The five women petitioners in the Gyanvapi Masjid case have approached the Varanasi civil court seeking a directive for a fresh survey on the area near the mosque's eastern part facing an idol of Nandi in the adjacent Kashi Vishwanath temple. They also demanded that the temporary wall facing the Nandi idol in the temple be removed to create a path to the Shivling that the Hindu side claimed was found during the survey of the mosque complex.
"Another survey should be conducted," Vishnu Jain, the advocate of the Hindu side said.
Assistant Advocate Commissioner Ajay Pratap Singh said the court will hear the matter on Wednesday, with both the parties likely to argue over it.
Meanwhile, the Varanasi court on Tuesday granted two more days to the Commission that carried out a videography survey of the Kashi Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi mosque complex to submit its report. The Commission had requested additional time, saying the report is yet to be compiled.
The court also removed Advocate-Commissioner Ajay Mishra from his post for displaying "irresponsible behaviour towards the discharge of his duties". Special Court Commissioner Vishal Singh will now submit the survey report to the court.
District Civil Judge Ravi Kumar Diwakar passed the order to remove Mishra on an application moved by Special Advocate Commissioner Vishal Singh who informed the court Mishra had "deployed a personal cameramen RP Singh who was giving wrong byte in the media on a regular basis".
The court in its order noted that the private cameraman deployed by Ajay Kumar Mishra, gave bytes to the media regularly, which is against judicial dignity.
Assistant Advocate Commissioner Ajay Pratap Singh said around 50 per cent of the report is ready and it is likely to be submitted to the court on May 19.
The court had on Monday ordered the sealing of a pond in the Gyanvapi Masjid complex after lawyers representing the Hindu petitioners claimed a Shivling was found there during the court-mandated videography survey.
However, a mosque management committee member disputed the claim, saying the object was part of the water fountain mechanism at the wazoo khana reservoir where devotees carry out ablutions before offering the namaz.
With PTI inputs
