Appointment of Certain Officials as Election Authority for Conducting Election of Members of Tamil Nadu Wakf Board under the Wakf Act
The Government of Tamil Nadu, through the Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Department, issued G.O. (2D) No. 20 on 21 July 2017 to appoint the Returning Officer and Assistant Returning Officer for elections to the Tamil Nadu Waqf Board. The appointments supersede the department notifications concerning those positions that were published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary on 17 March 2017.
What the notification does
G.O. (2D) No. 20, issued by the Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Department on 21 July 2017, appoints two government officials to conduct the election of members of the Tamil Nadu Waqf Board. The Governor of Tamil Nadu made the appointments under the Tamil Nadu Waqf Board (Conduct of Election for Members) Rules, 1997.
The notification was published in Part II, Section 2 of the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary.
Officials appointed
The notification makes the following appointments:
- Thiru A.M. Aandiyappan, Deputy Secretary to Government (Law), Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Department, Chennai 9, is appointed as Returning Officer.
- Thiru S. Syed Khaseem, Under Secretary to Government, Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Department, Chennai 9, is appointed as Assistant Returning Officer.
- Both appointments are specifically for conducting the election of members of the Tamil Nadu Waqf Board under the applicable election rules.
Earlier notifications replaced
G.O. (2D) No. 20 supersedes two earlier Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Department notifications published on 17 March 2017:
- Notification No. II(2)/BCMBCMW/184(d-2)/2017, relating to the Returning Officer.
- Notification No. II(2)/BCMBCMW/184(d-3)/2017, relating to the Assistant Returning Officer.
The appointments in the 21 July 2017 notification therefore replace the appointments covered by those earlier notifications.
Who is affected
G.O. (2D) No. 20 directly concerns the officials responsible for administering the Tamil Nadu Waqf Board election and persons participating in that election process. The text deals only with election authority appointments. It does not set out provisions concerning land ownership, property transfers, registration, title, fees or the management of any particular waqf property.
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Common questions
Who was appointed as the Returning Officer for the Tamil Nadu Waqf Board election?
Thiru A.M. Aandiyappan, Deputy Secretary to Government (Law) in the Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Department, was appointed as Returning Officer.
Who was appointed as the Assistant Returning Officer?
Thiru S. Syed Khaseem, Under Secretary to Government in the Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Department, was appointed as Assistant Returning Officer.
Does G.O. (2D) No. 20 replace any earlier notifications?
Yes. It supersedes the department notifications concerning the Returning Officer and Assistant Returning Officer that were published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary on 17 March 2017.
Does this notification change ownership or registration rules for waqf land?
The notification does not contain any provisions about land ownership, title, registration or property transfers. It only appoints officials to conduct the election of members of the Tamil Nadu Waqf Board.
