<p>Lucknow: The ruling on making the report of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), which conducted a scientific survey of the contentious Gyanvapi Mosque premises in Varanasi and submitted the survey report in the district court last month, public, is likely to be pronounced on Friday.</p><p>The district judge had earlier fixed Wednesday for pronouncing its verdict on the issue of making the report public but the ASI filed an application seeking deferment of the same by four weeks. </p><p>The ASI pleaded that it had been asked by the Allahabad High Court to submit the survey report in another similar petition pending there which would take some time and until then the report should not be made public.</p>.ASI pleads Varanasi court not to make Gyanvapi survey report public for four more weeks.<p>The court had then fixed Thursday for giving its ruling. Sudhir Tripathi, one of the lawyers for the Hindu side, said that the court would pronounce its decision on Friday.</p><p>Tripathi said that the ASI had pleaded for not making the report public for four weeks. ''We are of the view that the ASI should not be four weeks but a reasonable time,'' he added.</p><p>Both the Hindu and the Muslim sides have sought copies of the ASI survey report.</p><p>The ASI had submitted the report in two sealed covers last month in the court. The ASI, during the scientific survey, which had started on August 4, used ground penetrating radar and other scientific instruments to ascertain what lay beneath the surface of the Gyanvapi Mosque premises. </p><p>The ASI team also surveyed the inner and outer walls, the cellar and other parts of the premises barring the 'wuzukhana' (the place where the Muslims wash themselves before proceeding to offer prayers).</p><p>The survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque premises began after the Allahabad high court rejected the petition filed by the Muslim litigants seeking a stay on the Varanasi court's order for a scientific survey by the ASI.</p><p>The premises had been a bone of contention between the two communities for the past several decades but there was renewed clamor to ''take back'' the Kashi Vishwanath Temple premises by the saffron outfits after the favourable decision of the apex court in the Ram Temple case. </p><p>The Hindu petitioners contended that a part of the temple had been demolished by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in the 17th century. The Muslim side contended that the Mosque existed before the reign of Aurangzeb and also claimed that the same had also been mentioned in the land records.</p>
<p>Lucknow: The ruling on making the report of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), which conducted a scientific survey of the contentious Gyanvapi Mosque premises in Varanasi and submitted the survey report in the district court last month, public, is likely to be pronounced on Friday.</p><p>The district judge had earlier fixed Wednesday for pronouncing its verdict on the issue of making the report public but the ASI filed an application seeking deferment of the same by four weeks. </p><p>The ASI pleaded that it had been asked by the Allahabad High Court to submit the survey report in another similar petition pending there which would take some time and until then the report should not be made public.</p>.ASI pleads Varanasi court not to make Gyanvapi survey report public for four more weeks.<p>The court had then fixed Thursday for giving its ruling. Sudhir Tripathi, one of the lawyers for the Hindu side, said that the court would pronounce its decision on Friday.</p><p>Tripathi said that the ASI had pleaded for not making the report public for four weeks. ''We are of the view that the ASI should not be four weeks but a reasonable time,'' he added.</p><p>Both the Hindu and the Muslim sides have sought copies of the ASI survey report.</p><p>The ASI had submitted the report in two sealed covers last month in the court. The ASI, during the scientific survey, which had started on August 4, used ground penetrating radar and other scientific instruments to ascertain what lay beneath the surface of the Gyanvapi Mosque premises. </p><p>The ASI team also surveyed the inner and outer walls, the cellar and other parts of the premises barring the 'wuzukhana' (the place where the Muslims wash themselves before proceeding to offer prayers).</p><p>The survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque premises began after the Allahabad high court rejected the petition filed by the Muslim litigants seeking a stay on the Varanasi court's order for a scientific survey by the ASI.</p><p>The premises had been a bone of contention between the two communities for the past several decades but there was renewed clamor to ''take back'' the Kashi Vishwanath Temple premises by the saffron outfits after the favourable decision of the apex court in the Ram Temple case. </p><p>The Hindu petitioners contended that a part of the temple had been demolished by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in the 17th century. The Muslim side contended that the Mosque existed before the reign of Aurangzeb and also claimed that the same had also been mentioned in the land records.</p>