The three-member Waqf tribunal has decided to conduct a fresh examination to determine whether the disputed land at Munambam is a Waqf property or gift deed in the wake of conflicting arguments put forth by the Kerala State Waqf Board and the parties opposing the claims.
The tribunal observed that the Kerala High Court and the Paravur Sub Court had looked into the existing ownership details of the property alone, and that more examinations were required to verify claims related to its past ownership.
The tribunal also rejected the plea of the Kerala State Waqf Board to transfer all original documents related to the land ownership and disputes from the Paravur court to Kozhikode. It said the board would be able to secure certified copies from the court for any future proceedings.
Meanwhile, the board has decided to approach a higher court against the tribunal’s order regarding the transfer of documents. It also received legal advice for the same, citing that the transfer of original documents would help it prove the arguments easily.
It was on September 25, 2019, that the Waqf Board registered the Munambam land as ‘Muhammad Siddique Sait Waqf’ with a finding that the property was alienated without its permission. However, the Farook College management, which approached the tribunal against the board’s move, claimed that it was not a Waqf property but a gift deed made to it by Siddique Sait.
The hearing on the case resumed on April 8 by the three-member Waqf tribunal in Kozhikode. It permitted the Mumambam natives’ plea to implead them in the case. There were also some unexpected twists as the grandchildren of Subaida, daughter of Siddique Sait who earlier owned the 404-acre property in Munambam, backtracked from their previous argument that the disputed land in Munambam was a Waqf property and argued that the land that they had received was a gift.
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