The Himachal Pradesh Excessive Court docket Monday directed the courtroom of the Shimla Municipal Commissioner Court docket to determine inside eight weeks the 15-year-old case in regards to the alleged unlawful building of Sanjauli mosque.
The route got here hours after the demolition of three unauthorised storeys of the mosque started following an October 5 order of the MC Court docket. Whereas the demolition obtained underway after permission was granted by the Waqf Board, the ultimate verdict within the case, being heard by the courtroom of municipal commissioner, is awaited.
Listening to a writ petition filed by the residents of Sanjauli, Justice Sandeep Sharma directed the Commissioner of the Municipal Company to determine the matter inside eight weeks.
“After an in depth argument, the Excessive Court docket allowed the writ petition on behalf of the residents of Sanjauli and directed the Municipal Company to determine the primary case in eight weeks. It additionally instructed to serve notices to all of the stakeholders earlier than listening to the case,” stated Advocate Jagat Pal Thakur, who can be one of many petitioners.
Thakur, who was assisted by Advocate Parul, stated based on Part 254 (6) of the MC Act, 1994, the proceedings of a case needs to be closed in six months however this specific case has been pending for the previous 15 years.
“Due to this fact, we filed the writ petition on October 19 looking for a time-bound resolution on this case,” he stated.
The petitioners cited a report of a junior engineer of the municipal company to say that the complete construction and never just some flooring of the mosque was unlawful.
The case dates again to 2010 and in its forty sixth listening to on October 5, the MC Court docket had directed the Waqf Board and the president of the Sanjauli Mosque Committee to demolish three storeys of the five-storey disputed construction in two months at their very own value. The mosque committee submitted the illustration, providing to demolish the unauthorised flooring on September 12.
