Although attempts are on to obtain permission for the Masjid from the past 3 years, the negative stand taken by the Gangolli Gram Panchayat has enraged the locals.
The Misbahul Uloom Madrasa has been functioning in Gangolli for the last 20 years. About 150 students study at the Madrasa and hence for their prayer needs, as well as occupants of about 120 nearby houses, the managing committee of the Madrasa decided to construct a Masjid. Accordingly an application seeking permission for the same was submitted to the Gram Panchayat on December 6, 2010.
When the issue came up in the Gram Panchayat's general meeting, opposition for the construction of Masjid was expressed by representatives of Hindu Jagarana Vedike. Gram Panchayat officials hence took the matter to the district administration. In March 2011, the Madrasa committee appealed to the Deputy Commissioner to grant permission for the construction of the Masjid.
In August 2012, the Deputy Commissioner directed the Gram Panchayat officials to allow the Masjid to be built while pointing out that there is nothing wrong in a Muslim educational institution possessing a place of worship.
The Madrasa committee went ahead with the construction work of the Masjid. As per the directive of the Deputy Commissioner, the Madrasa Committee applied for license from the Gram Panchayat again. Gram Panchayat officials were also directed by the Executive Officer of Kundapur Taluk Panchayat to grant license for the same.
But in January 2013, the Madrasa committee received a notice from the Gram Panchayat to stop the construction work of the Masjid. The Madrasa committee responded to the notice with a clarification that since it had not received any intimation from the Gram Panchayat in the mandatory two month period after submitting the application for license, the committee had decided to go ahead with the construction work. But the Gram Panchayat officials have went against the order of the Deputy Commissioner as well as that of the Taluk Panchayat and not granted license for the purpose till date. The Gram Panchayat members are using opposition by VHP as a pretext for the same.
Meanwhile, the Madrasa Committee has decided to take the matter to court in its bid to get justice. The locals have also been enraged by the stand taken by the Gram Panchayat.
Comments
Add new comment