New Delhi: Delhi High Court Tuesday sought the Centre’s response to a plea seeking protection of the Race Course mosque located inside the Jaipur Polo Ground complex from demolition and restoration of access to the place of worship.Hearing a petition filed by worshipper Syed Ahmed Saud, Justice Anish Dayal issued notice and asked the Centre’s counsel to seek instructions by Thursday.The Centre’s counsel told the court that the premises housed both a mosque and a temple and that no demolition was underway, adding that electricity and water supplies to the mosque had earlier been disconnected as a precaution during the demolition of other structures in the complex.Counsel for Delhi Waqf Board said representations had been made to Land and Development Office and other authorities.
