Overview
- This week the Kerala State Waqf Board uploaded records for the disputed 404‑acre Munambam holding to the Union Ministry’s UMEED portal after saying mutawallis failed to comply with the 2025 registration deadline.
- The property’s legal status remains contested because a Kerala High Court had ruled the Board’s 2019 declaration ultra vires while the Supreme Court later issued an interim stay that preserves the status quo.
- About 600 to 610 families living on the land fear loss of rights, and Chief Minister V. D. Satheesan has publicly promised no evictions and pledged state legal defence for the residents.
- The portal entry has escalated political and communal tensions: the Catholic Church’s Deepika editorial condemned the move, the BJP has asked Union Minister Kiren Rijiju to remove the listing, and state parties trade blame.
- The dispute rests on a 1950 deed to Farook College, long litigation through tribunals and courts, and the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, which requires portal registration but does not by itself overturn land titles or revenue records.