Telangana urges managers of waqf establishments to adapt to UMEED portal

Custodians and managers of waqf establishments are step by step coming to phrases with the UMEED portal, which mandates the importing of waqf-related paperwork, following preliminary hesitation and confusion.

The Telangana State Waqf Board (TGWB) and different organisations have been conducting consciousness periods to coach mutawallis (managers) on the importance of the portal and the doable authorized penalties of non-compliance.

“So far, two workshops have been held with mutawallis and members of managing committees of waqf establishments in reference to the portal,” mentioned Syed Akbar Nizamuddin Hussaini, office-bearer of the Anjum-e-Mutawalliyan-o-Sajjadagan-o-Khidmatguzaraan-e-Waqf Telangana Andhra Pradesh, a physique representing mutawallis. “There continues to be some distrust and insecurity relating to the brand new waqf modification act and the UMEED portal. But after constant engagement, many now recognise the difficulties they might face if paperwork are usually not uploaded.”

The apprehension amongst mutawallis stems from their perception that the TGWB, because the official record-keeper, ought to already possess paperwork establishing a property’s nature as waqf. The duty of submission, subsequently, ought to relaxation with the Board.

While the Anjuman says it has largely succeeded in allaying fears, it continues to induce mutawallis to collect each obtainable doc that might set up an establishment’s waqf nature earlier than courts or different competent authorities.

Despite these efforts, sure ambiguities stay and have been conveyed to the TGWB. These considerations are more likely to be raised on the South India Workshop on UMEED organised by the Union authorities in Bengaluru on October 6.

For occasion, the granularity of questions within the portal, and looking for declarations on whether or not an applicant has been convicted or imprisoned have induced unease, these accustomed to the difficulty mentioned. The continued existence of a number of land information and information throughout departments has additional sophisticated the method. “Some courtroom judgments have held that city survey land information are inadequate to show a property is waqf. Then there may be the difficulty of which information take priority in city and rural areas,” Maulana Hussaini, who can be a TGWB member, mentioned. “We have suggested mutawallis and committee members to strategy the State Archives, TGWB, and different businesses to acquire paperwork akin to muntakhabs and waqfnamahs. We are urging them to make pdfs of those and add them on the portal.”

Even because the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) stays opposed in precept to the UMEED portal, it has determined to coach waqf managers about its functioning. The AIMPLB has appointed Maulana Hussaini as convener of a committee to conduct workshops and public outreach programmes on navigating the portal.