The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Uttarakhand government in response to a contempt petition alleging the illegal demolition of a waqf property, despite the Centre's assurance to pause the implementation of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025.

A Bench comprising Justices BR Gavai and Augustine George Masih sought the state's response after the contempt plea was filed in an ongoing matter challenging recent amendments to the Waqf Act.

Earlier, the Central government had assured the Court that no existing waqf properties would be denotified and no new waqf boards would be constituted while the matter remained under consideration.

The contempt petition, filed through Advocate Fuzail Ahmed Ayyubi, claims that the Hazrat Kamal Shah Dargah in Dehradun was demolished on the night of April 25 without prior notice or due legal process.

According to the plea, the dargah has long been recognized as a waqf property—first registered in 1982 with the Sunni Central Waqf Board in Lucknow and later notified in the official gazette on March 29, 1986. It is also recorded in the Waqf Asset Management System of India (WAMSI) under ID No. UKDD0055.

The petition contends that the demolition blatantly violates the Centre’s assurance to the apex court. It attributes the action to a coordinated operation led by the City Magistrate of Dehradun, along with the District Magistrate and the Municipal Commissioner.

The plea also mentions that the move may have been prompted by a baseless complaint lodged on the Chief Minister’s public grievance portal, thereby implicating the Chief Secretary as well.