Section 52:
Recovery of waqf property transferred in contravention of section 51.
52. Recovery of 1
[waqf] property transferred in contravention of section 51.--(1) If the Board is
satisfied, after making any inquiry in such manner as may be prescribed, that any immovable property of
a 1
[waqf] entered as such in the register of 1
[waqf] maintained under section 36, has been transferred
without the previous sanction of the Board in contravention of the provisions of section 51 2
[or section
56], it may send a requisition to the Collector within whose jurisdiction the property is situate to obtain
and deliver possession of the property to it.
(2) On receipt of a requisition under sub-section (1), the Collector shall pass an order directing the
person in possession of the property to deliver the property to the Board within a period of thirty days
from the date of the service of the order.
(3) Every order passed under sub-section (2) shall be served--
(a) by giving or tendering the order, or by sending it by post to the person for whom it is
intended; or
(b) if such person cannot be found, by affixing the order on some conspicuous part of his last
known place of abode or business, or by giving or tendering the order to some adult male member or
servant of his family or by causing it to be affixed on some conspicuous part of the property to which
it relates:
Provided that where the person on whom the order is to be served, is a minor, service upon his
guardian or upon any adult male member or servant of his family shall be deemed to be the service upon
the minor.
(4) Any person aggrieved by the order of the Collector under sub-section (2) may, within a period of
thirty days from the date of the service of the order, prefer an appeal to the Tribunal within whose
jurisdiction the property is situate and the decision of the Tribunal on such appeal shall be final.
(5) Where an order passed under sub-section (2) has not been complied with and the time for
appealing against such order has expired without an appeal having been preferred or the appeal, if any,
preferred within that time has been dismissed, the Collector shall obtain possession of the property in
respect of which the order has been made, using such force, if any, as may be necessary for the purpose
and deliver it to the Board.
(6) In exercising his functions under this section the Collector shall be guided by such rules as may be
provided by regulations.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 27 of 2013, s. 4, for "wakf" (w.e.f. 1-11-2013).
2. Ins. by s. 30, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-11-2013).