New Delhi, July 4: The Centre Govt has notified the Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development Rules, 2025, regarding multiple aspects of the newly amended legislation, including the portal and database of the properties, audit and maintenance of accounts.
This will set in motion the process for uploading and updating Waqf properties on the portal. The portal and database will auto-generate a unique identification number for each Waqf property on record.
According to the notified rules, mutawallis will be entrusted to enroll it on the portal and database by using their mobile number and e-mail address. In case there is a complaint of wrongful declaration of any property as Waqf, the probe has to be completed by the designated government officer within a year of the reference from the District Collector.
Notably, the Union Minority Affairs ministry sent the drafted rules to the Union Law Ministry recently, to operationalise the controversial Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025. This is likely to be presented in the upcoming Monsoon session of Parliament.
For uploading details of Waqf and properties, maintenance of accounts, state governments will have to appoint a Joint Secretary rank officer in the respective states, as the nodal officer who will work in tandem with the centralized support unit.
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