Kerala HC grants State govt 6 weeks to report on filling vacancies in Waqf Board
State informs HC that Chief Executive Officer of State Waqf Board has been directed to conduct a detailed determination of number of Shia, Sunni, Bohra, Aghakhani and other backward classes in Muslim communities to be represented for further action
The Kerala High Court has given the State government six weeks to report on measures taken to fill vacancies at the Kerala State Waqf Board. The State had informed the court that it had started the process to fill the vacancies in accordance with the Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency, and Development (UMEED) Act, 2025.
The Chief Executive Officer of the Waqf Board was directed to determine the number of Shia, Sunni, Bohra, Aghakhani, and other backward class members from Muslim communities to be represented in the board. The State was ready to reconstitute the Board once the number and value of these communities were determined. The court had earlier held that reconstitution of the board was within the State's powers and would not interfere, suggesting two non-Muslim members could be nominated to meet the Act's requirements.
The court is considering public interest litigations filed by BJP leader Shone George, ACTS president Sajid Hussain Khatai, and junior warrant officer V.M. Stalin, challenging the non-inclusion of non-Muslim members as per the UMEED Act.
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