Uttar Pradesh: Allahabad HC rejects petition challenging land allotment to Ayodhya s Dhannipur mosque
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Lucknow: The Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation (IICF), entrusted with the task of Dhannipur mosque construction, heaved a sigh of relief on Monday after a Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court rejected the writ petition of two Delhi sisters challenging allotment of 5 acres of land for the mosque.
During arguments on the admissibility of the petition, the Additional Advocate General R.K. Singh brought to the notice of the court that Khasra numbers of the 5 acres of land allotted to the Central Sunni Waqf Board, on the direction of the Supreme Court November 7 2019 verdict, were different from that mentioned in the petition filed by the two Delhi sisters challenging the allotment.
The petition was filed in court registry on Wednesday and is likely to come up for hearing on February 8
AYODHYA: Two days after two Delhi sisters moved Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court, claiming ownership of 5acre allotted to Sunni Waqf Board for construction of a mosque in Ayodhya’s Dhannipur village in accordance with the apex court verdict, the district administration on Friday issued a statement, saying plot numbers in the land claimed by petitioners, Rani Kapoor Punjabi, 51, and Rama Rani Punjabi, 59, fall in the jurisdiction of a neighbouring village, Shekhpur Jafar.
The petition was filed in court registry on Wednesday and is likely to come up for hearing on February 8.