GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

ABSTRACT

MINORITIES WELFARE DEPARTMENT

- KAZIS ACT, 1880 (Central Act XIl of 1880)

Extension

of tenure of Sri Shaik Hussain Khan, S/o. Shaik Mohammed Gouse,

SunkaraVeedhi, Vizianagaram District as Government Kazi in addition to existing Kazis

for Vizianagaram District excluding Vizianagaram Town, initially for a period of three (3)

years for performing Marriages of Muslim Community only Notification Orders

Issued.

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MINORITIES WELFARE (IDM) DEPARTMENT

G.O.Rt.No.04

Dated:18.01.2022.

Read:

From the Collector and District Magistrate, Vizianagaram, Lr.F.No.51/2021-JA

1/DMWONZM, dt:03.06.2021, 31.07.2021 and 02.12.2021.

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ORDER

In the reference read above, the District Collector, Vizianagaram in her Lrs.,

dt:03.06.2021, 31.07.2021 and 02.12.2021 has submitted proposal for appointment of

Sri Shaik Hussain Khan, S/o. Shaik Mohammed Gouse, SunkaraVeedhi, Vizianagaram

District, as Additional Government Kazi for Vizianagaram District. Further, the District

Collector, Vizianagaram has submitted the reports obtained from the Superintendent of

Police, Vizianagaram, Inspector Auditor Waqf, Vizianagaram District, the Tahsildar,

Vizianagaram Mandal and stated that Sri Shaik Hussain Khan, S/o Shaik Mohammed

Gouse, H.No.24-2/2-12, Sunkara Veedhi, Vizianagaram enquires about social activities

integrity ^andreputation with Muslim elders of locality and they revealed that he has

good reputation, performs Muslim Marriages, leads peaceful life and there are no

complaints against his integrity and there is nothing adverse against him during his stay

period ⁱⁿVizianagaram Municipality. The applicant has completed the Hafiz-e Quran.

The local Muslim people has agreed to appoint him as Government Kazi. The Tahsildar,

Vizianagaram ^Mandalⁱⁿhis report, has stated that the applicant Sri Shaik Hussain

Khan, S/o. Shaik Mohammed Gouse, Vizianagaram is eligible for appointment as

Government Kazi in Vizianagaram District to perform Musim Marriages. Finally, the

District Collector, Vizianagaram has recommended Sri Shaik Hussain Khan, S/o. Shaik

Mohammed Gouse, 24-2/2-12, Sunkara Veedhi, Vizianagaram to appoint

him as

Government Kazi to perform Muslim Marriages to local Muslim families in Vizianagaram

District.

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

Vizianagaram District, Government hereby appoint Sri Shaik Hussain Khan, S/o. Shaik

Mohammed Gouse, SunkaraVeedhi, Vizianagaram as Government Kazi in addition to

existing ^Kazisfor Vizianagaram District excluding Vizianagaram Town, initially for a

period ^ofthree (3) years for performing Marriages of Muslim Community only, as per

Section(2) ^of^theKazis Act, 1880 (Central Act XIl 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 ^lawestablished by the Government.

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

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

not permissible in Islam.

6. The Kazi shall not conduct contract marriages.

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

his specified Jurisdiction.

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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 shall 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 State Government shall be conclusive. The State Government may, if it

thinks fit, suspend or remove any 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

purposeof residingelsewhere, 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 Xil of 1880), the Government of Andhra Pradesh, after consulting the

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

Hussain Khan, S/o. Shaik Mohammed Gouse, SunkaraVeedhi, Vizianagaram District as

Government Kazi in addition to existing Kazis for Vizianagaram District excluding

Vizianagaram Town, initially for a period of three (3) years for performing Marriages of

Muslim Community only".

The Collector and District Magistrate, Vizianagaram/ the Chief Executive Office,

A.P. State Waqf Board, Vijayawada is diiected to take necessary action accordingly.

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

GANDHAM CHANDRUDU

SPECIAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT

Sri Shaik Hussain Khan, S/o. Shaik Mohammed Gouse, Vizianagaram District.

(Through the Collector and District Magistrate, Vizianagaram District)

The Collector ^and^DistrictMagistrate, ^Vizianagaram^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 publicationⁱⁿ^the^Andhra^Pradesh^Gazette)

(And to furnish 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 Minorities Welfare (OP & Bud) Department.

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SECTION OFFICER

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