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'''Auqaf Board''' is a statutory body established in 1936 under the Bengal Waqf Act, 1934.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bengal Wakf Act, 1934 |url=https://www.courtkutchehry.com/Judgement/Search/AdvancedV2?s_acts=Bengal%20Wakf%20Act,%201934 |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=www.courtkutchehry.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=List of Waqf premises |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/list-of-waqf-premises/cid/1199761 |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=www.telegraphindia.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Alamgir |first=Khoundkar |title=AWQAF PROPERTIES IN BENGAL SINCE THE PERIOD OF MUSLIM RULE |url=https://www.academia.edu/45663964/AWQAF_PROPERTIES_IN_BENGAL_SINCE_THE_PERIOD_OF_MUSLIM_RULE |journal=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh}}</ref> It is run under the Ministry of Minority Affairs and Madarsah Education of [[Government of West Bengal]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=» Board of Auqaf |url=https://wbminorityaffairs.gov.in/Organisation/board-of-wakf/ |access-date=2023-09-08 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=6.1 lakh Waqf properties across India, most in UP, West Bengal, Karnataka |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/6-1-lakh-waqf-properties-across-india-most-in-up-west-bengal-karnataka/articleshow/74021460.cms |access-date=2023-09-08 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=সংবাদদাতা |first=নিজস্ব |title=ওয়াকফের জমি বেদখল, নালিশ শুনল সংখ্যালঘু কমিশন |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/west-bengal/midnapore/west-bengal-minorities-commission-listened-about-the-land-encroachment-of-waqf-community-at-midnapore/cid/1425276 |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=www.anandabazar.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Datta |first=Romita |title=Govt looks for ways to secure Waqf properties against encroachers |url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/rMMCEni09rtdJElyozVpJK/Govt-looks-for-ways-to-secure-Waqf-properties-against-encroa.html |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=https://www.livemint.com |language=en}}</ref> It is under the provision of [[Central Waqf Council]] after the Central Waqf Act, 1954.<ref>{{Cite web |title=West Bengal {{!}} Central Waqf Council |url=https://centralwaqfcouncil.gov.in/content/west-bengal |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=centralwaqfcouncil.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Shamsi,DHNS |first=Mohammed Safi |title=Bengal’s imams want Mamata Banerjee to revise honorarium, keep promises |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/bengal-s-imams-want-mamata-banerjee-to-revise-honorarium-keep-promises-1155414.html |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref>

== Committee ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Name
!Designation
|-
|Md. Abdul Ghani (retired Chief Justice)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mamata Banerjee increases monthly allowance of Muslim clerics, Hindu priests |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/west-bengal-chief-minister-in-imam-and-muezzins-conference-in-kolkata-2424417-2023-08-21 |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Rs 500-crore state fund for Waqf Board |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/rs-500-crore-state-fund-for-waqf-board/articleshow/23484122.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-09-08 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
|Chairperson
|-
|[[Nadimul Haque|Nadimul Hoque]] (MP, Rajya Sabha)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wakf Act not being repealed: Government |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-wakf-act-not-being-repealed-government-2083475 |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=DNA India |language=en}}</ref>
|Member
|-
|[[Khalilur Rahaman]] (MP, Lok Sabha)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Kolkata Gazzette |url=https://wbminorityaffairs.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/SAR_26_Minority-Affairs-Madrasah-Education-Deptt._No.-146-MD-1.pdf}}</ref>
|Member
|-
|Shama Perveen (IAS)
|Member
|-
|[[Haji Nurul Islam|Sk. Nurul Islam]] (MLA, WBLA)
|Member
|-
|Jakir Hossain (MLA, WBLA)
|Member
|-
|Nasiruddin Ahmad (Member, WB Bar Council)
|Member
|-
|Affakuzzaman Khan (Sajjadanasheen, Dargah)
|Member
|-
|Qari Fazlur Rahman
|Member
|-
|Humayun Ali Mirza (Shia Scholar)
|Member
|-
|}

== Controversies ==

* The West Bengal Waqf Scam of 1000 crores.<ref>{{Cite web |last=TwoCircles.net |title=CBI starts probe into West Bengal waqf scam worth Rs 1000 Cr |url=https://twocircles.net/2012may24/cbi_starts_probe_west_bengal_waqf_scam_worth_rs_1000_cr.html |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=TwoCircles.net |language=en-US}}</ref>
* The 4% of the Waqf properties are snatched from board to the people.<ref>{{Cite web |last=News |first=IANS |title=पश्चिम बंगाल में वक्फ बोर्ड की करीब 4 फीसदी संपत्ति पर कब्जा |url=https://www.bhaskarhindi.com/politics/news/in-west-bengal-about-4-percent-property-of-waqf-board-is-occupied-409663 |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=www.bhaskarhindi.com |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Desk |first=News |title=Nearly 4% Of Waqf Properties In West Bengal Under Encroachment |url=https://english.telugustop.com/nearly-4-of-waqf-properties-in-west-bengal-under-encroachment-latest-eng-news-1517062/?desktop=yes |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=TeluguStop.com}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:1936 establishments in India]]
[[Category:State Wakf Board of India]]
[[Category:Organisations based in West Bengal]]

Auqaf Board - Revision history

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