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6. The plaint in the present suit was filed on October 30, 1935, in the Court of the District Judge, Lahore, against the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, and the Committee of Management for the notified Sikh gurdwaras at Lahore-the authorities who were in possession of the disputed property as being property belonging to the gurdwara.
7. It contained no claim for possession of the property or ejectment of the defendants or that the property be handed over to the hereditary mutawali. The relief claimed was a declaration that the building was a mosque in which the plaintiffs and all followers of Islam had a right to worship, an injunction restraining any improper use of the building and any interference with the plaintiffs' right of worship: and a mandatory injunction to reconstruct the building. The learned District Judge dismissed the suit by decree dated May 25, 1936, and an appeal to the High Court was dismissed on January 26, 1938, by Young C.J. and Bhide J., Din Mohammad J. dissenting.