Overview

• A bench of Justices B. V. Nagarathna and R. Mahadevan disposed of the appeals on August 19 by asking the ASI to consider supervising repair and renovation of the Ashiq Allah Dargah and the Chillagah of Baba Farid.
• The Delhi Development Authority must abide by the ASI’s decision before taking any demolition action around the sites, with the court emphasizing that the monuments must be preserved.
• The ASI’s status report cites an inscription dating the dargah’s tomb to 1317 AD and notes both structures have 12th–13th century layers within the 200‑metre regulated zone of the citadel of Prithviraj Chauhan.
• Neither site is a centrally protected monument under the AMASR Act, yet any repair or construction in the regulated zone requires prior permission from the competent authority.
• Petitioner Zameer Ahmed Jumlana sought protection after the Delhi High Court declined relief, as the Supreme Court cautioned that heritage claims cannot be used to shield unauthorised constructions the DDA says it targets.