Delhi LG seeks disciplinary motion in opposition to former Waqf Board CEO SM Ali, highlights irregularities underneath Amanatullah Khan

In a communication to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena beneficial that motion be taken in opposition to IAS officer SM Ali for approving “illegal resolutions of the Delhi Waqf Board” whereas serving because the board’s CEO underneath the route of its former Chairman Amanatullah Khan.

Delhi Lt Governor V.Ok Saxena has beneficial to Ministry of Home Affairs to provoke disciplinary proceedings in opposition to IAS officer SM Ali for permitting “illegal resolutions of the Delhi Waqf Board” at behest of its then Chairman Amanatullah Khan throughout his tenure as CEO of DWB. pic.twitter.com/4Qp4xAqaon

— IANS (@ians_india) November 14, 2022

In September, the Delhi Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) detained AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan in reference to irregularities found within the Delhi Waqf Board. On September 28, he was granted bail. An FIR was filed by ACB within the matter two years in the past, and an inquiry has been ongoing since then.

The Delhi Waqf Board corruption case

Following a grievance from the income division’s sub-divisional Justice of the Peace (headquarters), a case was filed in opposition to Amanatullah Khan in 2016, saying that appointments to completely different “existing and non-existing posts” within the Waqf Board have been “arbitrary and illegal.”

The grievance, Hafiz Irshad Qureshi, claimed that 33 workers have been employed on a contract foundation by the Board in flagrant contravention of current norms or rules. He additional claimed that a few of these chosen to the board have been linked to Khan and that almost all of them have been from his constituency, Okhla.

Four years later, in 2020, the ACB registered an FIR in opposition to him underneath Section 7 (public servant taking gratification) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, and Section 120-B (felony conspiracy) of the IPC.

The CBI had additionally booked AAP MLA from Okhla underneath the prevention of corruption act and different related sections of the IPC after a grievance was filed in opposition to him in 2016. Khan was additionally accused of corrupt actions and felony offences together with deliberate and felony violation of guidelines, rules, and misuse of place. 

Reportedly, CBI had probed the matter and located substantial proof in opposition to the AAP MLA, following which the CBI sought permission from LG to proceed in opposition to him in July 2022. 

Apart from Amanatullah Khan, Mehboob Alam, then CEO of Waqf Board was additionally charged by the premier company with felony violation of guidelines, misusing of place, and inflicting loss to the general public exchequer and different related sections. 

According to the grievance, the CEO of the brand new waqf board and over 30 employees members have been appointed and employed in contravention of Section 24 of the Waqf Act, 1955 and Delhi Waqf Rules, 1977. The FIR by CBI acknowledged that irregular and unlawful appointment of officers had led to the lack of income of the Delhi Waqf Board, and the appointments have been achieved by misusing their official positions as public servants. It was alleged that waqf board properties have been leased to the tenants and the encroachers have been allowed to own the properties in contravention of lease guidelines resulting in the lack of income/belongings for the board.