JUDGMENT :

Pushpa Sathyanarayana, J.

(Prayer: Writ Appeals filed under Clause 15 of Letters Patent against the order dated 27.07.2021 made in W.P.No.13704 of 2021.)

1. The lessee of the fourth respondent Wakf has preferred the above appeal against the order dated 27.07.2021 made in W.P.No.13704 of 2021.

2. The short facts leading to filing of the writ appeal are that the father of the appellant one A. Sattar Khan, obtained lease of the Wakf land belonging to the fourth respondent for 25 years from 19.07.1971 to 18.07.1996, by virtue of a registered Lease Deed. The lessee had also put up a superstructure. After the demise of appellant’s father, in a family arrangement, the leasehold rights of the Wakf property was given to the appellant. The Wakf was managed as per the Scheme Decree in O.S. No.63 of 1940. After getting the leasehold rights in a family arrangement, the appellant applied for extension of lease for 50 years, which was also granted by the fourth respondent herein from 01.01.1997 to 31.12.2046 by a registered Lease Deed dated 18.11.1999.

3. While so, after the amendment in the Wakf Act, the lease period of any Wakf property, should not exceed more than 30 years. As per the am