Functions of the Committee

Functions of the Committee.-(1) Subject to superintendence and control of the Board a Tehsil Committee shall-

1. (a) ensure that Wakafs under it are properly maintained and managed in accordance with the provisions of this Act and if it considers necessary, appoint a Sub-Committee for the said manner and for carrying out such functions as it may deem proper;
2. (b) maintain a record containing information relating to the origin, income, object and beneficiaries of every Wakaf;
3. (c) ensure that the income and other properties of the Wakaf are applied to the objects and for the purposes for which such endowments were intended;
4. (d) propose to the Board schemes of the management for a Wakaf;
5. (e) prepare its own budget and budgets of all Wakafs within its jurisdiction and to submit the same to the Board for its approval;
6. (f) propose to the Board appointment and removal of Mutawallies in accordance with the provisions of this Act;
7. (g) take measures for the recovery of the lost properties of any Wakaf;
8. (h) institute and defend suits and proceedings in a Court of law relating to Wakafs;
   • (i) sanction leases of properties for a term not exceeding five years at a time;
9. (j) call for such returns, statistics accounts and other information from the Mutawallies with respect to Wakaf property as it may from time to time, require;
10. (k) inspect or cause inspection of Wakaf properties, accounts or records of deeds and documents relating thereto;
11. (l) investigate and determine the nature and extent of Wakafs and Wakaf properties and to cause, wherever necessary, a survey of the Wakaf properties; and
12. (m) generally do all such acts as may be necessary for the maintenance and administration of Wakafs.