About Madhya Pradesh Waqf Board

Madhya Pradesh State Waqf Board is a statutory body constituted by the Government of Madhya Pradesh Under Section 14 of the Waqf Act 1995 as amended. The Waqf Act, 1995 (Act No.43 of 1995) which came into force on January 1, 1996 by repealing the Waqf Act 1954 and amended in 2013, intends to provide better administration of waqfs. The State Government appoints a Chief Executive Officer for the Board in consultation with the Board Under Section 23 of Waqf Act, 1995 as amended.  The Board is empowered by the Act to appoint such number of officers and  employees as may be necessary for effective performance of its functions in consultation with the State Government Under Section 24 of Waqf Act,1995. There are 14954 Waqf estates like Mosques ,Qabrastan, Dargahs etc. are registered with this Board.
The Head Office of  Waqf Board is located near Tajul Masajid, Royal Market, Bhopal and is mainly responsible for the supervision and administration of all Waqf Institutions and its attached properties spread over the entire State.The Board consist of elected and nominated members from various categories which are mentioned in the Waqf Act 1995 as amended. The 1st State Waqf Board of Madhya Pradesh came into existence in the year 1961 under the Chairmanship of Janab Haji Eisa Bhai Sahib.

ACHIEVEMENTS & ACTIVITIES OF THE M. P. WAQF BOARD

The computerization of the Waqf records :

Preservation, Protection of the Waqf Records, Computerization and Development. The M.P. State Waqf Board received grants from the Ministry of Minority Affairs for computerization of the records under the scheme of the Minority Affairs, Govt. of India to protect the Waqf Records of the Board on behalf of the salaries of the technical manpower and maintenance of Centralized Computing Facility(CCF). The Progress Report of the Madhya Pradesh State Waqf Board Computerization Project is as follows:

 1. There are 14954 Waqf Estates are registered at M.P. Waqf Board, Bhopal so far. The Pre-digitization and Digitization works have been completed.

2. The above records have been uploaded in WAMSI-DMS. As per the instruction of the MoMA BDU folders have been sent to NIC-PMU(WAQF) and CWC New Delhi.

3. The Registration of all records has been made. The information of immovable properties are being entered. A number of  33373  immovable properties information has been entered in the online Registration Module so far which are available in this Board as per the Gazette Notification. The immovable properties records being updated after spot verification if any found. The date entry has been started in other modules of the MoMA i.e. Litigation and Leasing Module. Around 4907 and 134 and 9929 records have been entered in the Litigation,Leasing and Return Filing Module respectively so far.
M.P. SWB Computerization Implementation has been appreciated by MoMA and NIC-PMU(Waqf) New Delhi  M.P. Waqf Board is a Role Model for other states of the country. The Ministry of the Minority Affairs New Delhi has appreciated the M.P. State Government and the State Waqf Board by making the M.P. Waqf Board a Role Model for other states. The Ministry has expressed its views in its Office Memorandum dated 12th July, 2011 as under -  “ Secretary (Ministry of Minority Affaris) appreciated the efforts of the Madhya Pradesh Wakf Board. Secretary (MA) advised other States to consult the M.P. Board for guidance if they were facing any problems in the Registration Module”.  He(Secretary of MoMA) observed that the progress of performance of the WBs of Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamilnadu was exemplary. The NIC-PMU(Waqf), New Delhi has expressed its views in its Status Report of Waqf Computerization Project as on 26th September, 2011 that Madhya Pradesh WB, the first SWB to finish the Digitization Work & storing the Documents in WAMSI-DMS. And on the request of Course Director Shri Najmi, the IT Cell staffs of M.P. Waqf Board performed the demonstration of Waqf Record Computerization Project at RCVP Naronha Administrative and Management Academy Bhopal on 28th September, 2011.

 

 

Remuneration to Imam & Moazzin

Remunerations @ Rs.1000/- to Imams and Rs.800/- every month to Moazzins of Mosques having no source of income are also being provided.

Development of Waqf properties

In order to development of  the Waqf Properties and to increase their income, the Board has taken a keen step. For this the following points are being considered :
1. The commercial buildings are being constructed on the Urban Waqf lands with the assistance of CWC.  Most of the Development projects sanctioned by the CWC have been completed. A few are being constructed with the help of CWC.. The multiple income generation is being expected by the above development projects and increasing  of the Properties in numbers also.
2. Keeping this view the local management committees are being motivated to develop other Urban Waqf Lands and the places are being identified, particularly the lands which are situated at Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior and Jabalpur.
3. The Board  has circulated the Waqf Properties Lease Amendment Rules 2020 to generate more income from the waqf properties by taking the rents as per the market value and WPLR.

Development of the Waqf properties through CWC:

Modernization of Waqf Board Office

In fact the building where presently the office of M.P. Waqf Board is situated was in very old damaged and weak condition due to very old construction. Now the same has been renovated recently in order to give it decent and enlightened look as per requirement of time.

Income Generation

The M.P. Waqf Board has received a total amount 18454328 as Chanda Nigrani for the financial year 2021-2022.

Formation of Various Committees

For the better management and to increase the income of the waqf properties the Board has decided to constitute the District Waqf Committees, Tehsil Waqf committees and Management Committees of the Waqf Properties individually on the priority basis. The Waqf Management Committees of major waqf estates whose income is one lac or more then one lac have almost been constituted so far. The effort has created the awareness in the state for the development of the Waqf Properties which has given the better result in the shape of income increasing

Encroachment removel activities

A number of 4820 cases have been registered U/S 54. Out of which a number of 3350 cases have been disposed off. A number of 151 cases have been forwarded to the Tribunal U/S 54(4) and 370 cased have been sent to the concerned SDMs to remove the encroachments. A number of 1470 cases are pending while in 9 cases the encroachments have been removed as per the notice brought to the Board.

Inauguration of District Level Waqf Conference

It is very difficult to feed the date in the online modules provided the by Ministry of Minority Affairs & NIC-PMU(Waqf) New Delhi which is result of invalidated information available in the Board. Regarding this, the M.P. SWB invited the Chairman and Secretaries of all districts of M.P. to attend a one day waqf conference at Bhopal on February 15, 2012. This programme has given the awareness in the entire state regarding waqf matters and the Board has a favorable expectation from them in the completion of the Waqf Record Computerization Project. The information has been started to come to this office. After legal procedure the updated information has been started to feed in the online WAMSI Modules.

Official website: www.mpwaqfboard.org

M. P. Waqf Board, Bhopal has launched its own official website in order to provide facility to keep the records updated in respect of Waqfs and Waqf properties situated all over the State.

Contacts with the Government Officials

Regular contacts have been made by the Board officials with the Collectors, Sub Divisional Magistrates and Tehsildars to make the Waqf properties encroachment free, so as to increase Waqf revenue continuously