Hearing on whether terrorism charges can be applied in the Godhra train burning case of 2002 was Friday adjourned by the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) special court here till July 7.

The Central POTA Review Committee had earlier recommended revoking the POTA charges against the 131 accused in the Godhra tragedy, as it had found no evidence of a terrorist conspiracy in the case.

Public prosecutor H.M. Dhruv had presented his "personal opinion" before city-based POTA court for maintaining the POTA charges, contrary to the committee recommendations.

Defence counsels Mukul Sinha and Nitya Ramakrishnan, however, had argued that the public prosecutor was bound by the committee recommendation.

The defence counsel later approached the Gujarat High Court for a clarification on the public prosecutor's role in the matter.

The Gujarat High Court adjourned the hearing of the petition till July 5 and, as a result, the POTA court adjourned the hearing till July 7, sources said.

The train burning tragedy of February 27, 2002 had sparked statewide violence, which left at least 1000 people dead.