Al-Hadji Seeni Mohamed Shahul Hameed et al. vs A.H. Aliyar et al. – CA WAKFS/01/2011-2014

In the case between Al-Hadji Seeni Mohamed Shahul Hameed and others (representing Al-Masjidul Sabooriya, Kalmunai Kudy-14) and A.H. Aliyar and others (appointed Trustees), the court addressed whether the Director of the Wakfs Board possessed legal authority to appoint Trustees after the statutory term of the Board had expired, but without a ministerial dissolution under Section 9(7) of the Muslim Mosques and Charitable Trusts or Wakfs Act. It was determined that the Director had no such power in the absence of a ministerial dissolution, and the appointments and subsequent confirmation by the Wakfs Tribunal were legally unsound. The principle reaffirmed is that statutory powers to appoint Trustees vest only in the properly constituted Wakfs Board, and a Director’s authority arises solely up