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14. The petitioners herein are same as in W.P.No.30132 of 2010.

15. Shorn of unnecessary details, the case of the petitioners in this Civil Revision Petition in brief is that respondent Nos.1 and 2 styling themselves as President and Vice-President of the local Jama Masjid Committee, filed an appeal before the Joint Collector under Section 24(1) of the Inams Act, questioning grant of ORC in their favour, on the ground that the land, in respect of which ORC was granted to the petitioners, is a wakf property and any alienation thereof is null and void; that respondent Nos.1 and 2 had relied upon the gazette notification dt.24.01.2002, wherein it was notified that the properties mentioned therein belong to Muslim community in the entire erstwhile Taluq of Kodangal; and that the Joint Collector, without appreciating the records in proper perspective, allowed the appeal setting aside the ORC granted in their favour on 17.07.1999 after a lapse of 11 years and remanded the matter back to the RDO for conducting fresh enquiry. Challenging the said order of the Joint Collector, dt.22.05.2010, the present Civil Revision Petition is filed.

20. By the counter-affidavit, the 2nd respondent further contended that mere entries in revenue records do not establish title; that the entries in the revenue records are only meant for collection of revenue; that the subject land never belonged to the vendors of the petitioner having inherited from his deceased father late Maroof Ali Shah, who was the notified Mutawalli and is the custodian of the wakf property, and as such, does not have any right to alienate the Wakf property as laid down under Section 51 of the Wakf Act.