Appointment of Certain Persons as Members in the Tamil Nadu Wakf Board under the Wakf Act, Amendment to Notification
The Government of Tamil Nadu, Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Department, issued G.O. (2D) No. 22 dated 3 July 2013 to amend an earlier notification concerning appointments to the Tamil Nadu Wakf Board. The amendment removes the names of four Members of Parliament and Members of the Legislative Assembly from Department Notification No. II(2)/BCMBCMW/308(b)/2012 dated 15 June 2012.
What the notification changes
G.O. (2D) No. 22, issued by the Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Department on 3 July 2013, amends Department Notification No. II(2)/BCMBCMW/308(b)/2012. The earlier notification was published on page 1 of Part II, Section 2 of the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary dated 15 June 2012 and concerned appointments to the Tamil Nadu Wakf Board.
The amendment directs that the following names be omitted from the earlier notification:
- Thiru J.M. Aaron Rashid, Member of Parliament.
- Thiru S. Amir Ali Jinnah, Member of Parliament.
- Thiru A. Mohammedjan, Member of the Legislative Assembly.
- Thiru S. Abdul Rahim, Member of the Legislative Assembly.
Legal basis and publication
The Governor of Tamil Nadu made the amendment under sub-clauses (i) and (ii) of clause (b), clauses (c), (d) and (e) of sub-section (1), and sub-section (9) of Section 14 of the Wakf Act, 1995 (Central Act 43 of 1995).
The amendment was published as Notification No. II(2)BCMBCMW/455(a)/2013 in Part II, Section 2 of the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary. It was signed by K. Arulmozhi, Principal Secretary to Government.
Who is affected
The amendment directly concerns the four named persons and the composition or appointment record of the Tamil Nadu Wakf Board. It changes the wording of the earlier appointment notification by deleting their names.
People dealing with the Tamil Nadu Wakf Board may need to note that the four names no longer appear in the amended 2012 notification. The source does not provide replacement names or make any other appointment.
Relevance to property owners and buyers
G.O. (2D) No. 22 does not set out rules for buying, selling, registering, transferring or changing the use of land. It also does not identify any property, survey number or locality. Its stated purpose is limited to amending a Tamil Nadu Wakf Board appointment notification by omitting four names.
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Common questions
Does this notification change ownership or registration rules for property in Tamil Nadu?
No property ownership or registration rules are stated. The notification only removes four names from an earlier Tamil Nadu Wakf Board appointment notification.
Whose names were removed from the Tamil Nadu Wakf Board notification?
The names omitted are Thiru J.M. Aaron Rashid, Thiru S. Amir Ali Jinnah, Thiru A. Mohammedjan and Thiru S. Abdul Rahim.
Does the amendment appoint replacement members to the Tamil Nadu Wakf Board?
No replacement appointments are listed. The amendment only directs that four specified names be omitted from the earlier notification.
Which earlier notification was amended?
The amendment applies to Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Department Notification No. II(2)/BCMBCMW/308(b)/2012, published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary dated 15 June 2012.
