Encroachment on Waqf Board Property: The Central Government gave essential data associated to the properties of Waqf Board in the Parliament on Monday (9 December 2024). The central authorities mentioned that the possession of a complete of 994 Waqf properties across the nation has been modified or they’ve been encroached upon. Of these, Tamil Nadu has the most of 734 properties.
In a written reply to the questions of Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP John Brittas, the Ministry of Minority Affairs additionally mentioned that 872,352 immovable and 16,713 movable Waqf properties are registered beneath the Waqf Act in the nation. For this he cited the data accessible on the Indian Waqf Property Management System (WAMSI) portal.
MP John Brittas had requested for knowledge of the complete nation
“As per the information available on the WAMSI portal, 994 Waqf properties have been alienated,” Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju mentioned in a written reply. Here, alienated properties imply such lands or properties which have been both transferred by way of unlawful means or have been encroached upon. In its query, Britas had sought the variety of Waqf properties across the nation, state-wise particulars, in addition to issues about illegally transferred Waqf properties and particulars of such properties.
Kiren Rijiju informed what’s the provision
Minister Kiren Rijiju additional mentioned in his reply, “Section 51(1-A) of the Waqf Act provides that any sale, gift, exchange, mortgage or transfer of Waqf property shall be void ab initio. Additionally, the Waqf Act Section 52 states that if the (Waqf) Board after making any inquiry in the prescribed manner decides that any Waqf property has been transferred, it shall, to the Collector in whose jurisdiction the property is situated, “Can ship a request to take possession of the similar and hand it over to the Board.”
There are 152 such properties in Andhra Pradesh and 63 in Punjab.
The ministry additional mentioned that out of the whole 994 Waqf properties across the nation, a most of 734 Waqf properties have been wrongly transferred in Tamil Nadu. After this, there are 152 such properties in Andhra Pradesh, 63 in Punjab, 11 in Uttarakhand and 10 in Jammu and Kashmir.
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