For the past several days, there has been an uproar in the country regarding Waqf. You will be surprised to know that Waqf has occupied a total of 994 properties across the country. There are 872,352 immovable and 16,713 movable Waqf properties registered under the Waqf Act in the country. This is the reason why there is an uproar regarding Waqf. Actually, John Brittas had sought the number of Waqf properties across the country, state-wise details, as well as concerns about illegally transferred Waqf properties and details of such properties. In response to his question, the Central Government gave important information related to the properties of the Waqf Board in Parliament on 9 December 2024.
Ownership of a total of 994 Waqf properties across the country has been changed
According to media reports, the central government said that “Of the total 994 Waqf properties across the country, the ownership rights have been changed or they have been encroached upon. Out of these, Tamil Nadu has the highest number of 734 properties.” Not only this, the ministry further said that “Out of the total 994 Waqf properties across the country, Tamil Nadu has the maximum number of 734 Waqf properties that have been wrongly transferred. After this, there are 152 properties in Andhra Pradesh, 63 in Punjab, 11 in Uttarakhand and 10 in Jammu and Kashmir.”
872,352 immovable and 16,713 movable Waqf properties are registered under the Waqf Act in the country
According to the information received, in a written reply to the questions of Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP John Brittas, the Ministry of Minority Affairs also said that “872,352 immovable and 16,713 movable Waqf properties are registered under the Waqf Act in the country. For this, he cited the information available on the Waqf Property Management System of India (WAMSI) portal.” In this matter, Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said in a written reply that “According to the information available on the WAMSI portal, 994 Waqf properties have been alienated.” Here alienated properties mean such lands or properties which have either been transferred or encroached upon through illegal means.
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Any sale, gift, exchange, mortgage or transfer of waqf property void ab initio
Minister Kiren Rijiju further said in his response that “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. Further, Section 52 of the Waqf Act states that if the (Waqf) Board after making any inquiry in the prescribed manner decides that any waqf property has been transferred, it may send a request to the Collector under whose jurisdiction the property is situated to take possession of the same and hand it over to the Board.“
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