appellants. All are employees of the
respondent Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC), a
body constituted under the Sikh Gurdwara Act, 1925 (for
short ... exercise of its powers has framed Service
Rules for the employees of SGPC
prescribing their service conditions which
include their appointment and removal from
service
appellants. All are employees of the
respondent Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC), a
body constituted under the Sikh Gurdwara Act, 1925 (for
short ... exercise of its powers has framed Service
Rules for the employees of SGPC
prescribing their service conditions which
include their appointment and removal from
service
termination from service under the
Shiromani Gurudwara Prabhandhak Committee (for short
`the SGPC').
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4. The relevant facts very briefly are that the appellant ... working as an Assistant Secretary of the SGPC at
Amritsar when a news item was published in the local
dailies in November 2007 with some
short, the ‘1966 Act’
4 For short, the ‘SGPC’
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against the constitutional provisions, the statutory provisions of the
1966 Act and is also divisive ... Constitution. The second writ petition has been preferred
by the SGPC challenging the Haryana Act on almost similar grounds.
4. The State of Haryana
challenged before us by Shiromani
Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (hereinafter referred to as `SGPC' for
short). While the Tribunal had declared an institution allegedly known ... Tribunal served notice of the petition, bearing No. 164 of 1963 to
SGPC and the other respondents in terms of the provisions under Section
appellant, Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee, Amritsar, (hereinafter referred to as 'SGPC') is a product of the Sikh Gurdwara Act, 1925 , (hereinafter referred ... fact. Sardar Ujjagar Singh, learned senior advocate, appearing for the appellant SGPC, however, goaded us to proceed with the appeal as, according to him, Section
notice, the Shiromani Gurdwara
Parbandhak Committee, hereinafter referred to as the SGPC
(appellant), claimed it to be a Sikh Gurdwara, having been
established ... Tribunal took the petition
under Section 10 in which the stand of SGPC was that the
land and the buildings were the properties of Gurdwara
Mahant Dharam Das Etc. Etc vs The State Of Punjab And Ors on 14 January
Mahant Dharam Das And Ors. vs The State Of Punjab And Ors. on 14 January
Sikhs can become voters or contest elections
to Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC).
That this restricts membership along religious lines and
cannot said ... gurudwaras
and participating in elections for Shiromani Gurudwara
Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) is not a non-secular act.
It is submitted that even while believing
