![]() ![]() (Anushree Fadnavis/Hindustan Times) The Back Story Files at the records room in UP Sunni Central Waqf Board’s office in Lucknow. One of the cases is of ownership and management rights over the Taj Mahal. These relate to encroachments, illegal sales of waqf properties and management disputes,” says Faruqi. Currently we have about 1,200-1,300 ongoing cases at the Waqf Tribunal, more than 200 cases at the high courts (Allahabad and Lucknow taken together) and around 25 at the Supreme Court (SC). “These documents relate to surveys and legal proceedings of the board. An aged employee bends over the folders, sorting papers and putting them away. But the room is still lined with floor-to-ceiling shelves crammed with files. Zufar Ahmad Faruqi, the board’s chairperson, informs that more than 85% of all board documents have been digitised. ![]() Not that any casual visitor will be allowed in here – a notice near the entrance informs that entry into the records room is strictly prohibited. Now, red betelnut juice stains the walls along the stairs, as in so many public sector offices in the country, and the rooms have been turned into clearly demarcated departments and cabins – of the chairperson, the chief executive officer, the audit department, survey officers and the law department.įor a casual onlooker, the most interesting sight in the building today will probably be that of the records room on the first floor. The building, with its covered front porch, high ceilinged rooms and open terrace, has obviously seen better days. The office of the UP Sunni Central Waqf Board on Mall Avenue, Lucknow, was once the residence of a senior government officer in the city. ![]()
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