section 5
Petitions of claim to property included in a consolidated list; signing and verification of petitions under sub-section
The Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925General1925170 of 183 sections available
Statutory text
- (1) Any person may forward to the [State] Government through the [appropriate Secretary to Government] so as to reach the Secretary within ninety days [or, in the case of the extended territories, within one hundred and eighty days] from the date of the publication by notification of the consolidated list under the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 3, a petition claiming a right, title or interest in any property included in such consolidated list except a right, title or interest in the gurdwara itself.
- (2) A petition forwarded under the provisions of sub-section (1) shall be signed and verified by the person forwarding it in the manner provided in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, for the signing and verification of plaints, and shall specify the nature of the right, title or interest claimed and the grounds of the claim.
- (3) The [State] Government shall, as soon as may be, after the expiry of the period for making a claim under the provisions of sub-section (1) publish a notification specifying the rights, titles or interests in any properties in respect of which no such claim has been made; and the publication of the notification shall be conclusive proof of the fact that no such claim was made in respect of any right, title or interest specified in the notification.
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