B.SESHASAYANA REDDY
Mir Qamar Hasan Razvi – Appellant
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A. P. State Wakf Board, Hyderabad – Respondent
There is an ancient Wakf Institution, namely, Kohe Imam-e-Zamin (AS) in Tirumulgerry Village and Mandai, Hyderabad. An extent of 300 acres is attached to the said wakf institution. According to the petitioner, the office of mutawalli is hereditary and his father rendered service as mutawalli to the said institution till his death in the year 1996. The petitioner approached the Wakf Board to recognize him as hereditary mutawalli. There being no action on the part of the Wakf Board, he filed Writ Petition 6136 of 2003. The said writ petition came to be disposed of on 18.4.2003 directing the Wakf Board to take action on the representations by conducting an enquiry. Pursuant to the direction given in the writ petition, the Wakf Board appointed an Enquiry Officer, who conducted enquiry and submitted his report on 29.6.2003. Ultimately, proceedings came to be issued on 4.6.2008 appointing the petitioner as mutawalli to the said institution under Section 63 of the Wakf Act, 1995 (for brevity, "the Act"). The appointment of the petitioner as mutawalli came to be published in Andhra Pradesh Gazette dated 3.7.2008. In the Gazette, the term of the office of the petitioner as mutawalli
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