“The survey is not completed yet", the Council said.

“ASI may give a primary report but they should not submit the final report yet as the survey is incomplete. After lunch, the court will hear the matter. There is a possibility that ASI may ask for more time from the court," 

Shubhash Nandan Chaturvedi, also a lawyer representing Hindu litigants, said the four weeks given by the Varanasi district court to ASI to complete its survey end on Saturday.

“We think that the survey is not completed yet and ASI may make a request to extend the date," he said.

Earlier, Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, also a lawyer for the Hindu side, said an out-of-court settlement in the Gyanvapi Mosque issue “is not legally possible".

“…in matters related to the country and society, where a representative suit is filed involving the entire society, even if one person or party wants to settle alone, they cannot. So this initiative for an out-of-court settlement is not possible…as it is not legally possible," Jain said.

During the previous hearing, Allahabad High Court rejected a plea filed by the Muslim side, the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee, challenging the orders of the Varanasi court , allowing the ASI to conduct a scientific survey of the Gyanvapi mosque premises.