The Central Wakf Act 1954 was approved by the Parliament on 31st May,1954 and the said Act was exten
Andhra Pradesh State Wakf Board generally called the Muslim Wakf Board, is a constituted Board established by the 1954 Central Act to look after the exclusive affairs of Muslim Wakf properties, Wakf institutions and Muslim Marriage Records of the Muslim community of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is generally known and writes under the name and style of Muslim Wakf Board. It was formerly known as Umoor
-E-Mazhabi established in 1396 and Fasli during the Nizams rule in Hyderabad State. In the erstwhile Hyderabad State, all religious matters including endowments and Wakf institutions were being administered and controlled by the Department of Ecclesiastical Affairs (known as Umoore-Mazhabi established in the 1349 Fasli). The Central Wakf Act 1954 was approved by the Parliament on 31 May 1954. This act was extended to Hyderabad on 15 January 1955 and to the whole of Andhra Pradesh on 1 April 1955. The Raj Pramukh of Hyderabad, Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, established a board to look exclusively the affairs of Wakf under the name and style of Muslim Wakf Board by notification number 90 dated 13 January 1955 published in Hyderabad Gazette which became effective from 15 January 1955. Wakf Act 1995 came into force from 1 January 1996 replacing the 1954 Wakf Act. Muslim Wakf Board was constituted under provisions of Wakf Act in July 1996. Andhra Pradesh has the distinction of being the first state in India to have framed elections rules under this Act and conducted elections and, thus, the A.P.S. Wakf Board has the distinction of being the first board in the country to have been constituted under the provisions of the new Act. Under the provisions of Wakf Act 1995 the Wakf Board is a corporate body having perpetual succession.
