Anil K. Narendran, J.

The petitioners filed I.A.No.117 of 2025 in O.P.No.114 of 2025 on the file of the Kerala State Waqf Board, seeking an order restraining the respondents, namely, Puthutheruvu Muslim Jama- ath and its President and Secretary, from demolishing the existing mosque and stay of further proceedings on the basis of quotation notice published on 07.03.2025. O.P.No.114 of 2025 was filed challenging the tender proceedings and consequential steps pursuant to the permission granted by the Divisional Waqf Officer, by the order dated 22.10.2024, for the demolition of the existing mosque structure and construction of a new mosque and for recalling the said permission. The grievance of the petitioners is that the mosque of Puthutheruvu Muslim Jama-ath is an ancient mosque having antique and historic value, and that renovation, rather than demolition, would suffice. It was alleged that adequate deliberations were not held in the general body and that, inconsistent versions were placed regarding the cost of construction.

2. By Ext.P7 order dated 20.01.2026, the State Waqf Board dismissed I.A.No.117 of 2025. The last two paragraphs of that order read thus;

“The permission for demoli