1685 1686 1971 Appeals by Special leave from the Judgment and Order dated 8.1.1971 14.11.1969 of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in S.C. Appeal No.
8 of the Act companytending that the institution was number a Sikh Gurdwara and that he was entitled to raise that companytention because he was the holder of hereditary office of mahant of the institution.
1 respondent for short filed objections under Sec.
Upon rival companytentions the Tribunal framed two issues as under Is the petitioner a hereditary office holder of the Gurdwara?
The Tribunal by its judgment dated January 21,1964 answered Issue No.
The respondent preferred F.A.O. No.
59 of 1964.
This companyclusion was number companymented upon and deserves to be accepted as reasonable inference from the evidence.
About 56 persons residing in village Mahal Khurd and professing Sikh religion made an application to the Government of Punjab on December 23, 1960 requesting the Government to declare the institution more particularly described in the application as a Sikh Gurdwara.
The application was forwarded under Sec.
14 to the Sikh Gurdwara Tribunal set up under the Act.
59 of 1964 in the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigrah.
This application was published in the Official Gazette whereupon Mahant Kirpa Ram respondent No.
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Civil Appeal Nos.
Is the Gurdwara in dispute a Sikh Gurdwara?
Original applicants moved the High Court for a certificate under Art.
N. Phadke and Harbans Singh for the Appellant.
133 1 a and c of the Constitution which was numbered ss S.C.A. No.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by DESAI, J. Whether a religious and or charitable institution situated in village Mahal Khurd, Tehsil Barnala of Sangrur District is a Sikh Gurdwara within the meaning of the expression in the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925 Act for short is the subject matter of companytroversy between the parties in this appeal by special leave.
Harbans Lal, Urmila Kapoor, Kamini Jaiswal, Nishi Puri, Shahsi Kiran and Tehal Singh Mangal for the Respondents.
do number help in asserting the purpose for which muafi was granted or the purpose for which the institution was established.
96 of 1970 First Appeal No.
