The Varanasi court has dismissed the petition of the Hindu side for an additional survey of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and excavation under the central dome. 

Hindu side Advocate Vijay Shankar Rastogi said, "This decision is against the rules and facts. I am upset with this and will go to the upper court and challenge it. According to the order of 8.4.2021, a 5-member committee was to be appointed to the ASI for the survey, in which one person would have been of the minority community and an expert from the central university. All of them had to conduct the ASI survey. The previous survey was done only by the ASI. The High Court had confirmed that the survey was not in compliance with that order (of 8.4.2021). We will go to the High Court on an immediate basis."