New Delhi: Following the Supreme Court order directing that status quo be maintained and restricting Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations from being held at the Idgah Maidan in Bengaluru’s Chamarajpet, Karnataka revenue minister R. Ashoka has said that the fight for legal ownership of the ground will continue in the courts.While the Karnataka Waqf Board, before the Supreme Court on Tuesday, August 30, maintained that it has been in uninterrupted possession of the land since 1871, Ashoka has claimed the land is actually “public property”, The News Minute reported.The revenue minister also noted that the people of Chamarajpet were eager to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi on the ground and that he would “fight legally in the courts in the days to come”.Karnataka revenue minister R. Ashoka. Photo: PTI.On Tuesday, Chief Justice of India (CJI), U.U. Lalit had constituted a three-judge bench to hear the petition of the Waqf Board challenging the high court’s decision to allow Ganesh Utsav celebrations there. The CJI constituted the bench after being referred the matter from a two-judge bench which noted that no consensus could be reached between the two judges due to a “difference of opinion”.Also read: SC Halts Government’s Plans For Ganesh Chaturthi Celebrations At Idgah Maidan In BengaluruThe counsel for the Waqf Board noted that changes to the status of a Waqf property need to be made in accordance with the Waqf Act and that the state government cannot interfere with Muslims’ rights to administer such properties.Meanwhile, the counsel for the state of Karnataka argued that the Board does not have “exclusive possession” of the property and sought for permission for the land to be used for Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations for only two days, with the matter of the ownership of the land being left to be determined at a later date.The bench of Justices Indira Banerjee, A.S. Oka, and M.M. Sundresh overturned the high court’s order and ordered the status quo of the land be maintained, orally remarking, ““For 200 years it was not done, you also admit, so why not status quo, for 200 years whatever was not held, let it be.”While disposing of the present Special Leave Petition (SLP), however, the bench noted that the parties could agitate the matter before the high court and set the next date of hearing as September 23.Following the order, The News Minute report noted that members of the right-wing citizens group, Chamarajpet Nagarikara Okkoota Vedike, said that while they will abide by the top court’s order, they will mount a legal challenge to the ownership of the land.Also read: In Late-Night Hearing, Karnataka HC Allows Ganesh Chaturthi Festival At Hubbali Idgah MaidanInterestingly, soon after the Supreme Court’s order, the Anjuman-i-Islam moved a petition before the Dharwad bench of the Karnataka high court challenging an order by the Hubbali civic body allowing Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations to be held at the Hubbali Idgah Maidan.In that case, however, a single-judge bench dismissed the petition and allowed the celebrations to be conducted, noting that the “facts of the case” were different since there was no ownership dispute with the Hubbali Maidan.The Anjuman-i-Islam challenged the high court verdict before the Supreme Court on Wednesday.