The Allahabad High Court has now fixed August 5 as the next date of hearing in the case.
The Allahabad High Court has asked the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to file its reply in a suit seeking a survey of Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra while claiming that the remains of Thakur Keshav Dev’s idol in Krishna Janmabhoomi were buried in the mosque.
The plaintiffs sought a survey by the Archaeological Survey of India claiming that Mughal king Aurangzeb had demolished the temple of Keshav Dev in Mathura in 1670 and buried the remains of the idol under Jama Masjid in Agra.
The plaintiffs also prayed for the appointment of an advocate commissioner in the case seeking survey of the masjid. The single judge bench of Justice Mayank Kumar Jain passed the order on Thursday while hearing a suit related to the Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah case filed in the name of the deity — Thakur Keshav Dev Ji, Maharaj Virajman Mandir Katra Keshav Dev.
The High Court in its order observed, “An application (A-5) is moved on behalf of plaintiffs to direct the respondent-authority to make SIT (Special Investigation Team) Report as well as the archeological survey by the competent authority and an Advocate Commissioner also be appointed. Sri Manoj Kumar Singh, the learned counsel for the defendants, may file a response to this application by the date fixed.”
Earlier, the management committee of Shahi Idgah Masjidi in Mathura had moved an impleadment application requesting the court to add it as a defendant in the suit.
During the course of the hearing in the court, a copy of the application was provided to the plaintiffs in the suit.
The Allahabad High Court has now fixed August 5 as the next date of hearing in the case.