The NDA government will set up a new panel to decide on the ownership of 123 prime wakf properties in the national capital, rejecting a single-member panel’s recommendation that would have resulted in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government getting a say in the matter. Additional solicitor general (ASG) Sanjay Jain has rejected “in toto” the report of a government-appointed panel that had recommended that the Delhi wakf commissioner, appointed by the Delhi government, should take the final call on the ownership rights of these properties. The wakf properties were denotified by the UPA regime in March 2014 — two months before the end of its tenure — and ownership rights transferred to the Delhi Wakf Board from the Union government. The one-member panel under retired judicial officer JR Aryan was appointed in May 2016 by the housing and urban affairs ministry to review the UPA government’s decision. “RSS functionaries have met ministry officials to convey their unhappiness over the report,” a source said.

Source: Hindustan Times August 08, 2017 01:30 UTC