Hyderabad: The Telangana Waqf Board has decided to correct errors in the Waqf Gazette relating to the inclusion of certain survey numbers in the 22-A prohibited properties list, bringing major relief to nearly 10,000 property owners in the Malkajgiri area.Minority Welfare minister Mohd Azharuddin has directed the Waqf Board chief executive officer to make the necessary corrections in the Gazette, as the issue arose due to an apparent jurisdictional and village identification error in the Waqf property records. Malkajgiri MLA Marri Rajasekhar Reddy, along with members of residential welfare associations, met the minister a few days ago and requested that their property numbers be removed from the Waqf list after examining the relevant records and evidence.“Due to the errors, several survey numbers actually in Mallapur village were shown in the records as belonging to Malkajgiri village. As a result, property owners in the affected areas were facing unnecessary difficulties in registration and other property-related transactions,” Marri Rajasekhar Reddy told TOI.Officials said the Telangana Waqf Board, after examining the matter, had officially acknowledged that Survey Nos. 3, 103, 104, 105, 145, 146, 147 and 148 to 154 belong to Mallapur village, while the other survey numbers mentioned in the Gazette notification belong to Malkajgiri village.In its letter dated July 29, 2026, the Waqf Board said the commissioner and inspector general of Registration and Stamps, Telangana, had sought clarification and verification of the Waqf property list. After examining the matter, the Telangana Waqf Board admitted that there were discrepancies between the Waqf notifications published in Gazette Nos. 35 dated Aug 27, 1987, and 37 dated Sept 13, 2001, and the Gazette dated June 29, 1989, which required verification, reconciliation and rectification.The Board has now forwarded the matter for correction of the Gazette and publication of the necessary modification in the official Gazette.
