The Ayodhya Development Authority (ADA) has rejected the construction plan for a mosque in Dhannipur village. The rejection was due to the non-receipt of no-objection certificates from several government departments. The land for the project was allotted to the state Sunni Central Waqf Board as per a Supreme Court verdict. Supreme Court's 2019 verdict on Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute The Supreme Court had ordered the allotment of five acres of land to the Sunni Central Waqf Board in its November 9, 2019, verdict. The court had directed that a mosque and related facilities be built at a prominent site in Ayodhya. On August 3, 2020, then district magistrate Anuj Kumar Jha handed over possession of this land in Dhannipur village of Sohawal tehsil, about 25 km from Ayodhya town, to the board.