By Admin 
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the petition filed for organizing Urs and other religious activities at the Dargah of Hazrat Sheikh Muhammad Gaus in Gwalior. This petition has been filed against the order of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, in which permission to organize these programs was denied. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) declared the Dargah a protected monument in 1962.
According to PTI report, Justice B. V. Nagratna and Justice R. This petition was placed in front of Mahadevan’s bench. The court issued a notice to the Center and others seeking their reply in the case. On September 19, the court said in its order on the petition, “Special permission should be issued to the defendants on interim request along with the petition.”
The petitioner has challenged the order of a block bench of the High Court, which rejected the appeal against his single judge’s order. The High Court said in the order that according to the petitioner, it is the legal successor of Hazrat Sheikh Muhammad Gaus. The petitioner told the High Court that in the Dargah, various religious and cultural programs were organized for the last 400 years, but the ASI later declared the Dargah a protected monument and prohibited such activities.
The High Court said that in March 2024, the petitioner submitted an application to the ASI, requesting permission to organize Urs in the Dargah, but was refused. The High Court was told by the Center’s lawyer that ASI is protecting and maintaining the dargah of Muhammad Gaus.
The High Court said that Muhammad Gaus’s tomb is located in Gwalior and is believed to be a preserved monument by a center and was declared a National Monument in 1962. The court said that in the campus, there are the graves of musicians Tansen and Muhammad Gaus.
The High Court said, “It is actually the duty of the ASI and the district administration to save this monument of national importance with great care and strictness.” Rejecting the appeal, the High Court had said that the petitioner did not challenge the ASI’s March 2024 order, in which his application was rejected.