New Delhi: The Centre has been allowed by the Delhi High Court to probe into the alleged irregularities of Central Wakf Council Secretary Mohammad Rizwanul Haque in making appointments in the Punjab Wakf Board when he was its officiating administrator over a decade ago.
Dismissing Haque`s plea for quashing the probe against him, Justice V K Jain said the court should not interfere in the disciplinary proceedings at this initial stage. "The normal rule is that the court should not quash a show-cause notice or a charge-sheet and it is only in exceptional cases such as the charge-sheet having been issued without jurisdiction or being otherwise illegal that the court can interfere at the interim stage," the court said.
Haque, appointed as secretary of Central Wakf Council in 2000, was also given the additional charge of Punjab Wakf Board till 2002.
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment had received some complaints against Haque in 2002 and had sent the same to the CBI. In 2004, after examining the complaints, the probe agency had recommended major penalty proceedings against Haque for allegedly committing the irregularities. PTI