Telangana State Waqf Board Chairman Syed Azmatullah Hussaini with others. File | Photo credit: NAGARA GOPAL
As the UMEED waqf portal deadline is nearing its end, data indicates that a percentage of the total registrations of waqf institutions in Telangana are unregistered waqf properties and most of the institutions registered on the portal are yet to be approved by higher authorities.
According to official data, the state has about 33,900 registered waqf institutions and the total number of registrations on the UMEED portal was 36,056 till December 4.
“Unregistered waqf properties are also being registered on the portal. Of course, a large number of notified properties have also been registered,” Telangana State Waqf Board Chairman Syed Azmatuallah Husseini told The Hindu. “The number of registered properties crossed 36,000 yesterday. We crossed that number today (December 5) and over 40,000 have been registered so far.”
Mr. Husseini clarified that the last date for registration and uploading of documents is December 6, a communication has been received from the center in this regard, he said.
The procedural step after the documents are registered and uploaded by the “makers”, who are usually mutawallis or members of the management committees of waqf institutions, is for the “checkers” to confirm compliance. Subsequently, the approver must give final approval. The number increased on December 5, according to Mr. Husseini.
“More than 4,000 registrations have been reviewed. As long as the properties are registered on the portal, we are in a safe zone. We will register as many institutions as possible by midnight on December 6. After that, the review and approval will be done. Registration and uploading of documents is an important part of the exercise. We can deal with waqf by user and other unregistered properties after this review and approval process, as well as ongoing inspections and approvals, these are sensitive properties and need to be done pay attention,” he said, appealing to the management of unregistered institutions to get their documents in order.
Mr Husseini said that although more time was needed, a draft petition was being prepared in case TGWB needed to move the Waqf Tribunal for an extension.
Misconceptions about masjids being “private” in nature have been addressed both at the TGWB help desk, which has seen strong activity, and at the Shahi Masjid Bagh-e-Aam in the public gardens, which has doubled up as a technical assistance center for applicants.
For example, an applicant with a bundle of documents wanted to know whether a plot of land bought with his own money, on which a small mosque had been built about ten years ago, would be considered private space or waqf. Appropriate guidance was provided to him.
Published – 05 Dec 2025 21:21 IST
