Overview

• Allowing the state’s appeals, a Division Bench set aside a single-judge order and cleared the Justice C.N. Ramachandran Nair inquiry commission to proceed.
• The Bench held the 1950 deed lacked permanent dedication and allowed alienation and reversion, making it a gift to Farook College rather than a waqf.
• The judges described the Kerala Waqf Board’s 2019 classification as ultra vires and a land‑grabbing tactic, calling the orders non‑enforceable but stopping short of quashing them.
• The Waqf Tribunal remains seized of registration matters, with condonation petitions by residents listed for orders on October 24, and parallel forums continue to be engaged.
• The Board and Kerala Waqf Samrakshana Vedhi plan to approach the Supreme Court, as residents press for restoration of revenue rights and the Chief Minister reviews the commission’s recommendations on October 13.