Allahabad, Aug 17 (PTI) The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday fixed August 30 as the date for hearing into the maintainability of the decades-old Kashi Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi mosque case.

The petition questioning the maintainability of the case was filed by the Anjuman Intazamia Masjid committee.

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Justice Prakash Padia listed the matter for hearing on August 30.

The suit was earlier filed in 1991 in a Varanasi district court, seeking the restoration of the temple at the site where the Gyanvapi mosque currently stands.

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The civil judge (senior division), fast track court, Varanasi, had on Apr 8, 2021 directed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to conduct a survey of the complex to find out whether a temple was demolished to build the mosque there.

Later, the Allahabad High Court on September 9, 2021 stayed the Varanasi court's order.

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