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2025 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 56219
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
ANIL K. NARENDRAN, MURALEE KRISHNA S., JJ
RAMSHEED C.H – Appellant
Versus
C.K.ABDUL KHADER HAJI – Respondent
WP(C) NO. 45190 OF 2025
For the Appellants/Petitioners: SRI.K.M.FIROZ, SHRI.A AL FAYAD, SHRI.JAMEEL AHAMMED M.S.
For the Respondents: SRI. JAMSHEED HAFIZ, SC, WAQF BOARD
The court mandates statutory compliance for timely decisions by administrative bodies under public law.
Headnote:The petitioners, members of Neeleswaram Tharbiyathul Islam Sabha and Waqf registered with Kerala State Waqf Board, filed a writ petition under Article 226 seeking a mandamus for expeditious disposition of their application under Section 32 of the Unified Waqf Management Act. The Court noted that the application had been pending since July 2025 and directed the Board to decide it within two months. The issues framed involved the delay in decision-making by the Board, and the court emphasized the need for adherence to statutory timelines in such matters. Thus, the Court disposed of the petition mandating action on the application promptly.
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| 1. nature of writ petition and urgency of decision. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. the court's directive for timely resolution. (Para 4) |
Anil K. Narendran, J.
The petitioners, who are stated to be the members of Neeleswaram Tharbiyathul Islam Sabha, which is a Waqf registered with the 29th respondent Kerala State Waqf Board, have filed this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India , seeking a writ of mandamus commanding the Waqf Board to take up and dispose of Ext.P7 application dated 14.07.2025, expeditiously, within a time frame to be fixed by this Court. The said application is one filed invoking the provisions under Section 32 of the Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development Act , 1995. The grievance of the petitioners is that though Ext.P7 application is one filed in July, 2025, in which Exts.P8 and P9 counter statements have been filed by the respondents therein, the said application is still pending consideration, which now stands posted to 03.12.2025.
2. The learned Standing Counsel for Kerala State Waqf Board would submit that Ext.P7 application is under consideration of the Board and the Board shall take an appropriate decision thereon, within a period of two months. 3. Considering the nature of relief proposed to be granted, service of notice on respondents 1 to 28 and 30 to 32 are dispensed with.
4. Ext.P7 application made by the petitioners is now pending consideration before the 29th respondent Kerala State Waqf Board, in which the respondents therein have filed Exts.P8 and P9 counter statements.
Since Ext.P7 application is pending consideration before the
29th respondent State Waqf Board, we deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition, without going into the merits of the matter, by directing the State Waqf Board to take an appropriate decision on Ext.P7 application, strictly in accordance with law, with notice to both sides, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this judgment.
