Appointed as a receiver, Kashi DM Rajalingam takes custody of the southern cellar of Gyanvapi
District Magistrate S Rajalingam has completed the process of taking the southern cellar of Gyanvapi under his custody as the receiver, in compliance with the January 17 order of the district judge court.
As a representative of the district magistrate, ADM (protocol) Prakash Chand reached the Gyanvapi to attend a meeting with plaintiff and head priest of Acharya Ved Vyas Peeth temple Shailendra Kumar Pathak Vyas, his advocates, and representatives of Anjuman Intezamia Masjid (AIM).
Chief executive officer of Kashi Vishwanath Dham Sunil Verma was also present.
Later, the official entered the mosque premises and completed the basic formalities, including measurement of the southern cellar and displaying a notice board mentioning its custody by the receiver.
The process was completed prior to the hearing on Vyas suit, in which district Judge Ajay Krishna Vishvesha on January 17 had ordered to appoint the DM of Varanasi as the receiver of the southern cellar of the mosque.
The court, on Thursday, fixed January 29 as the next date of hearing in this case, said Vyas’s advocate Subhash Nandan Chaturvedi.
Making AIM a party, Vyas on September 25, 2023, filed a suit before the court of civil judge (senior division), seeking permission for worship of Shringar Gauri and other visible and invisible deities in the cellar of Gyanvapi and appoint DM or any other suitable persons as the receiver of the southern cellar.
A few minutes after filing this suit before the civil judge (senior division) on September 25, 2023, Vyas’s advocates moved another application before the court of the district judge seeking its transfer to his court, mentioning that it will deem fit in the interest of justice.
The district judge had allowed the transfer of the case to his court on October 19, 2023.
In a major development in the Gyanvapi case, The Archeological Survey of India (ASI) report released to both Hindu and Muslim parties on Thursday confirms there existed a large Hindu Temple prior to the construction of the existing structure.
Judge A K Vishvesha had ordered that all parties to the case should have access to the report about the mosque. After the distribution of the ASI report, all parties will have the right to comment on the report’s findings.
[With Inputs from IANS]
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