Waqf Lands for Graveyard

Most of the waqf lands have been dedicated as graveyard in rural areas. Local and migrated Muslims now demand land for graveyard. The Haryana Waqf Board has framed a policy for reservation of waqf lands for graveyards, in which status of waqf lands dedicated as graveyards have been safeguarded for its use as graveyard in future also. The Board continues to renew lease of surplus and abundant waqf graveyard lands with certain conditions of future use for burial and reserves portions of such lands for use as graveyard (much more than the present requirement) with the provision of boundary wall with gate. The Board also reserves portion of waqf lands of other category already on lease for use by the Board mainly for offices etc while renewing the lease of such waqf lands. The construction of boundary walls is also done for the graveyards by the Board.