HC rule on govt, DCC

The respondents were asked to reply within four weeks.

The court issued the rule following a writ petition filed by Zakia Rouf Chowdhury, the proprietor of the nursery Bon-Chids.

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A High Court bench of Justice Jaynul Abedin and Justice Zobaer Rahman Chowdhury also ordered the respondents not to interfere with the peaceful possession of the property by the petitioner until the disposal of the rule.

The respondents are secretary of the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development and Cooperatives, mayor and chief executive officer of DCC, commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police and officer-in-charge of Gulshan Police Station.

Barrister Rokanuddin Mahmud moved for the petitioner and Advocate Md Asaduzzaman and Barrister Mostafizur Rahman assisted him.

The petitioner said the DCC entered the nursery unlawfully and destroyed its property on January 15.

The petitioner took lease of 34,200 square feet land of a 65,000 square feet land from the DCC in 1984 and extended the agreement several times. In 2001, the petitioner took lease of the entire plot.

After the expiry of the lease agreement on June 30 last year, the proprietor again applied for further lease but the DCC authorities did not respond, said the petitioner.