Additional Property of Ellapuram Mosque, Periyapalayam Village, Tiruvellore Taluk, Chingleput District
The Tamil Nadu Waqf Board, Chennai, issued notification number VI-3(a)/6/2025, dated 31 January 2025 and published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette on 5 February 2025, recording two additional dry land parcels as property of Ellapuram Mosque. The parcels are Survey Number 26, measuring 2.47.0 hectares, and Survey Number 15, measuring 1.21.5 hectares, in Ellapuram Village, with the patta standing in the mosque's name through its trustee.
What the notification records
The Tamil Nadu Waqf Board notification number VI-3(a)/6/2025 records additional property belonging to Ellapuram Mosque at Periapalayam Village, Tiruvellore Taluk, Chingleput District. The mosque is registered as waqf number 113, with a registration date of 20 May 1967, and is classified as Sunni.
The notification identifies the following parcels:
- Ellapuram Village, Survey Number 26, extent 2.47.0 hectares, classified as dry land.
- Ellapuram Village, Survey Number 15, extent 1.21.5 hectares, classified as dry land.
- The patta for the listed parcels stands in the name of the mosque represented by its trustee.
Who may be affected
The Tamil Nadu Waqf Board property record is relevant to anyone buying, selling, occupying, cultivating or checking title to land in Survey Numbers 26 and 15 of Ellapuram Village. The notification should also be considered by professionals examining the patta or other records for these survey numbers.
The registration particulars state that the waqf lands are cultivated by ryots. They collect the income, pay only quit rent to the Government and do not pay income to the mosque. The record describes the entire waqf properties as being under illegal occupation by the ryots.
Other registration details
The Tamil Nadu Waqf Board record gives these additional particulars:
- The immovable waqf properties are valued at Rs.5,00,000.
- The registration entry separately describes 136.31 cents of wet and dry lands at Periapalayam Village, Chingleput District.
- The mosque was built by the Nawab of Arcot and entrusted to a Muthavalli, with succession stated to pass to Inamdars.
- The recorded Muthavalli is Sri S. Nawab Jan.
- Succession to the office is described as hereditary following the death of the previous Muthavalli, Late Sri Syed Hussain Sahib.
- No administration scheme, annuity or government grant is recorded.
- Present income is recorded as nil, while estimated expenditure is about Rs.1,500.
- The property is described as an unassessable waqf according to the Gazette notification and property register.
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Common questions
Which land parcels are listed as additional property of Ellapuram Mosque?
The notification lists Survey Number 26, measuring 2.47.0 hectares, and Survey Number 15, measuring 1.21.5 hectares, in Ellapuram Village. Both are classified as dry land.
Whose name is shown in the patta for these lands?
The patta is stated to stand in the name of Ellapuram Mosque represented by its trustee.
Does the notification say that the waqf lands are occupied by cultivators?
Yes. The registration particulars state that ryots cultivate the lands and describe the entire waqf properties as being under their illegal occupation.
Does the Ellapuram Mosque waqf receive income or government grants?
The notification records present income as nil and records no annuities or grants from the Government or other sources. Estimated expenditure is stated to be about Rs.1,500.
