G.S.Chahal, J.

1. Kartar Singh and others who constitute a managing committee to conduct the affairs of Dharamshala at Jatike have come up in this criminal miscellaneous u/s 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of the orders of the Sub Divisional Magistrate, Kapurthala dated 2-5-1990 and of the Additional Sessions Judge, Kapurthala dated 15-11-90.

2. The dispute between the parties relates to the land situated at village Jatike and Sangojia. measuring 47 Kanals 12 Marlas, which is Muafi Land, given for the maintenance of the Dharamshala. Originally Harnam Singh was working as Sewadar of the Dharamshala. After his death, Gurmukh Singh respondent started working as such. He, however, did not apply to become Mohatmim of the Dharamshala, but he tried to convert the landed property to his own use and claimed ownership of it. The village respectables requested him a number of times to carry out the old tradition and to spend the income of the landed property on the Dharam but he did not comply with the same. A committee consisting of the petitioners was then formed and possession of the land was taken over. Since then they have been in continuous possession of the said land. On 20-4-90 Stati