JUDGMENT:

1. By filing the present petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has questioned order dated 29 January 2020 passed by respondent No.1. By the said order, respondent No.1 cancelled the earlier permission granted by the Office of the Joint Charity Commissioner on 24 May 2018. Respondent No.1 further directed respondent Nos.4 to 7, who are trustees of respondent No.3-Trust, to return to the petitioner entire amount of Rs.6,53,00,000/- paid in relation to the property along with yearly rent of Rs.30,000/-, if such amount had been paid. Respondent No.1 also directed the Trustees to take steps for bringing the property back in the records of the Trust and to make necessary entries regarding the same within 180 days from the date of the impugned order.

2. The facts giving rise to the present proceedings, according to the petitioner, may briefly be stated. Respondent No.3-Trust had executed a lease deed concerning the property on 5 April 1917. Thereafter, an assignment deed relating to the same property came to be executed on 6 December 1932. According to the petitioner, the Trust later issued a notice dated 30 August 2016 stating that the