A trust managing a mosque in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district has moved the Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court against the Collector’s order banning entry into the premises following a complaint claiming the structure has an “appearance of a temple”.
The trust’s advocate, S.S. Kazi, said the petition would be taken up for hearing on July 18.
The petition, filed by the Jumma Masjid Trust Committee through its president Altaf Khan, claimed that the Collector passed the “arbitrary and illegal” order on July 11, directing them to hand over keys of the mosque to the Erandol municipal council’s chief officer. As per the order, only two persons are allowed to offer namaz in the mosque presently and no one else can enter, Mr. Kazi said.
