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Mutawalli, 'Mutawallis' of a wakf are more like receivers appointed over the property than trustees and they have no errate or interest in it, Mahendra Narayan v. Abdul Gafur, 59 Cal 586.

Mutawalli, A 'mutawalli' is more like a manager than a trustee and so far as the wakf property is concerned, has to see that the beneficiaries get the advantage of usufruct, Bibi Siddique Fatima v. Saiyed Mohammad Mahmood Hasan, AIR 1978 SC 1362 (1369): (1978) 3 SCC 299: (1978) 3 SCR 886.

Means any person appointed, either verbally or under any deed or instrument by which a wakf has been created, or by a competent authority, to be the mutawalli of a wakf and includes any person who is a mutawalli of a wakf by virtue of any custom or who is a naib-mutawalli, khadim, mujawar, sajjadanashin, amin or other person appointed by a mutawalli to perform the duties of a mutawalli and save as otherwise provided in this Act, any person, committee or corporation for the time being managing or administering any wakf or wakf property. [Wakf Act, 1995 (43 of 1995), s. 3 (i)]