Waqf Board Act 1995: What is this board's strength?

S Venkateshwari
Waqf Board Act 1995: What is this board's strength?


The strength of the Waqf Board, according to Harnath Yadav, is that if a member, surveyor, or executive officer declares any property to be theirs, the board need not prove it is their property; rather, the owner of the property must provide proof that it is. All of this will occur per the directives of the individual whose executive officer or surveyor issued the order. Additionally, this Act stipulates that the Waqf Board's judgment cannot be contested in any court, including the supreme court or the High Court.

"Hundreds of incidents of snatching people's belongings"

According to Harnath Singh Yadav, he has been contacted in hundreds of cases where Waqf has seized people's property. He gave two incidents as an explanation for this one. He related an instance involving a 1.5 thousand-person village in the Trichy district of tamil Nadu state, where just 7-8 of the houses are owned by Muslims. The community also has a 1.5 thousand-year-old temple dedicated to Lord Shankar. The Waqf Board has declared its claim to all of the village's assets, and the Collector's residence has sent out a notice to leave. Additionally, the attribute was excluded from the documentation. 

The majority of the villagers live in poverty as a result. Eventually, as the people grew weary, they were offered the choice and advised to adopt the Muslim faith, which would rescue their country. One such instance comes from the maharashtra region of Solapur, where a colony of roughly 250 scheduled caste members resides. They received a warning to leave their property since the Waqf Board owns the land on which they are now residing. He too received offers to convert to islam as he went door to door. According to Harnath Singh Yadav, this problem involves widespread religious conversion in addition to land acquisition.



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