Staff Reporter :
The High Court on Sunday issued an injunction upon the earth filling activities by the Purbachal Marine City authorities in 2500 bigha land at Doudpur Union Parishad of Rupganj Upazila under Narayanganj district for three months. Deputy Commissioner of Narayanganj, Rupganj’s Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO), AC Land and Sub-Registrar have been asked to comply with the injunction order.
The court also asked the Narayanganj DC and the Deputy Director of the District Social Service Office to conduct an investigation over the allegation of grabbing arable land, water bodies, homesteads and forests by the Purbachal Marine City and to submit a report to the court within 60 days.
The High Court bench of Justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah and Justice Kazi Md Ejarul Haque Akondo passed the order after hearing a writ petition filed in this regard.
The court also issued a rule upon the concerned bodies of the government to explain in four weeks as to why the inaction of the of the respondents to stop illegal earth filling activities by grabbing arable land, water bodies, homesteads and forests in the project area of the Purbachal Marine City at Doudpur Union Parishad of Rupganj upazila should not be declared illegal.
It also wanted to know in the rule as to why the respondents should not be directed to recover the arable land, water bodies, homesteads and forests already grabbed by the Purbachal Marine City authorities.
Land Secretary, Housing and Public Works Secretary, Local Government Secretary, Environment Secretary, RAJUK Chairman, Deputy Commissioner of Narayanganj, Rupganj’s Upazila Nirbahi Officer, AC Land and Sub-Registrar, Managing Director of the Marine Group of Companies and other respondents have been asked to comply with the rule.
Valiant Freedom Fighter AKM Tamijuddin Raj and 11 other from the area filed the writ petition with the High Court on August 10 this year.
Barrister Mahin M Rahman appeared in the court hearing on behalf of the writ petitioners, while Assistant Attorney General Mohammad Abbas Uddin represented the state.
Later lawyer Mahin said, “Marine Group of Company Limited in the name of ‘Purbachal Marine City’ is filling earth illegally in the 2500 bigha land at Daudpur Union of Rupganj upazila. The High Court issued an injunction upon the earth filling activities for three months.”
