The Allahabad High Court on Monday dismissed as withdrawn a writ petition filed against the allotment of land in Ayodhya’s Dhannipur village for the construction of a mosque, following the Supreme Court verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute.
The court, however, granted liberty to the petitioners to move a freshpetition with appropriate pleadings.
Two Delhi-based sisters had moved the Lucknow Bench of the court on February 3, claiming ownership of the five-acre land allotted to the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board for the construction of the mosque.
Appearing for the state, Additional Advocate General Ramesh Kumar Singh had opposed the plea, saying the plot numbers allotted for the mosque were different from those mentioned in the petition.
He also said the petition was filed without ascertaining facts in such an important issue and as such it is liable to be dismissed forthwith.
Justices DK Upadhyay and Manish Kumar expressed concerns over the filing of the petition in a cursory manner without ascertaining facts.
Confronted with the correct facts, senior lawyer HGS Parihar, appearing for the petitioners, realised his mistake and requested the court to allow him to withdraw the petition with the liberty to file a fresh one with appropriate pleadings.