Text of Supreme Court Order
TIMES NEWS NETWORK [ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2002 4:35:18 PM ]

NEW DELHI: The Bench comprising Justice B N Kripal, Justice G B
Pattnaik and Justice V N Khare issued notices to the central
government, Uttar Pradesh government, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and
referred the petition filed by Mohd Aslam alias Bhure to a larger
Bench. It admitted the petition and listed it for hearing after 10
weeks. The order goes as follows:

"We direct that on 67.703 acres of land located in revenue plot
numbers 159 and 160 in village Ramchandra which is vested in the
Central Government, no religious activity of any kind by anyone
either symbolic or actual including bhumipuja or shila puja, shall be
permitted or allowed to take place.

Furthermore, no part of the aforesaid land shall be handed over by
the Government to anyone and the same shall be retained by the
Government till the disposal of this writ petition nor shall any part
of this land be permitted to be occupied or used for any religious
purpose or in connection therewith. This is subject to further orders
which may be passed in this case."