Lucknow, October 13. 2008- IR Summary/Agencies/PTI - The Allahabad High Court is reported to have ordered status quo on possession of land allotted to the Centre by the Mayawati government to set up a rail coach factory in Sonia Gandhi's constituency Raebareli and later cancelled by the state government.

"Both parties shall maintain status quo over the land in question regarding possession," Justices Pradeep Kant and Subeeh-ul-Hasnain of the Court's Lucknow Bench observed while hearing a petition filed by the Centre challenging the UP government's decision to cancel the land allotment.

The court also directed the state government to file a counter-affidavit in a week's time. The petition was moved by the Union of India through Secretary, Railway Board, Ministry of Railways and two others.

The petitioners had challenged the UP government order issued yesterday canceling the land allotment on the basis of an October 10 report of the Raebareli district magistrate apprehending law and order problems in case the possession of land was handed over to the Centre.

The rift between Mayawati and Mrs. Sonia Gandhi is getting wider and wider and it is the endeavourof Mayawati to let down the prestige of Mrs. Sonia Gandhi, will the people accept it?