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Sachar
committee member demands creation of Indian Waqf Service
Monday July 11, 2011 10:36:27 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: A member
of the Sachar Committee has demanded creation of the Indian Wakf
Service (IWS), as recommended by the committee to look after Wakf
properties across the country, saying it is a fundamental right of
the Muslims.
Syed Zafar Mahmood, a 1977 batch retired IAS officer, who was also
associated with the Sachar Committee, said creating IWS is not a
symbol of ghettoisation.
"This is not ghettoisation but it is a fundamental right of
Muslims which is given in article 19 of the Constitution of
India," he said.
Minister of Minority Affairs Salman Khursheed had termed it as
ghettoisation last week and said "we can't create a special
service for Muslims".
According to the Indian Wakf Act, the chief executive officer
should be Muslim.
Sachar Committee, headed by Justice Rajinder Sachar, was
constituted by the prime minister to prepare a report on the
social, economic and educational status of the Muslim in India.
"In several states like Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and
Kerala there are separate selections that are made through
provincial public service commissions for special cadres to look
after Hindu temple under the Hindu Religious and Charitable
Endowments Act, then why is creating IWS termed as ghettoisation,"
Mahmood questioned.
The Waqf Amendment Bill 2011, following recommendations of the
Sachar Committee, was passed by the Lok Sabha last year and sent
to Rajya Sabha, which constituted a select committee, headed by
Saifuddin Soz, to look into it.
The select committee was formed in August last year and its report
is awaited.
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