Declaring that the No Objection Certificates given by the office of the charity commission was an ‘illegal act’, the minority development minister stayed the order passed by them and ordered an inquiry on the commission.
Declaring that the No Objection Certificates (NOCs) given by the office of the charity commission was an ‘illegal act’, minority development minister, Naseem Khan on Monday stayed the order passed by them and ordered an inquiry on the commission.
The decision was chaired by the minister and CEO of the WAQF board, additional chief secretary minority welfare, joint secretary of law and order, and deputy charity commissioner.
The issue came up after a response to an RTI application revealed that the commission office had given NOCs to 130 religious trusts under the Bombay Public Trust Act to sell or lease properties in the past eight to 10 years.
After the Central WAQF Act of 1995 came into effect, the state accepted it and declared in the gazette of 2003 and 2008 that all the religious properties with the charity commission’s office now be transferred to the WAQF board. It is said that there are over 23,000 properties of Muslim sects throughout the state.
“Though most of them were transferred, around 1000 were not. Of those, in cases of 130, charity commission in contravention of the declaration made in the official gazette gave NOC under trust Act. NOC right is only with the WAQF board and giving one under public trust act was illegal. I have ordered an inquiry against the officials and the remaining properties be handed over to the board soon,” said Khan.
Aziz Ahmed, CEO of the board said, “Most of these properties are in the city and suburbs. Only one or two of the 130 are in the Konkan district. The minister has also ordered that the properties that are already given away by the trust irrespective of the use and even if a building has now come on it should be taken back as per provisions under the WAQF Act.”
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