February 09, 2006

The Secretary,

Delhi Wakf Board,

Bachhon Ka Ghar,

Darya Ganj,

New Delhi-110002.

Sir,

As you may be aware the Delhi High Court has ordered the Delhi Government and the NDMC to remove the unlawful occupation of the historic Dargah Shah Mardan and Karbala in Jor Bagh, New Delhi.  This order was passed on 9^th November 2005 and the Court had instructed that this work should  be completed in six months and the 5 acre of land belonging to Dargah should be fenced. But there is no sign of any progress.

The High Court was moved by the Anjuman Haidari because its repeated requests to the Wakf Board had not been attended to.  I understand that the Wakf Board is still looking for the old records.

I request you to kindly expedite the process and in the mean time press the NDMC and the State Govt to implement the Order of the High Court because Anjuman Haidari is only a voluntary organization of the Shia community while the Mutawalli of all Wakf properties in Delhi is the Wakf Board.

Yours sincerely,

(Syed Shahabuddin)