Hyderabad: The Telangana Waqf Board receives nothing more than a pittance as a statutory waqf fund contribution from the prime properties under the Mumtaz Yawar-ud-Dowla Wakf (MYDW) Trust, which operates educational institutions and rents out properties at prime locations like Lakdikapul.
The board is being paid only Rs.2 lakh (seven per cent share) as a contribution from the MYDW Trust each year, which is paltry when compared to the commercial nature of the properties. Questions are being raised if the trust is collecting less than Rs.30 lakhs per annum from the properties it is managing in different locations, some of which are located in the heart of the city.
This endowed land parcel mainly comprises some 30 acres in Malakpet and about 10,000 square yards in Lakdikapul. They were donated to the board by Nawab Mumtaz Yawar ud Daula, a prominent nobleman, educationist and philanthropist, for better education purposes of economically weaker sections.
According to official sources, as per the norms, the trust has been paying a seven per cent of the fund from its annual income to the board. “We are receiving seven per cent of the income (based on an audit report of CA), which amounts to `2 lakhs. Even this financial year, the board got this much amount,” the sources to Deccan Chronicle.
The board, however, is not ready to interfere in the affairs of the trust despite meagre contributions.
Sources said that there is no dispute with regard to the nature of the land in question, as it is a Waqf property. But the board will not interfere with the administrative and management of the Trust. “Nobody is denying it (nature of property), but it is governed by the Trust. The Waqf board will deal with its land issues but will not interfere in the Trust’s internal matters. The intervention only comes when the protector of the property goes beyond their jurisdiction. Just like a Governor acts in a state only when the state government fails,” clarified a senior official.
In 2014, attempts were made by the then AP State Wakf Board to supervise the activities of the Trust, but the High Court stopped it. It noted that the Board has no jurisdiction to do anything, except “to receive and record information”.
In the wake of senior advocate Khaja Moizuddin’s alleged murder, the Board has maintained that whatever the legal tussle between the trustees of the trust was their internal matter. The position of secretary within the trust was challenged in the courts and had nothing to do with the waqf board. “The victim was never part of the board’s standing counsel, nor did he fight any cases on behalf of waqf. The legal tussle was purely their internal matter,” the sources added.
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