Overview

• Justice Dinesh Pathak dismissed as withdrawn the writ by the mosque management and declined any stay on enforcement.
• The petition challenged a September 2 order under Section 67 of the UP Revenue Code, with the state serving a photocopy of the order in court and the bench pointing to the statutory appeal under Section 67(5).
• On October 2, the Sambhal administration demolished a marriage hall during a security-heavy operation that used PAC deployment and drone monitoring.
• Authorities cite land records showing a pond (plot 691) and a compost pit (plot 459), alleging parts of the mosque and an adjoining hospital encroach on government land.
• The mosque committee began voluntarily removing disputed portions, even as it alleged due-process lapses and objected to the timing of the drive on Gandhi Jayanti and Dussehra.