Port Blair, Feb 28: The Central Waqf Council under Quami Waqf Board Taraqqiati Scheme has introduced awards for Mutawalli/Management Committee of Waqf Properties in order to give recognition to excellence in management of Waqf Institution and encourage Mutawalli/Management committee to adopt best practices in computerization of their operation contributing towards improvement in functioning of the Waqf Institution. Total of 12 awards will be given. All Waqf Boards will be divided into four Zones.
Three Awards will be given in each zone. The awards in each zone will be given at three levels. First Level award will carry a cash component of Rs.1.00 Lac, second Level of Rs. 75,000/- and third Level of Rs.50,000/- a citation and a suitable memento will also be given to each awardee.
The awards will be given once in a year. The Eligibility Criteria is that a Waqf institution shall be eligible for consideration under the scheme provided the institution has been in existence and registered with the relevant Waqf Board for the last five year as on 1st January of the year for which the Award is to be given.
The institution should have been registered in the WAMSI portal. The institution should have been paying share of Waqf revenue to state Waqf Board continuously in the preceding three year. The institution should also have a regular auditing of the account duly submitted to the concerned Waqf Board in all five years. The Eligible Waqf Institution shall submit their application in prescribed proforma alongwith all required documents to the concerned State Waqf Boards.
The concerned State Waqf Board under the signature of the CEO will forward the same to the Central Waqf Council by the due date certifying authenticity of the information provided by the applicant institution. The Mutawalli/Management Committee of Waqf Properties of A & N Islands may collect the prescribed proforma from the office of the A & N Islands Waqf Board, Port Blair on any working days. The last date for submission of application for nomination for award by the State Waqf Board with recommendation is 15th March 2020. All eligible Mutawalli/Management Committee of Waqf Properties of A & N Islands is requested to submit the requisite information in the prescribed proforma by 10th March 2020 to the Chief Executive Officer, A & N Islands Waqf Board, Port Blair.