VARANASI: The chief executive officer (CEO) of the Shri Kashi Vishwanath temple trust, Vishwa Bhushan Mishra on Monday moved an application before the court of the district judge to seek repair of the roof of the southern cellar of Gyanvapi mosque.
The CEO's application said that a stone had fallen after getting dislodged from the roof due to the vibrations caused by the crowd offering namaz.
The court has fixed March 19 as the date for hearing on this plea.
The chief executive officer (CEO) of the Shri Kashi Vishwanath temple trust, Vishwa Bhushan Mishra on Monday moved an application before the court of the district judge to seek repair of the roof of the southern cellar of Gyanvapi mosque.
The CEO's application said that a stone had fallen after getting dislodged from the roof due to the vibrations caused by the crowd offering namaz. Through this application, the temple trust CEO also sought a check on the gathering of Muslims reaching Gyanvapi mosque to offer prayers on the roof of the southern cellar, said Rajesh Mishra, special government council for Gyanvapi cases. He added that the court has fixed March 19 as the date for hearing on this plea.
In his application, Mishra mentioned that as per the Jan 31 order of the court of district judge, the temple trust board had arranged a priest for regular worshipping of deities inside the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque. "The priest offering regular worship in this cellar reported that the walls and roof of the cellar are in a dilapidated condition and water is also leaking from the ceiling. A crack is evident in a beam of the ceiling. The number of persons reaching this mosque to offer namaz has increased massively in the past few weeks", he said.
He mentioned, "On Feb 15, many namazis assembled on the roof of the southern cellar. Due to excess load and vibration, a stone piece broke and fell on the floor. The condition of the cellar is posing a life threat for priests, hence repair of the ceiling is a must to avoid occurrence of any untoward incident. Restricting the number of persons reaching the roof of the southern cellar has also become unavoidable.
" The CEO appealed to the court to issue directives to the receiver for appropriate action on his demand. Worshipping had started in the Gyanvapi mosque in compliance with the Jan 31 order of the court of the district judge following the appointment of the district magistrate as receiver by it on Jan 17 in a suit filed by one Shailendra Pathak Vyas. In its Jan 31 order, the court had asked the KVT trust board to assign a priest for worshipping in the southern cellar.
On Feb 28, a plaintiff in one of the Gyanvapi mosque related cases, Ramprasad Singh had also moved an application before the court of the district judge seeking a ban on the gathering of Muslims on the platform above the southern cellar (also called as Vyas peeth) to avoid further damage to the already weak roof and also its repairing. Singh had claimed that following the beginning of worshipping at this cellar, the Gyanvapi mosque management committee - Anjuman Intezamia Masjid - was allowing unnecessary gathering on its roof and increasing the threat of further damage to the southern cellar.
Apart from restricting the gathering above the roof of the southern cellar, he also demanded its repair. The court had fixed March 19 as the next date for hearing on this application.
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