In Brief
The appellant sought to challenge the classification of a property as Wakf-Al-Allah (for religious purposes) rather than Wakf-Alal-Aulad (benefiting descendants). The property was registered through a Survey Commissioner's report in 1965 and published in the Official Gazette in December 1965, but the suit was filed in January 1967—beyond the one-year limitation period prescribed by Section 6 of the Wakf Act, 1954. The Court upheld the concurrent findings of all three lower courts that the suit was barred by limitation. The Court held that Section 6's one-year period applies to all classification disputes, that Article 113 of the Limitation Act does not override it, and that Section 56's notice requirement does not extend the deadline. The appeal was dismissed.
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