2000 INSC 1366
                                        SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

                                                Wasim Ahmed Saeed

                                                           Vs.

                                                    Union of India

                                        Writ Petitions (C) No.653 of 1994

                               (B.N.Kirpal,U.C.banerjee and Brijesh Kumar JJ.)

                                                      13.12.2000

                                                       ORDER

Learned Solicitor-General states that Fatehpur Sikri is one of the three heritage cities in the country
and ASI now proposes to develop the same as such. As a first step, it is proposed that the car
parking which is in front of the Buland Darwaza will be shifted to the land approximate to 244/2
and the shops will automatically, with or without persuasion, move to that area, ASI will come up
with a proposal whereby the whole area in question, namely, Fatehpur Sikri is developed as a
heritage city should. We direct the State of U.P. to render all assistance to ASI in the discharge of its
duties. Draft proposal of ASI should be filed withinthree weeks.

2. To come up after three weeks.