Centre makes a decision to take over 123 Delhi Waqf Board homes; May not permit it, says chairman Khan

By way of PTI

NEW DELHI: The Union Housing and City Affairs Ministry has made up our minds to take over 123 homes 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’ll no longer permit the central govt to take over the Waqf homes.

The deputy land and building officer, in a letter to the board on February 8, knowledgeable it of the verdict to “absolve” it from all issues concerning the 123 Waqf homes.

The Land and Building Administrative center (L&DO) of the central ministry mentioned the two-member committee headed by means of Justice (retired) S P Garg at the factor of denotified Waqf homes in its document submitted that no illustration or objection was once won by means of it from the Delhi Waqf Board.

The committee was once shaped by means of the federal government of India at the order of the Delhi Top Courtroom, in line with the L&DO letter.

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

Then again, it didn’t seem sooner than the committee or filed any illustration or objection referring to 123 homes.

“It’s glaring from the above details that Delhi Waqf Board does no longer have any stake within the indexed homes, neither have they proven any pastime within the homes nor filed any objections or claims. It’s, subsequently, made up our minds to absolve Delhi Waqf Board from all issues concerning ‘123 Waqf Homes’,” mentioned the L&DO letter.

Bodily inspection of all of the 123 homes will now be performed by means of the L&DO.

In line with Khan, the L&DO has pasted notices at 123 homes, which has brought about “fashionable nervousness, concern and resentment” a number of the Muslim group.

“We have now already raised our voice within the court docket on 123 Waqf homes, our Writ Petition No.1961/2022 is pending within the Top Courtroom. Some individuals are spreading lies about it, the evidence of that is in entrance of all of you. We can no longer permit somebody to occupy the homes of the Waqf Board,” he mentioned in a tweet in Hindi.

The DWB chairman in a respond to the Deputy Land and Building Officer of the central ministry on Friday mentioned that the Delhi Waqf Board had already filed a petition within the top court docket in January 2022 in opposition to the formation of a two-member committee at the foundation of whose document the motion has been initiated by means of the ministry.

Khan mentioned that the committee was once knowledgeable on April 12 closing 12 months about Waqf Board’s petition within the top court docket, difficult its formation and asking it to defer its lawsuits till a last order was once handed by means of the court docket.

The topic is pending within the top court docket.

He additionally mentioned that sooner than the two-member committee, a one-member panel was once shaped whose document was once rejected with out giving any reason why.

Additionally, the federal government of India had allocated one of the most 123 homes to the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) on everlasting foundation, and then the Waqf Board had approached the top court docket.

“Two-member committee has already submitted its document. Then again, no such document is shared with the Delhi Waqf Board. Therefore, you might be asked to proportion an entire set of the document with the Delhi Waqf Board urgently,” Khan mentioned.

He claimed that there was once no course to represent a two-member committee by means of the top court docket in its order dated August 20, 2014. Those 123 homes are utilized by the Muslim group.

The daily control of those 123 homes was once finished by means of Mutawallis or the control committees appointed by means of the Delhi Waqf Board, he mentioned.

The Delhi Waqf Board has a statutory proper below Segment 32 of the Waqf Act, 1995, to workout the powers of basic supervision, management and regulate over those homes, he asserted.

In line with the Waqf Act, all of the Waqf homes vest within the involved Waqf Board, which within the provide case, is Delhi Waqf Board, Khan mentioned.

The Waqf nature of the 123 homes was once “innate” as all have been non secular buildings like mosques, dargahs and graveyards.

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

NEW DELHI: The Union Housing and City Affairs Ministry has made up our minds to take over 123 homes 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’ll no longer permit the central govt to take over the Waqf homes.

The deputy land and building officer, in a letter to the board on February 8, knowledgeable it of the verdict to “absolve” it from all issues concerning the 123 Waqf homes.

The Land and Building Administrative center (L&DO) of the central ministry mentioned the two-member committee headed by means of Justice (retired) S P Garg at the factor of denotified Waqf homes in its document submitted that no illustration or objection was once won by means of it from the Delhi Waqf Board.

The committee was once shaped by means of the federal government of India at the order of the Delhi Top Courtroom, in line with the L&DO letter.

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

Then again, it didn’t seem sooner than the committee or filed any illustration or objection referring to 123 homes.

“It’s glaring from the above details that Delhi Waqf Board does no longer have any stake within the indexed homes, neither have they proven any pastime within the homes nor filed any objections or claims. It’s, subsequently, made up our minds to absolve Delhi Waqf Board from all issues concerning ‘123 Waqf Homes’,” mentioned the L&DO letter.

Bodily inspection of all of the 123 homes will now be performed by means of the L&DO.

In line with Khan, the L&DO has pasted notices at 123 homes, which has brought about “fashionable nervousness, concern and resentment” a number of the Muslim group.

“We have now already raised our voice within the court docket on 123 Waqf homes, our Writ Petition No.1961/2022 is pending within the Top Courtroom. Some individuals are spreading lies about it, the evidence of that is in entrance of all of you. We can no longer permit somebody to occupy the homes of the Waqf Board,” he mentioned in a tweet in Hindi.

The DWB chairman in a respond to the Deputy Land and Building Officer of the central ministry on Friday mentioned that the Delhi Waqf Board had already filed a petition within the top court docket in January 2022 in opposition to the formation of a two-member committee at the foundation of whose document the motion has been initiated by means of the ministry.

Khan mentioned that the committee was once knowledgeable on April 12 closing 12 months about Waqf Board’s petition within the top court docket, difficult its formation and asking it to defer its lawsuits till a last order was once handed by means of the court docket.

The topic is pending within the top court docket.

He additionally mentioned that sooner than the two-member committee, a one-member panel was once shaped whose document was once rejected with out giving any reason why.

Additionally, the federal government of India had allocated one of the most 123 homes to the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) on everlasting foundation, and then the Waqf Board had approached the top court docket.

“Two-member committee has already submitted its document. Then again, no such document is shared with the Delhi Waqf Board. Therefore, you might be asked to proportion an entire set of the document with the Delhi Waqf Board urgently,” Khan mentioned.

He claimed that there was once no course to represent a two-member committee by means of the top court docket in its order dated August 20, 2014. Those 123 homes are utilized by the Muslim group.

The daily control of those 123 homes was once finished by means of Mutawallis or the control committees appointed by means of the Delhi Waqf Board, he mentioned.

The Delhi Waqf Board has a statutory proper below Segment 32 of the Waqf Act, 1995, to workout the powers of basic supervision, management and regulate over those homes, he asserted.

In line with the Waqf Act, all of the Waqf homes vest within the involved Waqf Board, which within the provide case, is Delhi Waqf Board, Khan mentioned.

The Waqf nature of the 123 homes was once “innate” as all have been non secular buildings like mosques, dargahs and graveyards.

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