Uttarakhand Waqf Board

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Uttarakhand Waqf Board
Agency overview
Formed6 September 2003
Jurisdiction Government of Uttarakhand
HeadquartersAlpsankhyak Kalyan Bhawan, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Syed Shiraz Usman, Chief Executive Officer
Website ukwms.org
uttarakhandwaqfboard.uk.gov.in

Uttarakhand Waqf Board is a statutory board of the Government of Uttarakhand in India.

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History

Central Waqf Council was set up by the Government of India's Ministry of Minority Affairs [1] as an Indian statutory body in 1964 under Waqf Act, 1954 (now a sub section the Waqf Act, 1995) for the purpose of advising it on matters pertaining to 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 Waqf.

The Uttarakhand Waqf Board, was established by the Government of Uttarakhand under Central Waqf Council on 5 August 2003 vide notification on Gazette of Uttarakhand.

List of chairman

S. No.NameTerm of office [2] [3]
1.Chaudhary Raees Ahmad08 November 200425 December 2007 [4] 3 years, 47 days
–District Magistrate of Dehradun (administrator)26 December 2007 [5] 22 June 20102 years, 178 days
2.Rao Sharafat Ali1 July 201025 April 2012 [6] 1 year, 299 days
3.Rao Kale Khan16 February 201322 June 20152 years, 126 days
–District Magistrate of Dehradun (administrator)26 May 2016 [7] 4 December 2016192 days
4.Mohammad Akram05 December 201624 October 20214 years, 323 days
–Ahmed Iqbal, IAS (administrator)28 October 20217 September 2022313 days
5.Mohammad Shadab Shams6 September 2022Incumbent2 years, 174 days

Properties

District wise Immovable and Assessable Waqf Properties

S. No.DistrictImmovable PropertiesAssessable Properties
1Almora9453
2Bageshwar131
3Chamoli21
4Champawat6050
5Dehradun17151250
6Haridwar19261177
7Nainital452310
8Pauri Garhwal12896
9Pithoragarh124
10Rudraprayag20
11Tehri Garhwal170
12Udham Singh Nagar939511
13Uttarkashi20
Total53623456

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 October 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ "List of Chairmen: Waqf Board, Government of Uttarakhand, India". uttarakhandwaqfboard.uk.gov.in.
  3. ↑ "Home | Uttarakhand Waqf Board".
  4. ↑ "Document" (PDF). uttarakhandwaqfboard.uk.gov.in. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  5. ↑ "Document" (PDF). uttarakhandwaqfboard.uk.gov.in. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "Document" (PDF). uttarakhandwaqfboard.uk.gov.in. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  7. ↑ "Document" (PDF). uttarakhandwaqfboard.uk.gov.in. Retrieved 29 August 2020.


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