The Waqf Board has ordered the disbanding of all the local committees at Kashmir’s Khanqahs and Masjids that fall under the jurisdiction of the waqf board stating that any decision taken by the local waqf committee will be punishable under law.
In an order, which was accessed by The Kashmiriyat, the JK Waqf board said, “In Pursuance to Waqf Act, 1995 extended to Jammu Kashmir (UT) with the constitution of new J-K Waqf Board has taken overall control/management of all the Shrines/Ziarats including other Assets/Properties under the Muslim Specified Waqf in whole UT of Jammu & Kashmir.”
No Association/”Self-styled” Local Auqaf Committee/Management have any legal standing under the provisions of the Central Waqf Act, 1995 & no such Committee has any kind of registration of validation from the J-K Waqf Board, the order read.
It is hereby notified that all the local Waqf/Auqaf Committees shall be deemed as void ab-initio throughout J&K. “Any kind of interference by such local Waqf Committees be reckoned illegal & to invite action under Law on all the Waqf Units managed by J&K Waqf Board,” the Waqf Board said through the order.
Therefore all the Government Departments & the general public are informed that any communication/decision of any such local committee at any Waqf Unit may not be entertained. This order is issued to ensure a smooth, systematic, transparent & legally viable management system at all the Waqf Units throughout J&K, officials of the Waqf Board said