Mr. M. S. M. Rasheed vs. Mr. M. S. Ala Ahamed, Deputy Director, Muslim Mosque and Charitable Trusts or Wakfs – CA/WRT/160/2024-2025

In the case between Mr. M. S. M. Rasheed and Mr. M. N. M. Nusair (Petitioners) and Mr. M. S. Ala Ahamed (Deputy Director, Muslim Mosque and Charitable Trusts or Wakfs) along with additional respondents, the court addressed the issue of the validity of trustee appointments for the Porwai Muhiyadeen Jumma Mosque and the appropriateness of judicial writs concerning such appointments. The court held that the Petitioners’ application for Certiorari, Mandamus, and Prohibition was to be dismissed, reaffirming the principle that judicial intervention by way of prerogative writs is improper where alternative statutory remedies exist, material facts are suppressed, and all necessary parties are not before the court. This decision relied on established precedents relating to administrative law and wr