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The Kerala Waqf Board has maintained that the refusal of managing committee of Farook College, Kozhikode, the mutawalli (manager) of Munambam holding and others to upload the spot details to the cardinal portal forced to station the information arsenic mandated by law.
However, those successful the managing committee defended the determination not to station the information by stating that Munambam was not a Waqf spot and hence the accusation was not uploaded connected the portal, frankincense adding a caller twist to the raging controversy.
The uploading of the spot details connected the Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency, and Development (UMEED) portal acceptable up by the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs for the registration, real-time verification, and monitoring of Waqf properties had tally into a contention with a conception of the Church, the residents of Munambam and Chief Minister V. D. Satheesan objecting to it. Mr. Satheesan and the enactment assembly of the residents blamed the Board for the caller flare-up.
Mr. Satheesan, who had earlier claimed that helium would resoluteness the contented “in 10 minutes” of assuming power, criticised the developments arsenic a malicious enactment of the LDF authorities carried retired during the fag extremity of its word to occupation the caller government. He besides alleged that the acts of the Board, which was appointed by the LDF government, was a politically motivated one.
Incidentally, litigations are being fought successful antithetic courts, including the Supreme Court, implicit the quality of the holding pursuing the suo motu registration of the spot arsenic a Waqf by the Board successful 2019 by invoking the provisions of the Waqf Act. This led to the residents challenging the determination earlier the Waqf Tribunal.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court stayed the determination of a Division Bench of the Kerala High Court which declared that the Munambam holding was not a Waqf spot connected an entreaty filed by the Board and an bureau campaigning for the restoration of the alienated Waqf holdings. The quality had earlier threatened to turn into a societal and communal contented successful the State, with assorted stakeholders and governmental parties taking sides.
Board’s stand
Board sources said notices were issued to each the mutawallis, including that of the Munambam, connected October 18, 2025 and 21 November 2025 asking them to upload the applicable details arsenic mandated by the Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025. Advertisements and property releases were issued asking the mutawallies to comply with the cardinal rule. Training programmes were besides organised to facilitate the uploading of data.
The Board was forced to upload the details of astir 200 Waqf properties, including Munambam, arsenic its mutawallies failed to comply with the instructions. The details of the litigations pending earlier assorted courts regarding Waqf properties, including Munambam, were besides uploaded arsenic required by law, the sources said.
The Board officials said details of astir 85% of the Waqfs successful the State person been provided. The uploading of information of Waqf from Thiruvananthapuram to Thrissur has been completed. The details of the Waqf successful bluish districts request to beryllium posted, sources said.
Farook College’s position
Meanwhile, sources successful the Farook College managing committee defended the determination not to upload the information by stating that the holding was not a Waqf and hence was retired of the purview of the Act.
The committee had been consistently maintaining that the Munambam onshore was not a Waqf and determination was nary request to furnish the data. However, the details of Waqf properties, which are managed by the committee, were uploaded connected the portal, a committee subordinate said.
