G.M.A. Bhaimia, Muthavalli "Wakf ... vs The Madras State Wakf Board Represented ... on 27 July, 1967
It also reminds that support to one's self, his children and family is the first duty and necessity, that a man giving subsistence to his family is giving sadaqah and that giving alms to the poor has ward of one alms, but that giving to Tendered has two rewards. In other words, the Board contends that there can be no distinction or discrimnation between public and private wakfs and that wherever a Wakf is created it can come within the jurisdiction of the Board in regard to the management and supervision of the estates comprised in the wakf deed. The Board must be guided by the notions of Mohammaden Law. Such a contention came up for consideration in Kawsar Alam V. State of West Bengal at 471 and 472 where a substantial portion of the income of wakf property was permanently dedicated for religious an dcharitable purposes and the deed also allotted substantial portion of income for payment of allowances to Wakfs descendants in perpetuity. The Special Division Bench ofthe Calcutta High Court observed: