Nomination of member to Wakf Board challenged

Justice K Ravichandra Baabu before whom the plea came up ordered notice to the Backward and Most Backward Minority Welfare Department, returnable within three weeks. 

AK Rafi Baig, in his plea, had contended that the nomination of Thamilmahan Hussain is against the scope of Wakf Act. He noted that the department instead of calling for applications for nominating persons having experiences in various fields has arbitrarily nominated Thamilmahan. 

He further submitted that the department had failed to consider that two writ petitions pending against Thamilmahan pertaining to making personal gain out of the wakf properties when he was the chairman of Wakf Board.