HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.20341 of 2010 Date : 24.08.2010 Between : Mohammed Idris Ansari. …..Petitioner And The Andhra Pradesh State Wakf Board, rep. by its Chief Executive Officer, Nampally, Hyderabad & another. …..Respondents HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.20341 of 2010 ORDER : In this writ petition, the grievance of the petitioner is that respondents are not completing the inquiry initiated in File No.29/H3/JI/1/87/Zone-I. The petitioner has made a representation to the Chief Executive Officer of A.P. State Wakf Board, Hyderabad, on 19th January 2007, claiming appointment as Mutawalli of Darga Hazarath. Mir Nawab Saheb (Rh), including Mosque, Marbera, Chowkhandi, Khankha, etc., situated at Mustaidpura, Hyderabad, in place of existing Mutawalli. On the claim made by the petitioner, an inquiry was ordered under Sections 70 and 71 of the Wakf Act and Sri K.A.Wahid Khan, retired Special Grade Deputy Collector, was appointed as Inquiry Officer to conduct inquiry into the claim of the petitioner into Mutawalliship of the subject institution. In the notice, dated 23.01.2009, issued by the Inquiry Officer in F.No.29/H3/J1/1/87/Zone-I, it is stated that as per the Munthakab, Wakf Board is the appointing authority and Wakf Board is the Mutawalli of the subject institution. Petitioner was asked to establish his entitlement for appointment as Mutawalli, by placing necessary documentary evidence on 28th of March 2009 at 3 p.m. In this writ petition, it is the grievance of the petitioner that his claim is not being decided by concluding the inquiry. On instructions, it is submitted by Sri M.A.K.Mukheed, learned Standing Counsel appearing for Wakf Board, that in view of the claim of the petitioner, steps are being taken to appoint another inquiry officer in the place of Sri K.A.Wahid Khan, to inquire into the claim of the petitioner. In view of the statement made by the learned Standing Counsel that steps are being taken to appoint another inquiry officer to examine the claim of the petitioner, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition, directing the respondents to complete the inquiry on the claim of petitioner for appointment as Mutawalli of the subject institution and pass appropriate orders and communicate the same to the petitioner, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Subject to the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. ______________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J 24th August 2010 ajr