However, an apex court bench of Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice Deepak Misra left it to the state government to formulate a scheme for the restoration of the religious places damaged during the riots.

The scheme that has been left for the state government to formulate, if it so desired, is on the lines of the one framed by the Orissa government for the restoration of churches that were damaged in the wake of 2008 anti-christian Kandhamal riots.