L. A. DEBATES (CENTRAL) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 919
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*** Erection of Wall Round a Mosque in** Karol Bagh, Delhi
Maulvi Muhammad Abdul Ghani : Will the Honourable the Labour Member please state :
(a) whether he is aware that under the Delhi Muslim Wakfs Act (XIII of 1943), there has been established a Sunni Majlis-e-Awkaf; if so, whether the said Sunni Majlis-eAwkaf is the sole Administrator of all the Wakfs in the Province of Delhi;
(b) whether he is aware of the existence of an old mosque and a grave yard attached to it in the Karol Bagh area in New Delhi near the recently constructed Government quarters and that the Muslims do offer their prayers therein;
(c) whether it is a fact that the Central Public Works Department intends to enclose the said mosque by erecting a wall around it and thereby slopping ingress of Muslims in it for offering their prayers;
(d) whether his Department has sought the permission of the Sunni Majlis-e-Awkaf to erect a wail around it;
(e) whether it is a fact that on the objections of the Mussalmans offering their prayers in the said mosque the contractor and men of the said Central Public Works Department is of the Central Public Works Department now ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) Yes.
(b) I am not aware of the existence of any old mosque although evidence of an old and unused grave-yard is visible near the recently constructed Government quarters in Karol Bagh. But I am aware of the fact that some Muslim residents of this area have recently built a pucca platform with a thatched roof and an enclosure on this area and say their prayers in this structure.
(c) In consultation with the Local Administration, Government have proposed to wall off this area in order to prevent encroachment on this Government land by either the Muslims or the Hindus. In deference to the representations received from representatives of the Muslim
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. IV of 1945, 2nd April 1945. p. 2304.