Tuesday, May 24 2005 20:22 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: An Uttar Pradesh-based religious trust today (May 24, 2005) approached the Delhi High Court seeking the status report on the CBI investigation into the demolition of the disputed structure at Ayodhya and questioned the discharge of former Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani in the case.

The matter, which came up for hearing before Justice R C Jain, was referred to Chief Justice B C Patel for treating it as a Public Interest Litigation (PIL).

The court decided to list the matter before the Bench headed by the Chief Justice on May 31 for treating it as PIL after the petitioner submitted that the writ was maintainable as it involved matter of public importance.

The petition, filed by Sri Thakur Raj Rajeshwari Sita Ram Ji Trust of Sultanpur claiming to be the religious trust constituted by Raja of Deara, has sought complete probe into the matter and for ensuring the protection of the fairness of the proceedings in the matter.

The trust has sought court's direction for calling the status report in the matter for detecting the loose ends of the probe.

In the writ, the religious trust has questioned the manner in which CBI proceeded with the case against the eight persons, including former Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani, who was discharged by a trial court in Raebareli on September 19, 2003.

The trust has also pointed figures towards the agency for not filing the revision petition against Advani on the ground that the legal advice had desired so.