Staff Correspondent
The High Court on Wednesday asked Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha to explain in four weeks why its notification inviting fresh applications for plots at Uttara in the third phase cancelling in 2007 the previous plot allotment would not be declared illegal.
The High Court bench of Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain and Justice Quamrul Islam Siddiqui passed the order after hearing a public interest litigation writ petition filed by Supreme Court lawyer Ruhul Quddus challenging Rajuk’s decision.
Rajuk on November 26 invited applications for plots at Uttara and Purbachal in the third phrase.
According to the petitioner, Rajuk invited applications for the same plots in 2004. On October 6, 2006, it allocated plots to some applicants, including the petitioner, as per the invitations.
But the military-controlled interim government after assuming office cancelled some allotments, the petitioner’s counsel Toufiq Inam told the court.
The decision on the cancellation of the allotment of plots was also published in national newspapers, he said.
‘Inviting fresh applications for the same plots, earlier allocated, is a clear misuse of powers of Rajuk,’ the counsel said.
Courtesy: newagebd.com
