Resign if you don't feel competent enough: Allahabad HC to Sambhal SP, DM on limiting number of people in mosque

PRAYAGRAJ: (Mar 14) Rejecting an order of the Uttar Pradesh government restricting the number of people offering prayers at a mosque in Sambhal district due to law and order issues, the Allahabad High Court has said the Superintendent of Police and Collector should either resign or seek transfer if they feel they are not competent enough to enforce rule of law.

A bench of justices Atul Sreedharan and Siddharth Nandan observed, "It is duty of the State to ensure that every community is able to offer worship peacefully in the designated place of worship and if it is a private property as already been held by the court earlier to perform worship without any permission from the State."

The court was hearing a petition filed by Munazir Khan of Sambhal alleging that he was prevented from conducting prayers during Ramzan on Gata No.291, where according to the petitioner, the mosque exists.