Pookkadan Moideenkutty vs Kuttiyali on 14 July, 2009
In Kunhimohammed Haji v. Darul Huda
Islamic Academy {2008 (1) KLT 957} the Court took the
view that the functions of registration of property as wakf
property is that of the Board and it has a duty to decide
the question as to whether the property is wakf property
or not. It is for the Board to decide the question in the
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first instance and the Tribunal can be called upon to
adjudicate on the question after the decision is taken by
the Board on the disputed question it was held. The
Court also took the view that the expression 'any
dispute, question or other matter relating to the Wakf
appearing under S.83 (2) has to be given a restricted
meaning in its application as far as the disputes or
questions under Ss. 6, 7 and S.40. Therefore, the Court
took the view that the precondition for invoking the
jurisdiction of the Tribunal under Sec.6 or Sec.7 is the
presence of property as wakf property in the list of
Wakfs published by the Wakf Board under Section 5. We
do not see how the said decision can advance the case of
the petitioner in the facts of this case.