KAN SINGH, J.—This is a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution by one Mohammad Abdul Baqi Khan and by it he seeks to question the jurisdiction of the Rajasthan Board of Muslim Wakfs to take proceedings against him under sec. 27 of the Wakf Act, 1954 (No. 29 of 1954 hereinafter to be referred as the Act) He also questions the appointment of certain members of the Wakf Board, respondents Nos: 2 to 4, members of the Judicial Committee of the Board and he prays for quashing the various orders passed by the aforesaid Judicial Committee.

2. The relevant facts emerging from the writ petition are briefly these: The petitioner claims to be the ex-Jagirdar of Jagar in the former Jaipur State. According to him, besides the village Jagar, his ancestors were granted two plots of land contiguous to each other in the city of Jaipur. One plot measured 9 Bighas and 14 Biswas and this was said to be Inam land. The other plot measured 11 Bighas and 17 Biswas and it was said to he a Muafi land. Semetime in the year 1942-43 the former Jaipur State acquired some portions of these plots for the Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls Public School and compensation was paid to the petitioner for the lands

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