By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Bhopal : The Madhya Pradesh High Court has ordered the state government to form the dissolved state wakf board within three months. On a public interest litigation filed by M.A. Haneef of Jabalpur, a division bench of the court passed the order. The bench comprising Justice Deepak Mishra and Justice Satish Chandra Mishra told the minorities welfare department that no delay should be acceptable in this connection. The court, however, clarified that they were not making any remark on the dissolution of the wakf board.
Pleading for Haneef, advocate Naman Narayan told the court that the board had not been formed since last two years and the state government was exploiting it for political purposes. The wakf board is a statutory body and, therefore, any political interference in its management and day to day affairs ran contrary to the purposes of the board, he contended. The applicant had demanded immediate formation of the board.