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2010 Supreme(All) 2583

[2010(7) ADJ 312 (DB)]
ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT
BEFORE : F.I. REBELLO, C.J. AND A.P. SAHI, J.
U.P. SUNNI CENTRAL WAQF BOARD AND ANOTHER ….Petitioners
Versus
RAJA KHAN AND OTHERS ….Respondents
(Special Appeal No. 973 of 2010, decided on 5th August, 2010)

Advocates:
Counsel :
W.H. Khan for the Petitioners; M.A. Qadeer for the Respondents.

Headnote:Allotment—Land on lease—Installing circus/Jhoola etc.—Committee of Management of Waqf refused—Petitioner filed to challenge the aforesaid rejection—Petition dismissed with liberty to approach the District Magistrate by making a representation—District Magistrate directed the Committee for allotment of land—Writ petition against order of District Magistrate, which was dismissed as not maintainable—Respondent No. 1 then filed a civil suit before Civil Judge, Hamirpur—Munsarim made report that suit was not cognizable by Civil Judge, Hamirpur for want of territorial jurisdiction—Respondent No. 1 filed a writ petition against that report, in which impugned orders dated 11.6.2010 and 18.6.2010 passed, giving rise to instant appeal—Respondent No. 1 has abused process of Court and got an order by invoking jurisdiction of writ Court where, none existed, and that too at an ex parte stage with no notice to the respondents, in a matter purely of a private lease in respect of which really no writ could have been issued against the Waqf Board, which is not a State—Impugned order set aside—Costs of Rs. 1,00,000 imposed. [Paras 8 to 10]

       Result; Appeal Allowed.

       

JUDGMENT

Hon’ble F.I. Rebello, C.J.—This is an appeal against the order passed by the learned Single Judge dated 11.6.2010 and further directions issued by order dated 18.6.2010. We may gainfully reproduce both the orders. The order dated 11.6.2010 reads as under :

“ Issue notice to respondent Nos. 2, 3 and 4.

The said respondents are directed to file counter-affidavit within 6 weeks. Rejoinder affidavit, if any, may be filed within two weeks thereafter. List thereafter.

The grievance of the petitioner is that for the last several years the petitioner is allotted land for installing Circus, Jhoola, Merry go round swing for amusement area for the children and visitors of Mela in the premises of Dargah Sharif during the annual Urs in the month of Jeth (May and June).

Accordingly the respondent Nos. 2, 3 and 4 are directed to allot land in the Mela at Waqf No. 19, Dargah Sharif, Bahraich over Plot Nos. 1760 to 1770 and 1826 to 1834, details of which have been given in the writ petition, to the petitioner for the purposes of running Circus, Jhoola, Merry go round swing etc. if the petitioner pays required rent lease, the possession of the allocated land shall be handed over to the petitioner within 3 days.”

Order dated 18.6.2010 reads as under :

“Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned standing counsel.

Learned counsel for the petitioner has raised the grievance that despite earlier order of this Court dated 11-6-2010, the petitioner has not been allotted land in the Mela area. The very purpose of filing the writ petition would be frustrated if the petitioner is not allotted the land for running circus/Jhula in the Mela area.

The District Magistrate and the Superintendent of Police, Bahraich are directed to pass appropriate order in compliance of the order of this Court dated 11-6-2010 and allot appropriate plot to the petitioner and file an affidavit of compliance.

Put up this case on 16-7-2010 before appropriate bench for hearing. The concerned officers or any other senior officer authorities by them shall file affidavit of compliance by 28-6-2010.”

2. A learned Division Bench, in the summer vacation, by order dated 21.6.2010 was pleased to stay the operation of order dated 11.6.2010 as also the consequential order dated 18.6.2010.

3. We are setting forth a brief narration of facts to demonstrate how the judicial process was abused and subverted to get relief in a case, which was totally devoid of merit and jurisdiction.

4. One Raja Khan, respondent No. 1 herein, original petitioner, (hereinafter referred to as the ‘respondent No. 1’) had filed a petition, being Writ Petition No. 4720 (M/B) of 2010 (Raja Khan v. District Magistrate, Bahraich and others) before the Lucknow Bench of this Court, challenging the decision of the Committee of Management of Waqf No. 19, popularly known as Dargah Hazrat Sayed Salar Masood Ghazi RA Dargah Sharif at Bahraich, refusing to allot the land in his favour, in the year 2009. The petition was dismissed by order dated 19.5.2010 with liberty to approach the District Magistrate by making a representation. The respondent No. 1 made a representation, which was decided by order dated 21.5.2010 with a direction to the Committee of Management to reconsider the application of respondent No. 1 (Raja Khan) for allotment of land within three days. The respondent No. 1 made an application before the Committee of Management for grant of lease. Simultaneously, he filed a writ petition, being Writ Petition No. 5245 (M/B) of 2010 before the Lucknow Bench of this Court challenging the order of the District Magistrate. The writ petition was dismissed as not maintainable by the learned Bench on 26.5.2010 holding that the respondent No. 1 had remedy before the appropriate forum/Court.

5. The respondent No. 1, then, took a strange route and filed Civil Suit No. 54/70/10 (Raja Khan v. Committee of Management and others) before the Civil Judge (Senior Division), Hamirpur alongwith an application under Or















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