PRAYAGRAJ, May 31 -- After intervention by the Allahabad high court earlier this month, the additional district magistrate (administration), Prayagraj, has approved the religious conversion application of a Muslim man who voluntarily embraced Sanatan Dharma (Hinduism) in 2022.

A division bench comprising Justice Ajit Kumar and Justice Indrajeet Shukla disposed of a petition filed by Anil Pandit (formerly Mohammad Ahashan), an assistant professor in the English department of a constituent college of the University of Allahabad, after the ADM concerned, through an order dated May 14, allowed his conversion application.

Advocate Ashish Srivastava appeared for the petitioner.

On May 6, the high court had directed the ADM to reconsider the ...