PRAYAGRAJ, May 5 -- The Allahabad high court on Monday granted time to the Sambhal Jama Masjid Committee to submit a rejoinder to the counter-affidavit filed by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in the dispute relating to the mosque and Harihar temple at Sambhal.

The bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal fixed May 12 as the next date of hearing. The matter is being heard on a revision petition filed by Masjid committee challenging an Sambhal court order by which the civil court had directed ASI survey by an advocate commissioner.

The high court earlier had stayed the further trial court proceedings of original suit till next date pending before the district court at Sambhal, where Hindu side plaintiff had sought declaration to th...