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Dated this the 9th day of April 2021 The writ petitioner was selected to the post of Chief Executive Officer of the Waqf Board, while he was actively involved in social and political activities, apart from carrying on the practice as a lawyer, mainly at Hosdurg. He could take charge only after prolonged procedures, since persons enimical to him had raised objection regarding his appointment, due to the political background of the petitioner. He joined the service on 25/6/2001. He claimed that, during his tenure various measures were taken to run the Board effectively and to increase the annual income of the State Waqf Board from Rs. 48 Lakhs to Rs.7 Crores per year. It is also stated that the then Minister was in enimical terms to him, since he belonged to an opposite political party. After few years, the same Minister took charge when the change of the Ministry occurred in 2000. The Minister continued to be enimical to him. Accordingly, at the instance of few persons, who were enimical to him politically, repeated false, frivolous and vexatious complaint were filed before the various authorities.

2. The present Ministry came to power in 2016, when the new minister who was enimical to him took charge and continued to harass him. Pursuant to the complaint laid, confidential verification was conducted by the Inspector of Police, Vigilance and the Anti Corruption Bureau, kozhikode, and filed report stating that the petitioner had acquired/amassed disproportionate assets to the tune of Rs. 27, 67,901/-, when compared to be his known source of income. Ext.P7 is the confidential verification report filed by the Inspector of Police Vigilance and Anti Corruption Buareau, Kozhikode.