Mathura: The Mathura court will hold the hearing on the removal of the 17th Century Idgah Mosque, adjacent to the birthplace of Lord Krishna here on Wednesday.
In two applications in the District Judge’s court, the All India Tirtha Purohit Mahasabha and Mathur Chaturvedi Parishad condemned the petition to remove the royal Eidgah mosque built within the Katesh Keshav Dev temple, arguing that the issue could create communal unrest in the city.
The court issued notices to the Trust Masjid Idgah, the UP Sunni Central Waqf Board, Shree Krishna Janmabhoomi Trust and Shree Krishna Janmasthan Seva Sansthan, and fixed the hearing for November 18.
The suit claiming ownership of the entire land of 13.37 acres land which is believed to be the birthplace of Lord Sri Krishna, the 8th incarnation of Lord Vishnu, was filed on September 25 through the next friend of the child deity, one Ranjana Agnihotri, an advocate and a resident of Lucknow. Six other devotees were also plaintiffs to the suit.
The petition had described the mosque as a “superstructure” built on “encroached land” which was a result of an “illegal compromise” that was entered into by the Committee of Management of Trust masjid Idgah on October 12, 1968, with the Society Shree Krishna Janamasthan Seva Sangh to "capture and grab" the contested property.
The court of the civil judge had dismissed the plea on September 30 on the grounds that the petitioners who identified themselves as devotees of Lord Krishna did not have the "right to sue".
Speaking to ETV Bharat, advocate, Mukesh Khandelwal said, "We have received the notices issued by the court regarding the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi case. We will present our documents before the District Court on 18 November. All preparations have been completed. It is not right to say anything now, but the documents will be presented before the court itself."
Similarly, Shailendra Dubey and Tanveer Ahmed, advocates of UP Sunni Central Waqf Board and Idgah Trust respectively, said that no one wants to spoil the peaceful atmosphere of the city and everything will be cleared on the hearing day.
Notably, the plea was dismissed in a lower court after which the petitioners moved the district court against the order last month. The appeal was admitted in the court of district judge Sadhna Rani Thakur who posted the matter for hearing on November 18. The two new pleas have also been scheduled for hearing on the same day by the court.
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