New Delhi: The plan submitted for the construction of a mosque – as judicial compensation for the loss of the Babri Masjid – as per the 2019 Ayodhya verdict of the Supreme Court has been rejected by the Ayodhya Development Authority (ADA).
The ADA has cited the non-receipt of no-objection certificates (NoCs) from government departments for rejecting the plan which was submitted for the construction of a mosque in Dhannipur village of Sohawal tehsil, around 25 km from Ayodhya town, reported Press trust of India.
Earlier, the land was allotted to the state Sunni Central Waqf Board in accordance with the Supreme Court’s verdict and the mosque trust had submitted the application on June 23, 2021.
In response to an RTI query, the ADA said through a letter dated September 16, that the mosque trust’s application was rejected owing to the absence of clearances from departments, including Public Works, Pollution Control, Civil Aviation, Irrigation, Revenue, Municipal Corporation, and Fire Services.
Back in 2019, as part of the Ayodhya verdict, the Supreme Court had mandated the allotment of five acres of land to the Sunni Central Waqf Board for constructing a mosque and related facilities at a prominent location in Ayodhya.
Then Ayodhya district magistrate Anuj Kumar Jha had transferred possession of the land located in Dhannipur on August 3, 2020.
In its response to the RTI query filed by journalist Om Prakash Singh, the ADA also confirmed that the mosque trust had deposited Rs 4,02,628 as application and scrutiny fees for the project, said the PTI report.
“The Supreme Court mandated the land for the mosque and the Uttar Pradesh government allotted the plot. I am speechless why the government departments have not given no-objection and why the authority has rejected the mosque’s plan,” said mosque trust secretary Athar Husain, reacting to the development.
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