The Varanasi district court on Thursday gave 10 more days to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to complete and submit a scientific survey report of the disputed Gyanvapi complex.

According to counsel for the Hindu side Madan Mohan Yadav, District Judge A K Vishvesh took up the plea of the ASI seeking three additional weeks to submit the report, and said he hoped that the ASI would not ask for more time.

The court fixed December 11 as the next date of hearing in the matter.

The court was hearing the ASI plea moved on Tuesday seeking three more weeks for submitting the report, saying it needed more time for the assimilation of information generated by different experts.

On Wednesday, the court asked a senior ASI official from Delhi to explain the need for more time, to which the ASI counsel said that officials in Varanasi had been handling the task and would apprise the court about it.

Earlier, the district court had asked the ASI to submit the survey report of the Gyanvapi complex by November 28.