Locus standi objections involving disputed facts need not be decided first; tribunals may hear all revocation issues together.

The Tribunal was not bound to decide the revocation applicant's locus standi as a preliminary issue because the challenge depended on disputed facts concerning the authority and board resolution authorising him. Where the objection is not a pure jurisdictional point and the matter may proceed on appeal, all substantial issues should ordinarily be heard together rather than being split for threshold disposal. The Tribunal's direction to hear the revocation applications with the connected miscellaneous petitions on a day-to-day basis was therefore proper, and the writ petition was dismissed with expeditious disposal ordered.

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Issues: Whether the Tribunal was bound to decide the question of locus standi of the revocation applicant as a preliminary issue before taking up the main revocation application.

Analysis: The challenge related to the authority of the person who instituted the revocation proceedings and depended upon the validity of the board resolution authorising him. The question was not a pure jurisdictional objection and could not be decided without examining disputed facts. In proceedings where several issues arise and there is a possibility of appeal, all issues should ordinarily be dealt with together rather than disposing of the matter on one preliminary point alone. The Tribunal's course of directing the revocation applications to be heard with the miscellaneous petitions and on a day-to-day basis was therefore proper.

Conclusion: The Tribunal was not required to decide locus standi separately at the threshold, and its direction to hear the miscellaneous petitions along with the original revocation applications was .

Final Conclusion: The writ petition failed, and the Tribunal's order was sustained, with a direction for expeditious disposal of the revocation proceedings and connected miscellaneous petitions.

Ratio Decidendi: Where the objection raised is not a pure question of jurisdiction but turns on disputed facts, and the matter is capable of appeal, the court or tribunal should ordinarily decide all substantial issues together rather than isolate one issue for preliminary disposal.

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