Justice Shashvat kumar, who headed the Shashvat Committee has prepared a status report on Muslims in India in 2011 and the finding of this report were that Nationwide, wakf properties constitute a land bank of size 6 lakh acres.There are 4.9 lakh registered wakf property, spread over an an estimated area of 6 lakh acres, all over India.
The State Wakf Boards are established by the State Governments in view of the provisions of section 13 & 14 of the Wakf Act, 1995**. These work towards management, regulation and protect the Wakf properties by constituting District Wakf Committees, Mandal Wakf Committees and Committees for the individual Wakf Institutions.
The wakf Boards shall be body corporate having perpetual succession and common seal with power to acquire and hold property. In case more than fifteen percent of total number of wakf property is shia wakf or income thereof is more than fifteen percent the Act envisages about separate Shia Wakf Board.
• Assam Wakf Board
• Bihar Sunni & Shia Wakf Board
• Chhattisgarh Wakf Board
• Delhi Wakf Board
• Gujarat Wakf Board
• Haryana Wakf Board
• Himachal Wakf Board
• Jharkhand Wakf Board
• Karnataka Wakf Board
• Kerala Wakf Board
• Madhya Pradesh Wakf Board
• Maharashtra Wakf Board
• Manipur Wakf Board
• Meghalaya Wakf Board[1]
• Odisha wakf Board
• Punjab Wakf Board
• Rajasthan Board of Muslim Wakfs
• Tamil Nadu Wakf Board
• Tripura Wakf Board
• Uttarakhand Wakf Board
• U.P.Sunni & Shia Wakf Board
• West Bengal Wakf Board
• Andaman Nicobar Wakf Board
• Chandigarh Wakf Board
• Laxdweep Wakf Board
• Dadra & Nagar Haveli Wakf Board
• Puducherry Wakf Board
Reference:
http://centralwakfcouncil.org/
http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/sachar-sought-a-dedicated-wakf-cadre-govt-said-no/756986/2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Wakf_Council
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/to-develop-6-lakh-acres-waqf-psu-set-to-launch-ipo-by-year-end/
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-govt-plan-wakf-assets-to-churn-funds-for-muslims-1853249
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/to-develop-6-lakh-acres-waqf-psu-set-to-launch-ipo-by-year-end/
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-govt-plan-wakf-assets-to-churn-funds-for-muslims-1853249
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