1. Impugning the fair and decreetal orders, dated 09.09.2005, passed in W.O.P.No.12 of 2000, on the file of the Principal Subordinate Court, Madurai (Wakf Tribunal), the civil revision petitions have been preferred.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to as per the nomenclature in the waqf original petition.

3. The case of the petitioners is briefly stated as follows:

3.1. The petition Schedule property (hereinafter, referred to as “the property”) has been purchased by the petitioners from the predecessors-in-title by way of two separate sale deeds, dated 28.03.1990, for the benefit of the petitioners' Mosque and the petitioners' Mosque is a religious institution in Madurai and the first respondent is a tenant in respect of the property having been inducted as a tenant by the predecessors-in-title of the petitioners and the monthly rent is Rs.550/- payable on or before 5th of succeeding English calendar month. The petitioners have purchased the property with a view to extend the building for the benefit of the petitioners' Mosque. The first respondent has been attempting to purchase the property from the vendors of the petitioners' Mosque for his own benefi