Illegal religious places on private property

salamat (Querist) 26 July 2016 This query is : Resolved
Dear all,
Please guide me through this situation. A trust registered with mumbai charity commissioner is in possesion of few dtructures in a slum whose land is owned by a individual and the trust is on lease not registered.
The trust has converted the structures into a mosque and madrasa. Madrasa being given a minority certificate by minority development department maharastra but mosque is no where in government records.
Also they are running a unrecognised school in the same.
I want to complaint about them and get things done in legal way.
Please guide me which department is concerned with religious places in private property and which law governs the same.
Please guide

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Sudhir Kumar, Advocate (Expert) 27 July 2016
read trust deed.

Is the land given for secular purpose?
Are the objective of trust secular?

salamat (Querist) 27 July 2016
Trust deeds says they can propogate islam religion but their is no mention of any particular land in deed. Infact the lease deed of the land says clearly they can not use it for mosque.

adv.bharat @ PUNE (Expert) 27 July 2016
Go as per provision of trust deed.

salamat (Querist) 27 July 2016
Their is provision on deed about building mosque and preaching islam. But my concern is their is some legal permission and building permission from district collector and municipal corporation. If they want to build mosque they should abide the procedure given by maharashtra government. They are free to preach religion but by following rules and guidelines.

J K Agrawal (Expert) 27 July 2016
First check that if any waqf if created or not. for this you can check Waqf Register and obtain copy of the register.

If property is not Waqf it can not be religious endowment but It can be a charitable endowment. Such an endowment requires registration with a registrar or religious and charitable trust registrar.

Please take help of a good lawyer and he may suggest so many ways by looking at the documents.