The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has pasted notices outside 123 properties in Delhi including mosques, dargahs, cemetery, denotifying them as properties of the Delhi Waqf Board.
These 123 properties were provided to Delhi Waqf Board by the previous Congress government before the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. However, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) approached the court as these properties were in prominent places in the national capital.
While the matter was in court, two committees were formed to hear all the affected stakeholders– one being a ‘one-member committee’ and the other a ‘two-member committee’ comprising Justice S P Garg, former judge, Delhi High Court and Radha Charam, SDM (Retd) to submit its report.
As per the notice, the 2-member committee submitted its report saying “Delhi Waqf Board was the main stakeholder to whom the opportunity was given by the committee as per the terms of reference. However the board opted not to appear before the court”.
It further said that the “Delhi Waqf Board did not file any objection to the public notice issued by the two-member committee within the prescribed time. Another opportunity was also given to the board to present their case in support of their claim to 123 properties as waqf properties”.
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