Swamikkannu, J.

1. This is a writ petition filed by Malick Dinar Baithul Mal, Arippu Street, Kottar, Nager-coil and three others who are petitioners 2 to 4 in their personal capacity and as President, Secretary and Treasurer respectively of the first petitioner for calling for the records of the proceedings resulting in the order dated 28.2.1981 and made in RC No. 15585/kk/c6/80, on the file of the Tamil Nadu Wakf Board, the 1st respondent herein, and quash the same.

2. It is inter alia stated in the affidavit sworn to by K.S. Ibrahim, accompanying this petition, thus:

He was the duly elected President of Malick Dinar Baithul Mal Arippu Street, Kottar, Nagercoil, the first petitioner herein. He has filed this affidavit for himself individually and in his capacity as President of the 1st petitioner institution. He has also filed this affidavit on behalf of the other petitioners herein in such dual capacity.

3. The petitioner institution is comprised of a mosque, a library and Madras a and properties endowed in support thereof. It is a wakf duly registered under the Wakf Act its origin is ancient and sacred and the institution is presently governed by the bye-laws framed and adopted