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HC to hear plea against DCC appointments Thursday
Petitioners' counsel says bifurcation of Dhaka City Corporation violates constitutional provisions
Published : 12 Dec 2011, 08:47 AM
Updated : 12 Dec 2011, 08:47 AM
Dhaka, Dec 12 (bdnews24.com) – The High Court has fixed Thursday as the date to hear a writ petition challenging the legality of appointing two administrators to separate civic bodies to govern the capital, after the government bifurcated the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC).
The bench of justices Mirza Hossain Haider and Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarker fixed the hearing date on Monday.
Shoaib Uddin Khan had filed the writ petition on Sunday on behalf of two lawyers, a law teacher and a trainee lawyer.
The petitioners' counsel said the two government officials were appointed by amending the law, contrary to Articles 7, 9, 11, 59 and 60 of the Constitution. "That is why the writ has been filed."
Parliament had passed the Local Government (City Corporation) Amendment Bill-2011 on Nov 29 to split DCC into two separate entities – north and south city corporations -- amid protests by the opposition on the streets and demonstration by incumbent councillors and DCC staff members.
The new northern city corporation consists of 36 of the erstwhile DCC's 92 wards, while the southern body has under its jurisdiction the remaining 56. Elections to the new entities are to be held within 90 days, according to the Bill.
On Dec 4, the government completed a full circle, appointing two administrators for the separate corporations to govern the metropolis until the elections. Khalilur Rahman, till then additional secretary in primary and mass education ministry, was made administrator for Dhaka South City Corporation, and Khorshed Alam Chowdhury, director-general of the Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training, was made his counterpart for Dhaka North City Corporation.
On Nov 30, outgoing mayor Sadeq Hossain Khoka had filed another writ petition challenging legality of the Local Government (City Corporation) Bill. The High Court later issued a rule asking the government to explain why the DCC's bifurcation should not be declared illegal.
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