Centre decides to take over 123 Delhi Waqf Board properties; Won’t permit it, says chairman Khan

By PTI

NEW DELHI: The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has determined to take over 123 properties of the Delhi Waqf Board, together with mosques, dargahs and graveyards, evoking a pointy response from board chairman and AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan.

Khan asserted that he won’t permit the central authorities to take over the Waqf properties.

The deputy land and improvement officer, in a letter to the board on February 8, knowledgeable it of the choice to “absolve” it from all issues pertaining to the 123 Waqf properties.

The Land and Development Office (L&DO) of the central ministry mentioned the two-member committee headed by Justice (retired) S P Garg on the difficulty of denotified Waqf properties in its report submitted that no illustration or objection was obtained by it from the Delhi Waqf Board.

The committee was fashioned by the federal government of India on the order of the Delhi High Court, in accordance with the L&DO letter.

The L&DO mentioned the Delhi Waqf Board was the principle stakeholder/affected celebration to whom the chance was given by the committee.

However, it didn’t seem earlier than the committee or filed any illustration or objection relating to 123 properties.

“It is evident from the above facts that Delhi Waqf Board does not have any stake in the listed properties, neither have they shown any interest in the properties nor filed any objections or claims. It is, therefore, decided to absolve Delhi Waqf Board from all matters pertaining to ‘123 Waqf Properties’,” mentioned the L&DO letter.

Physical inspection of all of the 123 properties will now be carried out by the L&DO.

According to Khan, the L&DO has pasted notices at 123 properties, which has brought about “widespread anxiety, fear and resentment” among the many Muslim neighborhood.

“We have already raised our voice in the court on 123 Waqf properties, our Writ Petition No.1961/2022 is pending in the High Court. Some people are spreading lies about it, the proof of this is in front of all of you. We will not allow anyone to occupy the properties of the Waqf Board,” he mentioned in a tweet in Hindi.

The DWB chairman in a reply to the Deputy Land and Development Officer of the central ministry on Friday mentioned that the Delhi Waqf Board had already filed a petition within the excessive courtroom in January 2022 in opposition to the formation of a two-member committee on the idea of whose report the motion has been initiated by the ministry.

Khan mentioned that the committee was knowledgeable on April 12 final 12 months about Waqf Board’s petition within the excessive courtroom, difficult its formation and asking it to defer its proceedings till a last order was handed by the courtroom.

The matter is pending within the excessive courtroom.

He additionally mentioned that earlier than the two-member committee, a one-member panel was fashioned whose report was rejected with out giving any purpose.

Also, the federal government of India had allotted one of many 123 properties to the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) on everlasting foundation, after which the Waqf Board had approached the excessive courtroom.

“Two-member committee has already submitted its report. However, no such report is shared with the Delhi Waqf Board. Hence, you are requested to share a complete set of the report with the Delhi Waqf Board urgently,” Khan mentioned.

He claimed that there was no path to represent a two-member committee by the excessive courtroom in its order dated August 20, 2014. These 123 properties are utilized by the Muslim neighborhood.

The day-to-day administration of those 123 properties was finished by Mutawallis or the administration committees appointed by the Delhi Waqf Board, he mentioned.

The Delhi Waqf Board has a statutory proper beneath Section 32 of the Waqf Act, 1995, to train the powers of common supervision, administration and management over these properties, he asserted.

According to the Waqf Act, all of the Waqf properties vest within the involved Waqf Board, which within the current case, is Delhi Waqf Board, Khan mentioned.

The Waqf nature of the 123 properties was “innate” as all had been non secular constructions like mosques, dargahs and graveyards.

Some of them got to the Delhi Waqf Board’s predecessor – ‘Sunni Majlis Auqaf – by the British ruler, he added.

NEW DELHI: The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has determined to take over 123 properties of the Delhi Waqf Board, together with mosques, dargahs and graveyards, evoking a pointy response from board chairman and AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan.

Khan asserted that he won’t permit the central authorities to take over the Waqf properties.

The deputy land and improvement officer, in a letter to the board on February 8, knowledgeable it of the choice to “absolve” it from all issues pertaining to the 123 Waqf properties.

The Land and Development Office (L&DO) of the central ministry mentioned the two-member committee headed by Justice (retired) S P Garg on the difficulty of denotified Waqf properties in its report submitted that no illustration or objection was obtained by it from the Delhi Waqf Board.

The committee was fashioned by the federal government of India on the order of the Delhi High Court, in accordance with the L&DO letter.

The L&DO mentioned the Delhi Waqf Board was the principle stakeholder/affected celebration to whom the chance was given by the committee.

However, it didn’t seem earlier than the committee or filed any illustration or objection relating to 123 properties.

“It is evident from the above facts that Delhi Waqf Board does not have any stake in the listed properties, neither have they shown any interest in the properties nor filed any objections or claims. It is, therefore, decided to absolve Delhi Waqf Board from all matters pertaining to ‘123 Waqf Properties’,” mentioned the L&DO letter.

Physical inspection of all of the 123 properties will now be carried out by the L&DO.

According to Khan, the L&DO has pasted notices at 123 properties, which has brought about “widespread anxiety, fear and resentment” among the many Muslim neighborhood.

“We have already raised our voice in the court on 123 Waqf properties, our Writ Petition No.1961/2022 is pending in the High Court. Some people are spreading lies about it, the proof of this is in front of all of you. We will not allow anyone to occupy the properties of the Waqf Board,” he mentioned in a tweet in Hindi.

The DWB chairman in a reply to the Deputy Land and Development Officer of the central ministry on Friday mentioned that the Delhi Waqf Board had already filed a petition within the excessive courtroom in January 2022 in opposition to the formation of a two-member committee on the idea of whose report the motion has been initiated by the ministry.

Khan mentioned that the committee was knowledgeable on April 12 final 12 months about Waqf Board’s petition within the excessive courtroom, difficult its formation and asking it to defer its proceedings till a last order was handed by the courtroom.

The matter is pending within the excessive courtroom.

He additionally mentioned that earlier than the two-member committee, a one-member panel was fashioned whose report was rejected with out giving any purpose.

Also, the federal government of India had allotted one of many 123 properties to the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) on everlasting foundation, after which the Waqf Board had approached the excessive courtroom.

“Two-member committee has already submitted its report. However, no such report is shared with the Delhi Waqf Board. Hence, you are requested to share a complete set of the report with the Delhi Waqf Board urgently,” Khan mentioned.

He claimed that there was no path to represent a two-member committee by the excessive courtroom in its order dated August 20, 2014. These 123 properties are utilized by the Muslim neighborhood.

The day-to-day administration of those 123 properties was finished by Mutawallis or the administration committees appointed by the Delhi Waqf Board, he mentioned.

The Delhi Waqf Board has a statutory proper beneath Section 32 of the Waqf Act, 1995, to train the powers of common supervision, administration and management over these properties, he asserted.

According to the Waqf Act, all of the Waqf properties vest within the involved Waqf Board, which within the current case, is Delhi Waqf Board, Khan mentioned.

The Waqf nature of the 123 properties was “innate” as all had been non secular constructions like mosques, dargahs and graveyards.

Some of them got to the Delhi Waqf Board’s predecessor – ‘Sunni Majlis Auqaf – by the British ruler, he added.