THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDEABAD HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE LAXMI NARAYANA ALISHETTY WRIT PETITION No.4301 of 2026 DATE : 17.02.2026 Between Mr.Hafiz Mohammad Ibrahim Ansari …Petitioner AND The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary and others.

…Respondents :ORDER:

This writ petition is filed to declare the action of respondent No.2 in not considering the representations of the petitioner dated 13.09.2018, 25.03.2019, and 24.09.2024 and report of the respondent No.3 dated 24.12.2018 and 29.04.2019, to recognize the petitioner as Mutawalli of the Wakf Institution i.e., Jamia Masjid along with its attached properties, situated at Ponkal Village, Mamda, Nirmal District, as illegal, arbitrary and contrary to the provisions of the Unified Wakf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development Act, 1995.

2. Heard Mohd.Naseer Uddin, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Farhan Azam Khan, learned Standing Counsel for respondent Nos.2 and 3 and learned Government Pleader for Social Welfare for respondent No.1, are present.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the father of the petitioner Mohammed Imam Uddin Ansari was one of the Inamdar of the Jamia Masjid Wakf Institution along with 4 others, together with its attached lands in Survey nos.328, 592 and 588, situated at Ponkal Village, situated at Mamda Village, Nirmal District, vide Muntaqab No.1300 for the year 1310 Fasli; that the said Wakf property was duly notified in the official Gazette No.13-A Supplement Part-II, dated 30.03.1989 at Sl.No.595 for the services of Inam Khitabat; that the petitioner’s father discharged the duties of the Mutawalli of the said Wakf Institution until his death on 04.08.2007, and the petitioner has been assisting him in discharge of such duties; that after death of his father, petitioner has been discharging the duties of Mutawalli of the said Wakf Institution without any complaint from any quarter.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submitted that the petitioner submitted representations dated 13.09.2018 to respondent No.2 seeking recognition as Mutawalli of the above said Wakf Institution; that an enquiry was conducted by respondent no.3 under Section 42 of the Wakf Act, 1995 and a report dated 24.12.2018 was submitted recommending the petitioner’s name for appointment as Mutawalli; that the petitioner submitted another representation dated 25.03.2019 to respondent No.2, pursuant to which respondent No.2 issued a Memo to respondent No.3; that Respondent No.3, in turn, submitted report dated 29.04.2019, recommending the name of the petitioner for appointment as Mutawalli. However, no action has been taken by the respondents on the representations submitted by the petitioner. Aggrieved by such inaction, the present writ petition is filed.

5. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that petitioner’s father was discharging his duties as Mutawalli of Jamia Masjid Wakf Institution; and that after his demise, the petitioner has been discharging the duties of Mutawalli. Despite the recommendations made by respondent No.3, the respondent No.2 has not taken any action in the matter. He further submits that despite submitting one more representation on 29.04.2019 to respondent No.2, requesting to recognize the petitioner as Mutawalli of Jamia Masjid Wakf Institution, the respondents have failed to take any action, therefore, prayed to allow the writ petition.

6. Learned Standing Counsel for respondent No.2, on instructions, would submit that the representation submitted by the petitioner on 29.04.2019 would be considered and appropriate orders would be passed by the respondent Institution and prayed to grant reasonable time.

7. In the light of submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Standing Counsel for respondent Nos.2 and 3, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 to consider the representation of the petitioner dated 24.09.20