...Act) and a notification had been published in that regard and the suit property had been entered in the Register of Ancient Protected Monuments in charge of the Executive Engineer. Thereafter, the...hand, the respondent produced the relevant copy of the Register of Ancient Protected Monuments maintained by the Executive Engineer in charge of the ancient monuments (Ext. P-1) wherein the suit...property is mentioned and the Government is referred to as the owner. Since the manner of acquisition is not under challenge, the entry in the Register of Ancient Protected Monuments could be treated as a...

...Government of India through the Ministry of defense, since the ASI fulfillls the roll of a custodian of all ancient monuments which have been placed in the category of protected monuments, the application...

.... Hon'ble Dilip Gupta,J. Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J. The petitioners claim to be "Local Level Tourist Guides" in district Agra for protected monuments governed by.... a writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents not to interfere in the peaceful working of the petitioners as local level tourist guides over the protected monuments in...the protected monuments." Learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Solicitor General of India have pointed out that the issues raised in this petition have...

...cards by the Department of Tourism, Government of India for guiding the tourists at ancient monuments, i.e, protected monuments. The petitioners have challenged the advertisement dated 21st November...the Archaeological Survey of India. It is pleaded that the State Level Guides are also entitled to guide the tourist at protected monuments. It is further pleaded that Regional Guides have no right to...without jurisdiction and uncalled for.(ii) The 1958 Act defines the monuments of national importance, which are defined as protected monuments under Section 2(j) of...

...on their license (issued by the State Government), to be permitted to operate/work at the protected monuments, the said respondent may ensure appropriate verification and action...

...made, learned Standing Counsel submits that the protected monuments are only Temple and Well and there is no question of creating any such boundary wall which may stop passage of the petitioner... In view of this undertaking so advanced before the Court that protected monuments only shall be protected and there will be no interference with the residence of the...instructions in the matter which is taken on record. In the instructions it has come to be stated that only Temple namely Shivala and the old Well falling in plot no. 561 declared as protected monument to...

...for working over the protected monuments in Varanasi Mandal, Varanasi." It is contended by learned counsel for the petitioners that petitioners came to be valid... licensee as guide, and therefore, the Archaeological Survey of India should not restrain from working as guide at the protected monuments. He further submits that in...

...excavate the stones near the buildings of Fatehpur Sikri.5. The petitioners' contentions cannot hold under the law. The petitioners apparently have forgotten that monuments are protected...one of national heritage are protected monuments. These monuments come under the direct control of the Central Government, i.e, the Archaeological Survey of India. The Archaeological Officer concerned...is directly vested with the obligation to protect and maintain the protected monuments. The petitioners have evaded to make the Union of India and the Archaeological Survey of India, otherwise...

...petitioner has been working as a “Local Level Tourist Guide” in District Agra for protected monuments governed by the Archaeological Survey of India and other monuments situated in the city of Agra for the...issued, all the respondents are restrained from interfering in the working of the petitioners as local guides in the protected monuments, which is declared by or under law made by Parliament to be of...unauthorised person(s) are not permitted for the purpose of taking the visitors around the protected monuments for a monetary consideration.”Learned counsel for the petitioner has also placed...

...protected monuments situate in the Agra circle and Agra. They have also prayed for a direction to the respondent no. 1 to formulate a permanent platform for the working of the local guides over the protected...monuments. The petitioners claim to be residents of Agra and state that they are interested in working as local guides over the protected monuments situated in the city of Agra. Their contention is...that they can be permitted to practice their profession in an around the protected monuments situate in Agra, Varanasi and at other districts in the State of Uttar Pradesh. Those writ petitions were...

...biswas within the limits of Municipal Corporation, Gwalior. These are ancient heritage buildings and protected monuments of national importance under the Ancient and Historical Monuments and...the Gates No. 1 and 2 some persons have made encroachments.(6) Section 14 of the Act of 1958 prescribes maintenance of protected monuments and the duty of Union of India to protect the...monuments. The relevant Section reads as under:-“14. Maintenance of certain protected monuments.- (1) The Central Government shall maintain every monument which has been acquired under...

...Archeological Survey of India. They have also been directed to get the ancient/protected monuments retrieved from the encroachers in accordance with law so that such protected monuments are maintained...with the protected monuments, at the State Government level. …….”2. The Union of India filed a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution seeking direction...prohibited and regulated areas around the centrally protected monuments/sites, which means that no person can carry out any construction activity within 100 meters within the boundary of the monument...

...perform within Centrally Protected Monuments" ("ASI Photographers Policy") notified by the ASI on 24thMay, 2017, as amended on 17thJuly, 2018. By way of Clause 2.7 of the amended... ASI. The petitioners have worked as photographers within the ASI protected monuments since the year 2012. Since the petitioners are not...required to be taken to work as photographers within the ASI protected monuments before the year 2012. However, the ASI amended the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Rules, 1959 on...

...sought a mandamus to allow them to work as Tourist Guides for protected monuments governed by the Archaeological Survey of India and other monuments situated in the city of Agra.At the...interfering in the working of the petitioners as local guides in the protected monuments, which is declared by or under law made by Parliament to be of national importance.(c) As and when...permitted for the purpose of taking the visitors around the protected monuments for a monetary consideration.”When the petition came up before the Court on the previous occasion, an...

...Kishanganj Church Compound was ostensibly declared a protected monuments under the Ancient Monuments Act 1904 the same had been repealed by respondent nos. 1, 2 & 3 and since...cemetery, located in Kishangunj area of Delhi was declared to be a protected monument under the provisions of the Ancient Monuments Act, 1904. The respondents contended that in...1951 the AMASR Act, 1951 was enacted in which certain monuments were declared to be the monuments of National importance and deemed to be protected under the 1904 Act. Thereafter...

...16thJune 1992 relating to protected monuments. The learned counsel appearing on behalf of the appellants contends that the construction of an electric sub station does not...Gwalior Fort, which a protected monument under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act 1958. This appeal is devoid of any merit and is, therefore, dismissed summarily. ( S.N.Aggarwal ) Judge SP 2 ...

...to know the exact provision of law under which permission could be given for extending the period of construction within the prohibited and regulated areas around protected monuments. In response, the...completing construction within the prohibited and regulated areas around protected monuments. The Respondent showed us the opinion received from the Ministry of Law on the subject. On the basis of the...

...Fort of Vijaypur as protected monuments under sub Section 1 of Section 3 of the Madhya Pradesh Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1964 (hereinafter...restricted in regard to construction and mining of protected monuments.Section 16 of the Act of 1964 prescribes preservation of amenities of protected monuments. Sub-section 5 of the...protected monuments.(1) x x x x x(2) x x x x x(3) x x x x x(4) x x x x x(5) Nothing contained in any notification under sub-section (1) shall...

...monuments.—No person shall within a protected monument,—(a) do any act which causes or is likely to cause damage or injury to any part of the monument; or...the two departments, namely, Archaeological Survey of India and the Department of Tourism, have to work in collaboration with each other as access to the protected monuments is intimately connected...norms laid necessarily suitable for the profession, which as a matter of fact is for the benefit and to protect the interest of the visitors and tourists seeking access to the protected monuments. But...