SC clears way for eviction

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Cox’s Bazar Beach
SC clears way for eviction
The Supreme Court yesterday cleared the way for demolishing all the structures on Cox’s Bazar sea beach.
The seven-member Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque upheld the High Court order that declared legal the deputy commissioner’s (DC) The apex court also dismissed four leave-to-appeal petitions against the HC order. The petitions were filed by the owners of some structures including a few hotels and restaurants set up on the beach.
The HC bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Justice Sheikh Md Zakir Hossain on January 10 directed the government to remove all permanent and temporary structures from the beach to keep its natural beauty intact.
The bench passed the order following a public interest litigation filed by Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh (HRPB). The petition was filed following a report published in The Daily Star on January 5.
The DC of Cox’s Bazar on January 12 served a notice on the owners to remove their structures from the beach within a week.
Four owners — Nowshad Karim, Rabiul Islam, Ferdous Akhter and Mujibul Islam — filed four writ petitions with the HC bench headed by Justice Miftah Uddin Choudhury challenging the notice. The bench on January 17 temporarily stayed the notice.
The land ministry then filed four writ petitions with the HC bench headed by Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik seeking to vacate the order.
After the hearing, the bench on February 15 vacated the order passed by Justice Miftah Uddin Chowdhury.
Subsequently, the owners filed separate leave to appeal petitions with the SC for staying the February 15 HC order that ordered them to demolish their structures.
Advocate Manzill Murhsid, the counsel for HRPB and land ministry, told The Daily Star that there is no legal bar to knock down the structures following the SC order.
Barrister Kamal-ul Alam, advocate Abdul Matin Khasru, and advocate AM Amin Uddin appeared for the owners of structures.

Courtesy of The Daily Star

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Over 100 illegal shops, shanties knocked down

Admin — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 03:28:50 +0000

Cox’s Bazar Beach
Over 100 illegal shops, shanties knocked down
In compliance with a recent High Court order, the district administration yesterday evicted more than 100 shanties and shops in a drive to free the world’s longest sea beach of illegal occupants.
The structures, erected illegally at the beach’s Sugandha point and adjacent to Jhauban (tamarisk tree grove) area, were pulled down during the four-hour long drive led by Md Sukur Ali, additional deputy commissioner (revenue).
A mobile court headed by Executive Magistrate Rafiqul Islam also fined the authority of Neleema Resort at Sea Inn point Tk 30,000 and sentenced two persons to three months in prison each for selling food in unhygienic condition and polluting environment.
The two are lessee of the resort Ashraful Karim and his employee Nurul Absar.
Shops selling commodities made of oyster and conch shells and other settlements were knocked down till 2:00pm, said the ADC.
Unauthorised structures on the sea beach at Kolatoli, Laboni, Shaibal and Diabetic Hospital points will also be evicted, he mentioned.
“We received the copy of the HC order on January 21,” said Md Sukur Ali adding, notices have been sent to all concerned to remove all structures built on the sea beach by January 27.
Besides, a public notice has been circulated asking the occupants to remove all the structures erected at different points of the beach, noted the ADC.
A High Court bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Justice Sheikh Md Zakir Hossain on January 10 directed the Cox’s Bazar deputy commissioner, district police superintendent and officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station to demolish all the permanent and temporary structures built on the sea beach within seven days.
The HC also asked them to submit a report to it in this regard.
In the same judgement the HC ordered the DC to form a special committee to demarcate the boundary of the sea beach area within next three months.
The HC passed the order in response to a writ filed by human rights and environmentalist organisation Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh.

Via: The Daily Star

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SC clears way for eviction

Over 100 illegal shops, shanties knocked down