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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA
KALABURAGI BENCH
DATED THIS THE 17TH DAY OF MARCH, 2023
BEFORE
THE HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE C.M.POONACHA
CIVIL REVISION PETITION No.200013 OF 2021
BETWEEN
SYED SHAH ISMAIL HUSSAINI
S/O SYED SHAH ARIFULLA
HUSSAINI,
OCC.HEREDITARY SAJJADA/
MUTAWALLI,
AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS,
DARGA HAZRAT SYED CHANDA
HUSSAINI R.A, POST.GOGI VILLAGE,
TQ.SHAHAPUR, YADGIR DIST 585223
...PETITIONER
(BY SRI AMEETH KUMAR DESHPANDE, SR. COUNSEL FOR
SRI GANESH S. KALABURG AND SRI DESHPANDE,
ADVOCATES)
AND
1.
KARNATAKA STATE BOARD OF WAKF
BY ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER,
NO.6, DARUL-AWKAF, CUNNINGHAM ROAD,
BANGALORE-560052.
2.
THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
KARNATAKA STATE BOARD
OF WAKFS NO.6, DARUL-AWKAF,
CUNNINGHAM ROAD,
BANGALORE-560052.
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3.
THE WAKF OFFICER
DISTRICT WAKF OFFICE,
NEAR RTO, CHITTAPUR
ROAD, YADGIR-585202.
…RESPONDENTS
(BY SRI P.S.MALIPATIL, ADVOCATE FOR R1;
SRI LIYAQAT FAREED USTAD, ADVOCATE FOR R2 &R3)
THIS CRP IS FILED U/S.83(9) OF WAKF ACT 1995
AMENDMENT ACT 2013 R/W SEC. 115 OF CPC, PRAYING TO SET
ASIDE THE ORDER DATED 24.07.2020 PASSED BY THE
RESPONDENT NO.2 AT ANNEXURE-J AND TO SET ASIDE THE
ORDER DATED 30.04.2021 PASSED BY THE WAQF TRIBUNAL,
KALABURAGI IN APPLICATION NO.5/2020 BY UPHOLDING THE
RIGHT
OF
THE
PETITIONER
HEREIN
AS
HEREDITARY
MUTAWALLI OF DARGA HAZRAT SYED CHANDA HUSSAINI R.A.
POST: GOGI, TQ: SHAHAPUR, DIST: YADGIR AT ANNEXURE-A
IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE AND EQUITY AND ETC.
THIS PETITION HAVING BEEN HEARD AND RESERVED
FOR
ORDERS
ON
06.02.2023
COMING
ON
FOR
'PRONOUNCEMENT OF ORDER' THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE
THE FOLLOWING:-
The above revision petition is filed under Section
83(9) of the Waqf Act, 1995, read with Section 115 of
the Civil Procedure Code, for the following reliefs:
"a) Set aside the order dated 24.07.2020 passed
by the respondent No.2, in the interest of justice
and equity. The copy of which is at Annexure-J.
b) To set aside the order dated 30.04.2021 passed
by the Waqf Tribunal, Kalaburagi in application
No.05 of 2020 by upholding the right of the
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petitioner herein as Hereditary Mutawalli of Darga
Hazrat Syed Chanda Hussaini R.A. Post: Gogi, Tq:
Shahapur, Dist: Yadgir, to meet the ends of justice.
The certified copy of which is at Annexure-A."
2.
The petitioner filed an application under
Section 83(2) of the Waqf Act, to set aside the order
dated 24.07.2020, passed by the second respondent
and to declare/adjudicate that the applicant is the
Hereditary Mutawalli. It is the case of the petitioner,
who is the applicant before the Waqf Tribunal that
Dargah Hazarath Syed Shah Jalaluddin Hussaini @
Hazrat Syed Chanda Hussaini is notified as a Waqf
institution
in
Gazette
Notification
No.KTW/
2012/ASR/74 dated 16.04.1974 at Serial No.21 of
Shahapur Taluka. That in Column No.6 of the said
notification dated 16.04.1974, the name of the great
grandfather of the applicant namely, Syed Ismail
Hussaini is mentioned as Mutawalli and further in
Column No.12, it is mentioned that the said office of
Mutawalli is by Custom/Hereditary.
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3.
It is the further case of the petitioner that
after the demise of his great grandfather, his
grandfather by name Noor-e-Alam-Hussaini, filed an
application to the first respondent for his hereditary
rights of Mutawalli as per the customs of the Waqf and
by order dated 19.09.1996, he was appointed as a
Hereditary
Mutawalli
of
the
said
institution.
Thereafter, after the lifetime of his grandfather, the
father of the petitioner filed an application to appoint
him
as
a
Hereditary
Mutawalli,
but,
the
first
respondent by order dated 29.02.2012, appointed the
father of the petitioner as Mutawalli for a period of 3
years instead of Hereditary Mutawalli. Thereafter, the
father of the petitioner again approached the first
respondent by submitting the requisite documents
i.e., Shijra, Waqf Deed, Muntakhab, etc., in support of
his contention and requested for consideration of his
claim as a Hereditary Mutawalli. Accordingly, the first
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respondent by order dated 22.01.2014, appointed the
father of the petitioner as Hereditary Mutawalli.
4.
It is the further case of the petitioner that
his father died on 28.08.2017 and after the demise of
his
father,
the
petitioner
approached
the
first
respondent to appoint him as a Hereditary Mutawalli
of the said institution. The first respondent by order
dated
19.12.2017,
appointed
the
petitioner
as
Mutawalli for a period of 3 years instead of appointing
him as a Hereditary Mutawalli. The petitioner gave a
representation vide letter dated 17.10.2018, to the
third respondent to consider his claim for Hereditary
Mutawalliship. Accordingly, the third respondent sent
a letter dated 17.10.2018, to the first respondent to
consider the request of the petitioner in view of
Section 42 of the Waqf Act and to appoint the
petitioner as a Hereditary Mutawalli. Since the claim of
the petitioner was not considered, the petitioner was
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constrained to file W.P.No.204965/2019. This Court,
vide order dated 27.01.2020, disposed off the said
writ petition and directed the first respondent to
consider the representation of the petitioner within 8
weeks from the date of the said order. The second
respondent vide its order dated 24.07.2020, rejected
the application filed by the petitioner for appointing
him as a Hereditary Mutawalli. Being aggrieved, the
petitioner filed Application No.5/2020 before the Waqf
Tribunal.
5.
The respondents have entered appearance
before the Waqf Tribunal, filed their statement of
objections and contested the case of the petitioner.
The petitioner got himself examin
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