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Hyderabad : The High Court of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on Thursday rejected the resignation filed by the judge who delivered the Mecca Masjid Blast verdict. As per sources, Ravinder Reddy, the special National Investigation Agency (NIA) judge who delivered the verdict in the above case, has been asked to attend to his duties immediately. The blast, which took place on May 18, 2007, at the Mecca Masjid here during Friday prayers, had killed eight people and left 58 injured, and was allegedly carried out by a group of right-wing terrorists. On Monday, a special NIA court at Nampally had acquitted all accused in the case due to lack of evidence provided against the latter. Hours after the verdict was pronounced, Reddy tendered his resignation..