House Committee On T-Wakf Lands Begins Probe

The House Committee constituted to enquire into the Wakf lands in Telangana State began its probe on Wednesday.

The first meeting of the House Committee was held in the Committee's Hall in the Telangana State Legislative Assembly premises on Wednesday.

The meeting chaired by Bajireddy Govardhan, was attended by MLAs inlcuding Akbaruddin Owaisi (MIM), D K Aruna (Congress), Shakil (TRS) and S Rajender Reddy (TDP), and MLCs Mohammed Ali Shabbir (Congress), Mohammed Saleem (TRS) and Syed Altaf Hyder Razvi (MIM).

Participating in the discussion, the members were unanimous in their request that all the HODs of the concerned departments like the Wakf Board, Minorities Welfare and Revenue should be directed to attend the meeting.

Further, they also sought a complete set of reports, statistics and other relevant information by the next meeting so as to get an overall picture of the Wakf properties in Telangana State.

The House Committee members also sought district-wise information on the Wakf properties, along with their status.

According to sources, Legislature Secretary S Raja Sadaram had assured the members that all the concerned departments would be sent questionnaires seeking relevant information.

He said that the information would be sent to all the members well in advance, so that they could come prepared for the next meeting.

All the members, on behalf of their parties, announced total support to the House Committee in its probe.

The next meeting is likely to be held only after the conclusion of next budget session of the Telangana Legislative Assembly and Council. (INN)