Mohammed Younus / Hyderabad : The absence of a Wakf tribunal has been resulting in piling up of complaints of Wakf property encroachments across the city and state since last two years. Encroachers are taking advantage of official apathy and the incidents of grabbing the Wakf properties are growing in number. Though the state government vowed to stop encroachment on government and Wakf lands and properties, nothing concrete seems to have done in this regard.
Civil society groups are raising concerns over the loss of thousands of acre of land belonging to Wakf institutions across the state. They are also say that the lack of right platform to resolve the legal disputes over the encroachments. Complaints are piling up in newly constituted Telangana State Wakf Board which was already filled with pending cases related to land grabbing and encroachments.
Recently formed Wakf Joint Action Committee (JAC) convener Nayeemullah Shareef said that the previous government had gradually made the Wakf Tribunal defunct and added that it was lying idle without functions. Even after the formation of new state the Tribunal was not constituted, he noted. He said that if the Wakf properties and lands were taken back from their encroachers the income from those lands would be sufficient for the welfare of lakhs of people from the minority community. He said, “out of 10,000 acre Wakf land in Adilabad, 3,700 was grabbed by the private parties.
In Medak district too, out of 23,900 acre of Wakf land, only 128 acre is safe and the remaining land was encroached by the land grabbers.” Advocating for the early disposal of encroachment cases, Shareef said that the Tribunal was mandatory for resolving the issues on a war footing so that the poor people from the minority community could get benefit. In Hyderabad district, the case related to Lanco Hills case is one of the landmark cases of Wakf land encroachment. Lanco Hills was constructed on 104 acres out of a total land 1,654 acre Wakf land belonging to Dargah Hussain Shah Wali.
According to the Wakf Board Special Officer Jalaluddin Akbar agreed that the board was unable to function to its fullest capacity due to lack of adequate number of employees. He said that board would start functioning properly by the end of March this year.
Recently formed Wakf Joint Action Committee (JAC) convener Nayeemullah Shareef said that the previous government had gradually made the Wakf Tribunal defunct and added that it was lying idle without functions. Even after the formation of new state the Tribunal was not constituted, he noted. He said that if the Wakf properties and lands were taken back from their encroachers the income from those lands would be sufficient for the welfare of lakhs of people from the minority community. He said, “out of 10,000 acre Wakf land in Adilabad, 3,700 was grabbed by the private parties.
In Medak district too, out of 23,900 acre of Wakf land, only 128 acre is safe and the remaining land was encroached by the land grabbers.” Advocating for the early disposal of encroachment cases, Shareef said that the Tribunal was mandatory for resolving the issues on a war footing so that the poor people from the minority community could get benefit. In Hyderabad district, the case related to Lanco Hills case is one of the landmark cases of Wakf land encroachment. Lanco Hills was constructed on 104 acres out of a total land 1,654 acre Wakf land belonging to Dargah Hussain Shah Wali.
According to the Wakf Board Special Officer Jalaluddin Akbar agreed that the board was unable to function to its fullest capacity due to lack of adequate number of employees. He said that board would start functioning properly by the end of March this year.
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