With the UMEED portal deadline approaching, the Telangana State Waqf Board (TGWB) has directed the mutawallis and members of the managing committees of waqf institutions to upload documents related to their respective waqf institutions without further delay.
The urgency is that Union government agencies like the Central Waqf Council pass on instructions in this regard to the state waqf boards.
“The central government has made it clear that the deadline will not be extended. In fact, we along with some other states at the South India UMEED portal workshop a few weeks ago asked for the deadline to be extended. Since that is not going to happen, uploading the documents is paramount and urgent,” a senior TGWB official told The Hindu. The last date for uploading the prescribed documents is December 6.
Sources said that mutawallis and management committees have in the past expressed concerns about certain details to be submitted to the portal. These include if the mutawalli has been convicted. The lack of documents of relatively older waqf institutions also remains a problem. To date, only a handful have registered as “creators” on the portal.
To allay concerns and facilitate quick uploading of documents, the council has set up a UMEED portal help desk at Haj House. Mutawallis and members of management committees of waqf institutions can contact the help desk in case of technical and procedural problems.
In the recent past, Anjuman-e-Mutawalliyan-o-Sajjadagan-o-Khidmatguzaraan-e-Waqf, a group of mutawallis, conducted workshops to familiarize their community with the UMEED portal. The All India Muslim Personal Law Board, which opposed the Waqf Bill amendment in its entirety, also plans to facilitate uploading of documents to the UMEED portal.
Speaking to The Hindu, TGWB managing director-in-charge Mohammed Asadullah said that in order to deal with properties that do not have mutawalli, including those under the direct management of the board, TGWB will use its employees as “creators”. Employees register on the portal and enter the relevant information.
“Many old institutions or smaller institutions like chillas either don’t have any documents. Staff register as builders and enter the details. A hierarchy has been put in place to oversee this. Officers also check the correctness of the information entered by the mutawallis. This then goes to the ‘approver’ who is the CEO. Once all the details are checked, it is approved and goes to the central database,” panlah Asadul said.
Published – 19 Oct 2025 20:12 IST
