Overview

• The division bench allowed two state appeals, setting aside a March single‑judge order and clearing the inquiry commission led by retired Justice C.N. Ramachandran Nair to proceed.
• The court found the 1950 endowment to Farook College lacked permanent dedication, allowed alienation and reversion, and therefore did not qualify as a waqf under the Waqf Acts.
• The judges criticized the Kerala Waqf Board’s 2019 registration of the land as ultra vires and unreasonably delayed, calling it a land‑grabbing tactic, yet stopped short of formally quashing those orders and noted the state is not bound by them.
• The bench questioned the locus of petitioners who challenged the commission, saying they appeared to be advancing the interests of invisible third parties and had not shown direct prejudice.
• Roughly 600 residents have faced hurdles in paying tax and recording mutations, an appeal against the waqf enlistment is pending before the Kozhikode Waqf Tribunal, and the commission will now collect facts to inform possible government action.