DR. A.S. Anand, C.J.

1. This writ appeal is directed against the judgment of a learned single Judge in W.P. No. 6048 of 1987, decided on 24-2-1989. The appellant was the writ petitioner while both the respondents were the respondents in the writ petition. For the sake of convenience, we shall refer to the parties by the same nomenclature by which they have been referred to by the learned single Judge.

2. According to the petitioner, elections for trusteeship to the Abiraman Peria Pallivasal Trust, Abiraman, Ramanathapuram District, took place on 21-12-1986 The Jamathdars of the Trust are comprised in six wards and two trustees are elected from each ward. The tenure of the trustees is three years. The petitioner claims that he and his party-men were returned at the elections. The second respondent, who was impleaded by order of the Court dated 17-11-1988, filed an application under S. 15 read with S. 44 of the Wakf Act, 1954 (hereinafter called the Act), Wakf Application No. 26 of 1986 seeking a declaration that the election of the petitioner and his party-men was illegal and void for various reasons set out therein Wakf Application No. 26 of 1986 was taken up on the file