Ajay Tewari, J.

1. This petition would dispose of C.W.P. Nos. 10819 of 2005, 11654 of 2005, 11657 of 2005 and 13926 of 2006 since common questions arise therein. The facts are being taken from C.W.P. No. 10819 of 2005.

2. It is pleaded that in the petition that the Punjab Wakf Board (for short the Board) was superseded on 11.11.1981 and thereafter no fresh Board was constituted. 20 years later C.W.P. No. 8166 of 2001 was filed for issuing directions to the respondents to constitute the Board. By Notification dated 1.8.2003 the State of Punjab established a new Punjab Wakf Board (in succession to the erstwhile Board, the jurisdiction of which extended to Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh). By another notification of the same date an Administrator was appointed for the new Board.

3. On 14.5.2004, this Court directed the State of Punjab to constitute the Board within a period of three weeks during the hearing of aforementioned C.W.P. No. 8166 of 2001. It is further pleaded that after a great deal of opposition by the Government, ultimately under the pressure of various court orders, the Board was constituted by the State of Punjab on 11.11.2004 and the petitione