Waqf properties, boards: India
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The extent of encroachment on Waqf_properties
2019: 17,000 squatters across India
Govt: Squatters on 17,000 Waqf assets
Punjab has the highest number of Waqf Board properties under encroachment with such properties numbering around 17,000 across the country, Minorities Affairs minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told Parliament. Punjab is followed by Madhya Pradesh (3,240), West Bengal (3,082), Tamil Nadu (1,335) and Karnataka (862), Delhi (373), showed the data on 24 state Waqf Board properties furnished by the ministry. PTI
2018: ‘80% Waqf properties in Gurgaon free of squatters’
The district administration has found out that 80% of the properties with the Waqf board are “free of illegal encroachments”, contrary to the board’s claim that a majority of its properties in the city have been encroached upon. A district administration spokesperson said on Tuesday that the properties were inspected by the tehsildar after instructions from acting deputy commissioner Chandra Shekhar Khare and a report on the same sent to the district revenue officer. According to the report, garbage, hay and other trash was found at some of the site.
According to Waqf members, they have received the report from the administration and will examine it. If the report is found to be true, the board will take measures to clear the properties and use them for prayers. “Some of these properties are in places where members of our community do not reside. So, villagers have kept their animals and fodder there. We will get these properties cleared and repaired, if required,” said Jamaluddin, the estate officer of the Waqf board.
The state government also designated the chairman of Haryana Waqf board, Raheesh Khan, as a “minister of state”. A notification by the additional chief secretary Dr RR Prasad said, “The state government has decided to provide status equal to ‘minister of state’ to the chairman of Haryana Waqf Board. All expenditure involved will be borne by the Haryana Waqf Board itself as it is a statutory body under provisions of Haryana Waqf Rules, 2012.”
On the other hand, Khare and police commissioner Sandeep Khirwar held a meet with some members of the Muslim community on Tuesday afternoon. A group of 60-70 met the two officials and raised their concerns and anxieties at the meeting.
Meanwhile, Hindu outfits gave the district administration one week to enforce a ban on prayer in open areas, threatening protests across the city if their demands were not met. Alleging that those offering prayer in open areas were illegal migrants, the outfits demanded verification of citizenship of such persons.
