Central Waqf Council

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Central Waqf Council
HeadquartersCentral Waqf Council, P-13 & 14, Sector-6, Pushp Vihar, Opposite Family Court, Saket, New Delhi-110017
Region served
India
Official language
Hindi, English & Urdu
Chairman
 Minister of State for Ministry of Minority Affairs [1]
Main organ
Council
Affiliations Ministry of Minority Affairs, Govt. of India
Website Official website

Central Waqf Council is an Indian statutory body established by the Government of India under the Waqf Act, a subsection of the Waqf Act, 1995. It was established for the purpose of advising it on matters pertaining to the working of the State Waqf Boards and proper administration of the Waqfs in the country. Waqf is a permanent dedication of movable or immovable properties for religious, pious or charitable purposes as recognized by Muslim Law, given by philanthropists. The grant is known as mushrut-ul-khidmat, while a person making such dedication is known as Wakif. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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The Council

Central Waqf Council is a statutory body under the administrative control of the Ministry of Minority Affairs was set up in 1964 as per the provision given in the Waqf Act, 1954 as Advisory Body to the Central Government on matters concerning the working of the Waqf Boards and the due administration of Auqaf.

This act was later repealed before it was replaced by Waqf Act which was passed in 1995. [7]

State Waqf Boards

The State Waqf Boards are established by the State Governments in view of the provisions of Section 9(1) of the Waqf Act, 1954. [8] [9] These work towards management, regulation and protect the Waqf properties by constituting District Waqf Committees, Mandal Waqf Committees and Committees for the individual Waqf Institutions. The Waqf Boards shall be body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire and hold property. In the case that more than fifteen per cent of the total number of waqf property is Shia waqf, or the income thereof is more than fifteen per cent, the Act envisages a separate Shia Waqf Board.

Presently there are thirty Waqf Boards across the country in twenty-eight states and Union territories. States such as Goa, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim and the Union Territory Daman and Diu have no Waqf Board at present. The Waqf Act 1995 is not applicable to Jammu and Kashmir.

Justice Shashvat Kumar, who headed the Shashvat Committee has prepared a status report on Muslims in India in 2011 and the finding of this report was that Nationwide, Waqf properties constitute a land bank worth Rs. 1.2 lakh crore and could have generated annual returns of Rs. 12,000 crores but yielded only Rs. 163 crores and found that there was "a severe shortage of senior government officers who are Muslim to manage waqf affairs. A separate cadre would mean officers who are not only permanent but also qualified enough". [10]

The Haryana Wakf Board (HWB) registered an all-time high income of Rs 17.03 crore during 2010–11, which is Rs 3.33 crore higher than the previous year. During 2010–11, the Board spent Rs 3.32 crore on various educational and welfare activities. The Board had earmarked Rs 6.47 crore in the budget for 2011–12 to meet the main objectives of waqfs and various educational and welfare activities, he said. [11]

The central as well as state Waqf Boards have been involved in corruption, land encroachment, and misappropriation of funds. [12] [13] The Karnataka Wakf Board Land Scam is one such case.

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  10. ↑ "Sachar sought a dedicated waqf cadre, govt said no". Indian Express. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
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  12. ↑ "Waqf board chief alleges corruption by former chairmen". Deccan Herald. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
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