and was also Head Quazi. After the death of his father, the plaintiff became the Head Quazi (Head Priest). On 26.08.1968, the plaintiff and the defendant and the mother of the defendant entered into an agreement. The defendant was minor at that time and, therefore, his mother entered into agreement on his behalf. The plaintiff’s case is that he was described as ‘Sajjadanashin’ in the said agreement and that as per the agreement, the plaintiff and the defendant should worship and perform religious duties at Dargah for one week alternatively and also receive the offerings from the devotees and that under clause 2 of the agreement, if the annual Urs fall within the week allotted to the defendants, the plaintiff would act as the Head of the Holy Urs as Sajjadanashin. Alleging that the defendant was issuing pamphlets describing himself as ‘San-e-Sajjadanashin’ and collecting monies from the devotees for the Holy Urs celebrations, the plaintiff filed the suit seeking a declaration that he be declared as the sole Sajjadanashin of the Dargah and for a further direction to the defendant not to publish any pamphlets or any document describing himself as ‘San-e-Sajjadanashin’ and not to collect any contributions or money from the public for the purpose of Urs celebrations.
