Waqf land is highest in UP! The government told in the Parliament that the figures across the country are shocking.

Waqf Properties In India: The Waqf Board has round 8,90,000 movable and immovable properties across the country. This info has been given by the Union Minority Ministry in response to a query requested in the Rajya Sabha.

A query was requested to the Union Minority Ministry as to what number of Waqf properties are there across the country and what number of Waqf properties exist in which state. In response to this query, full details about the variety of movable and immovable properties owned by Waqf in every state was positioned earlier than the House.

How many Waqf properties in which state?

According to the info revealed, Uttar Pradesh has the highest variety of Waqf properties in the country, the place there are greater than 2,32,000 Waqf properties together with Shia and Sunni Waqf properties. After Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal has the highest variety of Waqf properties in the country, the place greater than 80 thousand properties come below Waqf.

The third place comes from Punjab, the place about 76,000 properties are below Waqf. Tamil Nadu is at fourth place, the place about 66,000 properties come below Waqf and Karnataka is at fifth place, the place greater than 62,000 properties are registered below Waqf Board.

32 union territories and states are talked about in the record

In the record given by the Ministry, 32 Union Territories and States are talked about and in this record, details about what number of Waqf properties are there in every state is given. The ministry has additionally stated in its reply that Section 51(1-A) of the Waqf Act supplies that any sale, reward, alternate, mortgage or switch of Waqf property can be void ab initio.

Apart from this, Section 52 of the Waqf Act additionally states that if the Waqf Board, after making any inquiry in the prescribed method, decides that any Waqf property has been transferred, it could ship a requirement to the Collector, In whose jurisdiction the property is located.

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