FAROOQ YASIN SAYYAD INAMDAR AND ANR vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR

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2025:BHC-AS:9182-DB 908-wpst-5536-2024-J.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION (ST) NO.5536 OF 2024 1. Farooq Yasin Sayyad Inamdar, Adult, Male, Indian Inhabitant, Occu.: Agri. and Business, Residing at Sayyed Nagar, Hadapsar, District – Pune – 411 028. 2. Mohammed Amin Sayyad, Adult, Male, Indian Inhabitant, Occu.: Agri. and Business, Residing at Sayyed Nagar, Hadapsar, District – Pune – 411 028. …..Petitioners Vs. 1. State of Maharashtra, Through Principal Secretary, Revenue and Forest Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai. 2. Maharashtra State Board of Waqfs, Through its Chief Executive Officer, Panchakki, Aurangabad – 431 002. 3. The Chief Executive Officer, Having office at the Maharashtra State Board of Waqfs Panchakki, Aurangabad – 431 002. 4. Mehboob Abdul Gafar Shaikh, Adult, Male, Indian Inhabitant, Occu.: Not known, Residing at Kavde Basti, Malwadi, Hadapsar, District – Pune – 411 028. …..Respondents Mr. Gulam Dastagir Shaikh with Mr. Hamid Ansari, i/b. Judicare Law Associates, for the Petitioners. Gaikwad RD 1/7 908-wpst-5536-2024-J.doc Mrs. P. P. Shinde, APP, for Respondent No.1-State. Mr. R. M. Momin, for the Respondent Nos.2 & 3. Mr. Sachin B. Thorat with Mr. Prajwal Thorat, for the Respondent No.4. CORAM : REVATI MOHITE DERE & DR. NEELA GOKHALE, JJ. DATE : 18th FEBRUARY 2025. JUDGMENT :- (Per Dr. Neela Gokhale, J.) 1. The Petitioners assail the Show Cause Notice dated 15 th January 2024, issued by the Respondent No 3-the Chief Executive Officer of the Waqf Board, Panchakki, Aurangabad (‘CEO’). By the Show Cause Notice, the CEO called upon the Petitioners to show cause as to why criminal action should not be initiated to recover the Waqf property as per the provisions of Sections 52 & 52-A of the Waq