#Gyanvapi survey to be completed by May 17: Court
The hearing over the change of the survey official began Monday and concluded on Wednesday. The court was reported to have heard the matter for an average of 90 minutes each day.
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Varanasi, May 12: The Varanasi sessions court has ordered in favor of Hindu petitioners. The court has refused to remove the original survey commissioner in the case. The Court has also ordered the officials to finish the survey of Gyanvapi Masjid by 17th May.
The hearing over the change of the survey official began Monday and concluded on Wednesday. The court was reported to have heard the matter for an average of 90 minutes each day.
In the court-mandated survey, the mosque management committee had sought the appointment of another official as the court commissioner, accusing Mishra of favoring Hindu petitioners. While the court has denied replacing Mishra, it has also ordered to have additional commissioners for the survey. Last week, the survey official conducted an inconclusive survey of some parts outside the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri complex as brief sloganeering was reported from both sides. The mosque is located near the iconic Kashi Vishwanath temple in the temple town of Varanasi. The court of civil judge (senior division) Ravi Kumar Diwakar ordered a survey of the Maa Shringar Gauri Sthal by the advocate commissioner and asked him to present a detailed report on May 10. The survey was ordered after a plea by women petitioners - Rakhi Singh, Laxmi Devi, Sita Sahu, and others - seeking permission to perform daily worship of deities Shringar Gauri, Lord Ganesha, Lord Hanuman, and Nandi - the idols are said to be located on the outer wall of the Gyanvapi mosque.
Apart from the plea linked to the official, the court also heard a matter pertaining to the opening of the two basements located inside the barricading in the Gyanvapi premises for videography. “Maa Shringar Gauri Sthal and Gyanvapi mosque are separate and in such a situation, there is no justification for videography inside the mosque,” Abhay Nath Yadav, who is representing the Gyanvapi mosque management committee (Anjuman Intezamiya Masajid Committee), argued in the court.