KASHMIR SINGH Vs. UNION OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) LEAVE granted. Whether rule of perpetuity would be applicable in respect of a member of a Sikh Judicial Commission (for short "commission")constituted under the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925 (for short "the Act") is in question in this appeal which arises out of a judgment and order dated 13. 09. 2002 passed by a Five-Judge Bench of the Punjab and Haryana high Court in Civil Writ Petition No. 371 of 1999.

(2.) THE Act was applicable to the entire territories of the undivided state of Punjab including PEPSU. By reason of the provisions of the state Reorganisation Act, 1956, the State of Himachal Pradesh was constituted, having been carved out from the State of Punjab.

(3.) IN terms of the provisions of the Act, the Shiromani Gurdwara prabandhak Committee (hereinafter referred to as "the Board") was constituted. Appellant was appointed as a member of the Commission in terms of a notification dated 4. 07. 1989. He was elected the President thereof. Along with him one S. Dara Singh and S. Raghbir Singh were also appointed as members of the Commission.