Overview
- Members of the Dev Bhoomi Hindu Sangharsh Samiti submitted a memorandum to the Shimla MC commissioner offering to demolish the upper floors free of cost and urged action by December 29.
- On December 3, a Himachal Pradesh High Court single‑judge bench directed demolition of the second, third and fourth floors and ordered status quo on the ground and first floors, with the next hearing on March 9.
- The district court earlier upheld the municipal commissioner’s May 3 order that termed the upper floors unauthorised and set a December 29 deadline for removal.
- The Waqf Board has challenged the orders in the High Court, while the All Himachal Muslims Organisation cited a 1915 revenue record to assert the mosque’s longstanding legality.
- Samiti leaders warned of intensified mobilisation if the order is not enforced and said one top floor has already been removed, a claim they attributed to ongoing compliance efforts.