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The petition filed on Tuesday, has sought a direction, against the special court's order of May 4, to proceed against all the 47 accused for their alleged role in the demolition of the disputed structure at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh.
Proceedings against 21 accused were dropped after the high court held the government notification transferring their case to the special court as invalid since it was issued without consultation with the high court.
It said the government was free to rectify the mistake by issuing a fresh notification, but the Uttar Pradesh government had not done so pleading there was no judicial direction for the same.
Meanwhile, another accused in the Ayodhya case N R Srivastava, the then district magistrate of Faizabad, has also filed a petition in the high court challenging the order of the special court, which did not grant any relief to him.
The CBI move came amidst Congress allegations that the agency's recommendation to advise the state government to issue a fresh notification had been pending with the Centre for over a month.
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