Imran Abbas Naqvi v. U.P. Shia Central Board of Waqf Thru. Its Chairman and Another

Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 9334 of 2023 Petitioner :- Imran Abbas Naqvi Respondent :- U.P. Shia Central Board Of Waqf Thru. Its Chairman And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Mohammad Sayeed,Mohammad Tariq Saeed Counsel for Respondent :- Syed Aftab Ahmad Hon'ble Vivek Chaudhary,J. Hon'ble Manish Kumar,J. Case called out in the revised list. No one is present for the respondent-U.P. Shia Central Board of Waqfs. Petitioner has approached this Court praying for the following relief:- "(A) To issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the opposite parties to allow the petitioner to inspect the records of the waqf in question and provide to the petitioner the certified copy of the documents and abstract of Register maintained under Section 37 of the Waqf Act, 1995 related to Waqf Nos.I-1807/I-1824 and I-2508, District Amroha, in pursuance of his applications dated 23.06.2022, 12.06.2023 and

04.10.2023." It is said to note that respondent/authorities are not permitting the petitioner to inspect the record or providing certified copy of the documents and are also not rejecting the same by providing sufÏcient reasons. In view thereof petitioner is permitted to move a fresh application for inspection of records or providing certified copy of the documents within a period of two weeks from today before respondent no.2-Chairman, U.P. Shia Central Board of Waqf, Lucknow. In case such an application is filed, the respondent no.2 shall consider and decide the same in accordance with law by passing a reasoned and speaking order within a period of four weeks from the date a certified copy of this order along with the application is placed before him. With the aforesaid directions, the writ petition stands disposed of. (Manish Kumar, J.) (Vivek Chaudhary, J.) Order Date :- 19.10.2023 Arjun/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench