MOHAMMAD RAFIQ, J.

This writ petition has been filed by Satya Narain Sharma questioning the validity of Section 3(viii) of the Rajasthan Rent Control Act, 2001, with prayer that the same be declared ultra vires Article 14 of the Constitution of India and the Notification dated 23.05.2007 (Annexure-10) whereby exemption has been granted to the respondent no. 5 from the applicability of the Rajasthan Rent Control Act, 2001 (for short, ‘the Act of 2001’), be quashed and set aside. Prayer has also been made for setting aside the order dated 11.09.2006 passed by the Assistant Commissioner, Devsthan, registering the respondent no. 5 as Public Trust.

2. Briefly stated the facts of the case are that the respondent no. 5 is a society registered under the Jaipur Societies Registration Act, 1943, on 19.02.1949 with registration no. 15 of 1948-49. The petitioner is a tenant of the shop of respondent no. 5 situated in Kishanpole Bazar, Jaipur, since 1961. According to the petitioner, the property in question was originally owned by late Pandit Shri Ram Shanker S/o late Pandit Shri Sheodin Ji, R/o Chaukari Modi Khana, Jaipur. He created a Waqf of the said property by Waqf deed. The copy