Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 1: In a suit filed by Balvinder Singh and Surjeet Singh, Vice President and Secretary of District Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee, Sub-Judge Jammu Sunil Koul has restrained the respondents from taking over the affairs of Gurdwara Chatti Patshahi Tali Sahib.
The suit was filed with the prayer that Letter Bearing No. DGPCJ/077/2025 dated 03.05.2025 issued by the defendant No.1 authorizing the defendant No.2 to appoint and announce a local committee of Gurdwara Chatti Patshai, Talab Tillo, Jammu be declared as void ab-initio and null and void.
The further prayer was that letter with Ref. No. 22/2025 dated 05.05.2025 issued by the defendant No. 2 to appoint Harpreet Kour, daughter of Janak Singh of Bhagwati Nagar and Manmohan Singh, son of Manohar Singh of Chand Nagar as president and secretary of Gurdwara Chatti Patshai Talab Tillo, Jammu be declared as null and void with a consequential relief of permanent prohibitory injunction restraining the defendants from acting as president and Secretary.
After hearing both the sides, the Sub-Judge observed, “from the plain reading of J&K Sikh Gurdwaras & Religious Endowment Act read with relevant rules it is clear that no individual power has been vested in any member of the committee—District Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee constituted for any district or one or more district jointly to do any act which the committee is empowered”.
“From the facts and circumstances of the present case it is clear that plaintiffs at this stage have been able to raise tribal issue which requires to be determined in trial”, adding “balance of convenience in the present case also lies with the plaintiffs being the Vice-President and Secretary of the Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee Jammu”.
“It is pertinent to mention here that the plaintiffs have not filed the suit in their personal capacity but have filed the suit to preserve the interests of the Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee Jammu. Besides the nature of the suit is that if interim relief of preserving the rights of the plaintiffs with respect to Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee Jammu is not granted then plaintiffs definitely will suffer irreparable loss which later on can’t be compensated in terms of money”, the court said.
“The plaintiffs have been able to satisfy all the three conditions i.e. prima facie case, balance of convenience and irreparable loss for the grant of relief under Order 39 read with Rule 1 and 2”, the court said.
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