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Discussions on the Waqf Board Bill are intensifying in Karnataka’s Vijaypur district. The regional government has decided to include some farmers’ land in religious funds. Farmers objected to this. Hunnara will allocate 1,200 acres of land in Honwada village in Tikota taluk to the Waqf Board, a government statement said.
However, farmers say this is our ancestral property. Farmers in Vijaypur district submitted a memorandum to district in-charge minister MB Patil after some villagers received notices claiming that their land belongs to Waqf Board property.
The dispute involves 1,200 acres of land in Honwada village in Tikota taluk, with local farmers claiming that the authorities are trying to bring the land under the jurisdiction of the Shah Aminuddin Dargah religious body.
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1,200 acres declared for Waqf Board
In a notification purportedly issued by the Tehsildar, officials said that as per government records, the land belongs to the Waqf Board.Housing, Waqf and Minorities Welfare Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan held a meeting with waqf officials earlier this month to discuss the issue of encroachment on waqf properties. Following these discussions, the authorities took steps to eliminate the illegal encroachments and issued the controversial notification.
The farmers said that there is no dargah of this name in our village or fields. Aminuddin Dargah, mentioned in government records, is one of around 43 survey numbers of Ishtar Made Honwada village. Farmers have expressed anger over the fact that 1,200 acres of land in the village will be included in the Waqf Board.
Farmers protest notice to protest
Tukaram Nalode, a farmer from Honwada village, said that the notice claimed that the land belonged to Shah Aminuddin Dargah, but this Dargah has existed for centuries and our family has owned this land for generations. owner. He said about 41 farmers had received notices asking them to provide ownership records, but we were the real owners. If the government does not withdraw these notifications, we will protest massively.
However, Waqf Board officials said the notifications were based on a 1974 gazette notification. An official of the Vijaypur Waqf Board said the state government had marked the land as a waqf property and registered it in the gazette. However, some notifications were mistakenly sent to farmers. If they have valid land records, the Waqf Board will not take any action against them.
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