The Telangana government issued an order on Saturday renaming the Andhra Pradesh State Haj Committee to Telangana State Haj Committee.
The GO No 1, signed by Ahmad Nadeem, secretary, minority welfare department was issued exercising the powers conferred under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 (Act 6 of 2014) and the provisions U/s 17 (1) of the Haj Committee Act-2002 (Central Act No.35 of 2002), and in the name of governor of Telangana. It renamed the ‘Andhra Pradesh State Haj Committee’ to ‘Telangana State Haj Committee’.
This year, the haj is scheduled for October 4. From AP & Telangana, 3904 pilgrims were selected through draw of lots, while 1,476 pilgrims came through reservations. All these pilgrims have paid money and submitted all required documents to the AP State Haj Committee.The pilgrims will start flying to Saudi Arabia from Hyderabad around Sept 12. They would have to report at the Haj House 48 hours before departure and also have to go through inoculation and other formalities. All these activities now will be handled by the Telangana Haj Committee from Hyderabad. Starting with the next trip, the state committee will handle Muslims of Telangana state only. AP would have to issue it’s own GO constituting as a separate Haj Committee for AP through the powers conferred under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 (Act 6 of 2014).