JAIPUR, Aug. 20 -- More than one in every 10 Waqf property entries in Rajasthan has been rejected, taking the state's rejection rate to over five times the national average, according to government data tabled in the Lok Sabha. Rajasthan, which ranks seventh among 32 Waqf Boards in total property entries, has an approval rate of just 53.3%, substantially below the national rate of 77.35%. Of the 32,705 Waqf property entries recorded against Rajasthan, 17,418 have been approved. Nationally, 618,247 of 799,294 entries have been approved. Rajasthan ranks seventh in total entries, behind Uttar Pradesh Sunni (152,697), West Bengal (131,764), Kerala (79,929), Maharashtra (71,947), Telangana (63,982) and Karnataka (58,846). However, it slips to 11th position in properties approved. The state accounts for 4.09% of all entries nationally but only 2.82% of approved properties, underlining the gap between the volume of records taken up and those ultimately approved. Of the remaining entries in Rajasthan, 2,342 are at initial entry stage, 664 are pending with the checker and 95 are pending with the approver. Another 3,713 have been rejected by approver, 150 by the checker and 8,323 returned to the maker. The UMEED Central Portal-2025 was launched by the Union ministry of minority affairs on June 6, 2025, for uploading details of Waqf properties, registration of new Waqfs and facilitating their management. Rajasthan Waqf Board chairman Dr Khanu Khan attributed the state's low approval rate to administrative and land-record complexities. "Other states have based the entry of Waqf properties on the 1954 Waqf Gazette and the first Waqf survey. However, some officials in Rajasthan have created unnecessary complications, which are causing difficulties. We are trying to ensure that all Waqf properties are duly considered," he said. According to Khan, 19,044 Waqf properties are registered with the Rajasthan Waqf Board, while 17,532 properties, including sub-properties, have been listed on the UMEED portal. He said some properties notified as Waqf in the 1965-66 Gazette are currently recorded as privately owned in land records, creating discrepancies. The Board is obtaining old revenue records, including Misal Haqiqat, Misal Bandobast and Jamabandi documents, to establish the status of such properties. Once the records are obtained, disputed cases will be taken before the Waqf Tribunal, he said....