The High Court of MadRAS dismissed a writ petition filed by a petitioner seeking to restrain certain mosque officials from preventing prayer in Wakf properties.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 08.11.2019
CORAM:
THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE V.BHARATHIDASAN
W.P.No.22376 of 2008 and M.P.Nos.1 & 2 of 2018
A. Mohammed Rafik, S/o. K. Abdul Khafar ... Petitioner Vs. 1. The Chief Executive Officer, Tamil Nadu Wakf Board, 1, Jaffer Syrang Street, Vallal Seethakathi Nagar, Chennai 600 001. 2. The Superintendent of Wakf, (West Zone), 1st floor, Tippusultan Mosque, Jamia - Mosque Complex, Salem - 1. 3. The District Collector, Krishnagiri District, Krishnagiri. 4. The Superintendent of Police, Krishnagiri. 5. Dowladabad Mosque Wakf, rep. by its Defecto Mutawalli, D.Nazeer Ahmed, 42/22, Vakil Krishnamurthy Street, Dowladabad, Pudupettai, Krishnagiri. 6. Mr. D. Khaleel Ahamed, Imam, Chowk Mosque, Dowladabad, Newpet, Krishnagiri.
Newpet, Krishnagiri.
Imam, Big Mosque, Salem Main Road, Opp. Sub-Registrar Office, Dowladabad, Newspet, Krishnagiri
.. Respondents
PRAYER : Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Mandamus forbearing the respondents 5 to 8 from preventing the petitioner and other Muslims in Krishnagiri Town from offering prayer in any oft he Wakf registered with the first respondent Board.
For Petitioner : Mr. M.Hidyathulla Khan
For Respondents : Mr.V.Lakshminarayanan,
for R1 & R2
: Mr. R.Govindasamy,
Spl. G.P.,
for R3 & R4
: Mr. S.B. Fazluddin,
for R5 to R8
O R D E R
The learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission of this Court to withdraw the writ petition and he has also made an endorsement to that effect.
Sd/-
Assistant Registrar(CS)
//True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar
mrp
To
A. Mohammed Rafik
The Chief Executive Officer, Tamil Nadu Wakf Board
V. Bharathidasan
As recorded by the court registry
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