Help resolve CHT land disputes
Justice Khademul urges Santu Larma
Chairman of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Land Dispute Resolution Commission Justice (retd) Khademul Islam Chowdhury urged cooperation from CHT Regional Council Chairman Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma alias Santu Larma and other representatives of hill people for resolving the land disputes in CHT.
Santu Larma and the other representatives of hill people who are members of the commission should join its meetings and extend full cooperation for betterment of the CHT people, he said in a press briefing held at the CHT Land Dispute Resolution Commission office in Khagrachhari town yesterday.
"Santu Larma joined only one of the 18 meetings organised by the commission in last two and a half years. Most of the meetings were held with required quorum but the commission could not proceed with its activists to resolve any land dispute in absence of Santu Larma," Khademul said.
"Of the 5,000 applications for resolution of land disputes in CHT, 3,000 cases are in the final stage for judgment. The Land Commission can resolve all the cases within its tenure if representatives of the hill people come forward with good intention, he added.
Replying to a query, he said Land Commission Act, 2001 is a complete and independent one and enough to resolve the land disputes in CHT.
The government has to do land survey in CHT as early as possible because the commission cannot resolve the land disputes without proper demarcations, records and documents, he said.
Additional Divisional Commissioner Mohammad Nurul Islam and commission Secretary Abdul Hamid were also present at the press conference and replied to the queries of journalists.
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