After recently quashing the Haryana Waqf Board, Haryana Government on Monday issued Haryana Waqf Rules, 2021. The rules pertains to appointment of chief executive of the Board, member of the Board, removal of encroachment from waqf properties among other issues. “The rules have been notified after the Governor’s approval. These rules shall apply to all the Waqfs within the State of Haryana whether created before or after the formation of Haryana State,” the notification stated.
The State Government had in August quashed the Haryana Waqf Board and had appointed former MLA Zakir Hussain as the administrator of the Waqf Board. The decision was taken by the government in pursuance of the August 12 order by Punjab and Haryana High Court.
The Board is managing 12,505 waqf properties falling in the jurisdiction of Haryana. A body corporate having perpetual succession, it was established by the State Government first under section 13 (1) of the Waqf Act, 1995 on August 1, 2003. Previously, Haryana state was one of the constituent units of the erstwhile Punjab Waqf Board.