Waqf Board: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) had not too long ago carried out an inner survey. This inner survey has discovered that 250 of its protected monuments are at the moment registered as Waqf properties.
After this, it’s anticipated that the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will place this challenge earlier than the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) and demand the return of those 250 protected monuments underneath its management.
Many massive revelations have been made within the report
The Indian Express reported that the present record additionally contains a number of monuments listed within the 2006 Sachar Committee report on the social, financial and academic standing of India’s Muslim neighborhood. However, not all these 172 websites are protected monuments of nationwide significance.
Some of the main websites of Delhi embrace Jama Masjid in Ferozeshah Kotla, Chhoti Gumti Tomb in RK Puram, Hauz Khas Mosque and Idgah are additionally included on this record. Sources say that these monuments are unfold in most elements of the nation.
Earlier ASI had given the quantity as 120
During the fourth assembly of JPC in September, ASI had acknowledged this quantity as 120. After this, studies have been sought from each nook of the nation and now this quantity has reached 250, sources stated, including that the company will inform the JPC how this creates battle in administration and conservation work. Many of those monuments have been unilaterally registered by the Waqf Board as its property.
Controversy is occurring due to this
It is believed that another excuse for the dispute between ASI and Waqf Board is the one-sided nature of those disputes. The Waqf Act 1995 empowers the Board to declare any property or constructing as Waqf property within the title of donation. Using this energy, the Board has issued notifications to declare protected monuments as Waqf property. This has resulted in battle with the rights granted underneath the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act (AMASR) 1958.
