Appointment of Certain Persons as Members in the Tamil Nadu Wakf Board under the Wakf Act (183 Ex II 2 v3)
The Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Department issued G.O. (2D) No. 21, Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare (T1), dated 29 June 2013, appointing four persons as members of the Tamil Nadu Wakf Board. The notification records appointments under Section 14 of the Wakf Act, 1995 and does not contain provisions changing land ownership, property rights or land records.
What the notification does
The Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Department issued G.O. (2D) No. 21, Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare (T1), dated 29 June 2013. Through the notification, the Governor of Tamil Nadu appoints four persons as members of the Tamil Nadu Wakf Board.
The appointments are stated to be made under sub-clauses (i) and (ii) of clause (b) of sub-section (1), and sub-section (9), of Section 14 of the Wakf Act, 1995 (Central Act 43 of 1995).
Persons appointed
The notification appoints the following members:
- Thiru Abdul Rahman, Member of Parliament.
- Thiru J.M. Aaron Rashid, Member of Parliament.
- Thiru A. Mohammedjan, Member of the Legislative Assembly.
- Thiru A. Aslam Basha, Member of the Legislative Assembly.
The notification is signed by K. Arulmozhi, Principal Secretary to Government.
Who is affected
The appointments directly concern the Tamil Nadu Wakf Board and the four named persons. The document establishes that these individuals were appointed as board members by the Governor of Tamil Nadu under the Wakf Act, 1995.
People or organisations dealing with the Tamil Nadu Wakf Board may use the notification as an official record of the board appointments made on 29 June 2013. The source does not describe the duties, powers, term of office or conditions applying to the appointed members.
Relevance to property owners and buyers
The notification does not identify any parcel of land, survey number, property owner, beneficiary or wakf property. It does not transfer land, alter title, amend a land record, declare land as wakf property or set out a process for property transactions.
A property buyer or owner therefore cannot use this notification by itself to determine whether a particular property belongs to a wakf or is affected by a wakf claim. Its stated purpose is limited to appointing named persons as members of the Tamil Nadu Wakf Board.
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Common questions
Does this notification declare any land to be wakf property?
No. The notification only appoints four persons as members of the Tamil Nadu Wakf Board and does not identify or declare any property.
Who was appointed to the Tamil Nadu Wakf Board?
The appointees are Thiru Abdul Rahman, Thiru J.M. Aaron Rashid, Thiru A. Mohammedjan and Thiru A. Aslam Basha.
Can I use this notification to check whether a property has a wakf claim?
No. The notification contains no property details, survey numbers, ownership information or declarations concerning particular land.
Under which law were the appointments made?
The Governor of Tamil Nadu made the appointments under specified parts of Section 14 of the Wakf Act, 1995 (Central Act 43 of 1995).
