PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad high court has dismissed a writ petition moved against the proposed removal of the Shahi Masjid situated at GT Road in Saidabad, Prayagraj, for widening of highway, saying that the issue couldn't be entertained within the scope of the petition.
The high court further clarified that as per government report, the masjid had been constructed by encroaching the government land. Besides, the issue of title over the land can be decided by the civil court. The Intezamia Committee of the Shahi Masjid, Saidabad, had filed this petition on the basis of a revenue department report that the structure was in existence for a long time, i.e., since pre-independence time.
