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The petition was resisted by the respondent Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee on three grounds: (1) that the appellant was not competent to move the petition under s.7 of the Act because he was not a hereditary office holder, (2) that the provisions of the Act are not ultra vires the Constitution, and (3) that the institution in dispute was a Sikh Gurdwara.

On the pleadings of the parties the Tribunal framed three issues: whether the provisions of the Act are ultra vires the Constitution, (2) whether the appellant was a hereditary office holder, and (3) whether the institution in dispute was a Sikh Guradwara. Issue No. 1 was not pressed and, therefore, the Tribunal in conformity with the previous decisions held the provisions of the Act to be intra vires the Constitution. On the second issue the Tribunal recorded a finding in favour of the appellant. On the third issue, the Tribunal held that the disputed institution was a Sikh Gurdwara.