2 govt officials summoned by HC for not yet handing over SC land to it

The High Court yesterday summoned the women and children affairs secretary and the Shishu Academy director to appear before it on May 6 for not handing over to the Supreme Court a piece of land that belongs to it, despite an order.

SC lawyer Manzill Murshid, who moved the petition, said the HC in March 2011 directed the authorities concerned to protect and maintain the 55.5 acres of land, and, later, the Appellate Division upheld the HC order. Shishu Academy has been occupying the four acres of the SC land, he said.