New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): The Supreme Court has sought a response from the Archaeological Survey of India ( ASI ) and others on an appeal filed against the High Court order, which declined permission to perform religious and cultural activities such as Urs and Namaz at a Dargah near the tomb of Hazrat Sheikh Muhammad Ghaus in Gwalior .

A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and R Mahadevan issued notice to the ASI , Centre and state government on the appeal.

The tomb of Muhammad Ghaus is a centrally protected monument and was declared a national monument in 1962 under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958.

The High Court in June had rejected the same plea, holding that the monument was a centrally protected monument of national importance

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