GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

ABSTRACT

MINORITIES WELFARE DEPARTMENT KAZIS ACT, 1880 (Central Act Xll of 1880)

Extension of tenure of Sri Khaleellla Khan, S/o Meera Khan, R/o. Bapatla, Guntur District

as Government Kazi for Bapatla Town and Mandal, Guntur District, for a further period of

three (3) years we.f 05.05.2021 to 04.05.2024 for performing Marriages of Muslim

Community only Notification Orders Issued.

MINORITIES WELFARE (IDM) DEPARTMENT

G.O.Rt.No.190

Dated:03

2021

Read the following:-

1.G.O.Rt.No.141, Minorities Welfare (DM) Department, dt:20.10.2020.

2.From the District Collector, Guntur, Lr.F.No. (GEN)/1/2018-JA(E4)-

COLGNT, dt:20.10.2021

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ORDER

In the reference 1st read above, orders have been issued Extension of tenure of

Sri Khaleelulla Khan, S/o. Meera Khan, Islampet, Bapatla as Government Kazi for Bapatla

Town and Mandal, Guntur District for a further period of three (3) years w.e.f 05.05.2018

to 04.05.2021 for performing Marriages of Muslim Community only, as per Section(2) of

the Khazis Act, 1880 (Central Act XIll o 1880).

In the reference 2nd read above, the Collector& District Magistrate, Guntur has

submitted proposal for Extension of service of Sri Khaleelulla Khan Slo. Meera Khan,

Islampet, Bapatla Town worked as Government Khazi in Bapatla Town & Mandal and

stated that the applicant is efficient in Arabic and Urdu languages. He worked as Imam at

Anjuman-E-lslamia Mosque and he is capable of translation Quran and Arabic languages

into Telugu. The applicant performed 500 marriages to the Muslim Community People

and also redressed the grievances of Muslim Community People. The Masjid Committees

situated in Bapatla area have also recommended his candidature. The Station House

Officer, Bapatla Town Police Station has issued Certificate bearing Application No.

IOC012100202672, Dated:28.04.2021 and certified that Sri. Khaleelulla Khan S/o. Meera

Khan R/o. Islampet, Bapatla town, has not involved in any criminal cases in Bapatla Town

limits as per the information available in the Police Station records. Finally, the District

Collector, Guntur has requested the Government to extend the services of Sri.

Sk.Khaleelulla Khan S/o. Meera Khan as Government Khazi of Bapatla for a period of 3

years to perform marriage to the Muslim Community People as per the provisions

contained in the Sec. 2 of Kazi's Act, 1880.

After careful examination of the proposal of the Collector & District Magistrate

Guntur District, Government hereby extend the tenure of Sri Khaleelulla Khan, S/o Meera

Khan, R/o. Bapatla, Guntur District as Government Kazi for Bapatla Town and Mandal,

Guntur District, for a further period of three (3) years w.e.f 05.05.2021 to 04.05.2024 for

performing Marriages of Muslim Community only, as per Section(2) of the Kazis Act, 1880

(Central Act XIll of 1880) subject to the following conditions:

1. The Kazi is answerable to the Government for his actions

2. The appointment of the Kazi can be revoked by the Government on receipt of

complaints/verification of records or in extreme cases without notice, if malafide

is established as per record.

3. The Kazi shall not indulge any illegal activity in the conduct of marriages nor

infringe any law established by the Government.

4. The Kazi shall not carry out marriage of any minor.

5. The Kazi shall not ad in any way which is prohibited in Islam or is not

permissible in Islam

6. The Kazi shall not conduct contract marriages.

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7. The Kazi or his Naib Kazi shall not perform any marriage, in any area, beyond his

specified Jurisdiction.

8. The Kazi shall charge the specified fee and nothing more than that.

9. The Kazi shall appoint not more than three (3) Naib Kazis and the names of such

Naib Kazis shall be informed to the Government.

10. Government shall have the right to take disciplinary action against the Kazi, in

case of any contravention of Law or of any conditions specified above.

11. The Kazi sha hand-over the Marriage Record to the Wakf Board, at the end of

the tenure

If any question arises whether any person has been rightly extended the services

for further period of three years as Kazi under the above said Section, the decision thereof

by ^the^StateGovernment shall be conclusive. The State Government may, if it thinks fit,

suspend ^or^removeany Kazi appointed under this Section, who is guilty of any misconduct

in the execution of his Office, or who is for a continuous period of six months absent from

the local area for which he is appointed, or leaves such local area for the purpose of

residing elsewhere, or is declared an insolvent or desires to be discharged from the office,

or who refuses or becomes in the opinion of the State Government unfit, or personally

incapable to discharge the duties of office.

The following Notification shall be published in the next issue of Andhra Pradesh

State Gazette:

NOTIFICATION

"In exercise of the powers conferred under Section (2) of the Kazis Act, 1880

(Central ^Act^XIlof 1880), the Government of Andhra Pradesh, after consulting the

Principal Mohammadan residents of local area, hereby extend the period of Sri

Khaleelula Khan, S/o Meera Khan, R/o. Bapatla, Guntur District as Government Kazi for

Bapatla ^Town^andMandal, Guntur District, for a further period of three (3) years w.e.f

05.05.2021 to 04.05.2024for performing Marriages of Muslim Community only".

The Collector and District Magistrate, Guntur/ the Chief Executive Officer, A.P.

State Waqf Board, Vijayawada is directed to take necessary action accordingly.

(BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR OF ANDHRA PRADESH)

GANDHAM CHANDRUDU

SPECIAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT

Sri Khaleelulla Khan, S/o Meera Khan,

H.No.16-2-34, Islampet, Bapatla, Town and Mandal Guntur District,

(Through ^theCollector and District Magistrate, Guntur District)

The Collector and District Magistrate, Guntur District.

The Chief Executive Officer, A.P. State Waqf Board, Vijayawada.

Copy to:

The Commissioner, Printing, Stationery and Stores Purchase,

Andhra Pradesh, Muthyalampadu, Vijayawada

(for publication in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette.)

(And ^tofurnish 10 copies)

P.S. to Hon'ble Deputy Chief Minister (Minorities Welfare)

A.P. Secretariat, Velagapudi.

OSD to Special Secretary to Government, Minorities Welfare

Department, ^A.P.Secretariat, Velagapudi.

The ^MinoritiesWelfare (OP & Bud) Department.

SF/SC.

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