Hyderabad: Sealing of Waqf Board’s record may damage documents

Hyderabad: Has the Telangana government sealed the state’s Waqf Board record for its safety or is it a conspiracy to destroy it by exposing to termites? This is the question on the minds of those who wish to ensure safety of the records..

The property records are wrapped in cloths for the past 5 years. Since the state government’s sudden decision to seal the record room no cleaning or antifungal operations have taken place, which may cause immense damage to the properties papers.

The state government ordered sealing of the Waqf Board record room in 2017 ostensibly to prevent manipulation of records. But keeping the paper records without taking anti-termite treatment, pest control and fumigation is tantamount to endangering these records.

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According to some Waqf Board officials, Waqf properties are being appropriated specially after the sealing of the record room.  

Earlier whenever there was a complaint the record was checked to stop the manipulation of the property.  But now due to the sealing of the record room, the checking facility is not available which is leading to misappropriation of the Waqf Board’s properties.

According to Waqf Board officials, most of these records are more than 100 years old and if they are left without treatment these records are likely to be destroyed by termites.

Moreover, the state government had said the Waqf Board properties are government properties, or those that belong to the Revenue Department. Waqf Board officials now said they are are having difficulties in presenting records of properties from the past 5 years.

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