Appointment of Certain Person as a Member of the Tamil Nadu Waqf Tribunal under the Waqf Act, 1995

What the notification does

The Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Department issued G.O. (D) No. 29 on 29 May 2019. Through the notification, the Governor of Tamil Nadu appoints Tmt. M. Lilly as a Member of the Tamil Nadu Waqf Tribunal.

Tmt. M. Lilly is identified as a District Revenue Officer and formerly General Manager of the Tamil Nadu Small Industries Development Corporation Limited, Chennai.

Legal basis for the appointment

The appointment of Tmt. M. Lilly is made using the powers conferred by clause (b) of sub-section (4) of Section 83 of the Waqf Act, 1995 (Central Act 43 of 1995). The notification also refers to clause (b) of rule 3 of the Tamil Nadu Waqf Tribunal (Conditions of Service and Procedure) Rules, 2016.

The notification was published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary, Part II, Section 2, on 29 May 2019. Its notification number is No. II(2)/BCMBCMW/385(b)/2019.

Who is affected

The appointment directly concerns:

• Tmt. M. Lilly, who is appointed as a Member of the Tamil Nadu Waqf Tribunal.
• The Tamil Nadu Waqf Tribunal, whose membership is addressed by the notification.
• The Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Department, which issued the government order recording the appointment.

Relevance to property owners and buyers

The Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Department notification is an appointment measure under the Waqf Act, 1995. It does not declare any property to be waqf property, identify any parcel of land, transfer ownership or alter a land record.

Key points for a property reader are:

• No survey number, village, district or property boundary is specified.
• No land classification or land use is changed.
• No ownership decision or property-specific direction is included.
• The operative action is limited to appointing a named person as a tribunal member.