Lucknow, Feb. 8 -- Only around 4,000 of the 132,000 properties claimed as Waqf assets in Uttar Pradesh qualify under guidelines fixed by the state government, principal secretary, revenue, P Guruprasad has said, with the rest being public properties that belong to or are controlled by the government. The senior bureaucrat's claim, which means that 97% of the properties currently believed to be Waqf in Uttar Pradesh are actually property of the state or commons land, is a test case for one of the biggest concerns around the Waqf (Amendment) Bill - the treatment of what is called "Waqf by user". It also highlights the poor titling and documentation of land and properties in general, and Waqf land and properties specifically.P5...