New Delhi, Sept. 29 -- 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 ...