That this Hon'ble Court may be pleased not to intervene in the dispute and entertain the suit (C.S.(OS) No. 1970/2008) as it is beyond the jurisdiction of this Hon'ble Court..."

2. Briefly, the facts in so far as those, which are relevant for the purposes of disposal of this application, are as follows:

2.1 Plaintiff No. 1 alongwith plaintiff nos 2 to 18 claim to be the president and the members of the working committee of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind (in short `JUH') respectively. It is to be noted that it is not disputed that JUH is an unregistered society. Plaintiff No. 1 has averred broadly in the plaint that after the death of Maulana Sayed Asad Madni R.A. in February, 2006, plaintiff No. 1 was elected to the post of the President of JUH.

2.2 The immediate predecessor of plaintiff No. 1, i.e., Maulana Sayed Asad Madni R.A. had continued as a president of JUH for a period of more than 32 years since August 1973 til