REPORTABLE 

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CIVIL APPEAL NOs.3132­3133 OF  2016

P. NAZEER ETC.

                              

…APPELLANT(S)

VERSUS

SALAFI TRUST & ANR. ETC. 

…RESPONDENT(S)

J U D G M E N T

V.RAMASUBRAMANIAN, J.

1.

Aggrieved by a common Judgment delivered by the High Court of

Kerala in two Civil Revision Petitions filed under the proviso to sub­

section (9) of Section 83 of the Waqf Act, 1995, reversing the judgment

of the Waqf Tribunal and decreeing the suit of the respondents in

entirety, but dismissing their own suit, the appellants have come up

with the above civil appeals.

1

Digitally signed by

Jayant Kumar Arora

Date: 2022.03.30

17:12:36 IST

Reason:

Signature Not Verified

2.

We have heard Shri R. Basant, learned senior counsel appearing

for the appellants and Shri V. Giri, learned senior counsel appearing

for the private contesting respondents. 

3.

The   sole   appellant   in   one   of   the   above   appeals   by   name

Shri P. Nazeer was the defendant in a suit O.S No.10 of 2004 filed by

the respondents 1 and 2 herein, on the file of Waqf Tribunal, Kollam.

The three appellants in the other civil appeal were the plaintiffs in O.S

No.9 of 2004 filed on the file of very same Waqf Tribunal, Kollam.

Since the appeals on hand arose out of cross­suits between the same

parties and also since the subject matter of the dispute relates to the

right   to   management   and   administration   of   a   mosque   and   its

properties, it will be easy to appreciate the facts, if presented in a

tabular column:

Suit No.

Names   of   of

Plaintiffs

Names   of   of

defendants

Reliefs

sought

Reliefs

granted

 

by

Waqf

Tribunal

OS   No.9

of 2004

1.Salafi Juma

Masjid Mahal

Committee

2. K.M. Syed,

President

3.   P.   Nazeer,

Secretary

1. Salafi Trust

2. H.E. Ahmed

Thahir   Sait,

Vice President 

3.  A.K. Babu,

Secretary

4.  O.M. Khan,

Salabhavan

i)

pass a 

decree 

declaring that 

the document 

No.2 issued by 

the 6^th 

Defendant is 

1.   The   relief   of

declaration   was

rejected.

2.     The   relief   of

permanent

injunction

granted

2

5. S. Rasheed,

Cashier

6.     The   CEO,

Kerala   Waqf

Board, 

7.  

  Kerala

Waqf Board

null and void.

ii)

Issue   a

decree

 

of

permanent

prohibitory

injunction

restraining  the

Defendants

No.1 to 4 their

men,   agents

and supporters

from

interfering into

or   obstructing

the

management

and

administration

of

 

plaint

schedule

mosque and its

institutions   by

the

 

Plaintiff

Committee.

restraining

defendants 1 to 4

from   interfering

with

 

the

management and

administration   of

the

 

plaint

schedule

 

waqf

and

 

its

institutions.

OS   No.10

of 2004

1.

 

Salafi

Trust

2.  A.K. Babu

    P. Nazeer

(i)

Declaring

that   the   2^nd

Plaintiff   is   the

Secretary of the

1^st 

Defendant

Trust.

(ii)     Restraining

the   Defendant

or

 

anybody

under   him   by

permanent

injunction   from

interfering   with

1.

 

Declaration

that   the   second

plaintiff

 

A.K.

Babu   is   the

secretary of Salafi

Trust is granted.

2.   But the relief

of

 

permanent

injunction

 

is

rejected.

3

administration

&   management

of

 

the

 

1^st

Plaintiff   Trust

and   scheduled

property  by  the

2^nd 

Plaintiff

as the Secretary

of

 

the

 

1^st

Plaintiff.

4.

It is necessary to bring on record, before proceeding further,  that

document No.2 in respect of which the appellants herein sought a

declaration   of   nullity,   in   their   own   suit  O.S   No.9   of   2004,   was  a

certificate issued by the Chief Executive Officer of Kerala Waqf Board

dated 24.03.2004 in favour of Salafi Trust. The said certificate reads

as follows:

“This is to certify that the Salafi Trust, Mattanchery, Cochin­

2 in Kochi Taluk, Ernakulam District, Kerala State and its

properties having 17 cents comprised in Survey No.527/4

within the limit of Ambalappuzha Taluk Alappuzha District

have   been   registered   before   the   Kerala   Waqf     board   as

required under Section 36 of the Waqf Act, 1995 being its

registration No.6406