Make public vested property list
Rights groups urge govt
Speakers at a press conference yesterday urged the government to make available the vested properties under 'Ka' and 'Kha' groups after the notification of gazette so that the people could get the benefit of Vested Property Return (amendment) Act 2011.
They also requested the government to increase the timeframe for lodging appeals at the tribunal to 150 days from 90 days considering the delay in gazette notification.
Lands which are under the possession of the government are listed as 'Ka' group while the others under common people's possession are categorised as 'Kha'.
Addressing a press conference, Advocate Rana Dasgupta, general secretary of Bangladesh Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Oikya Parishad, claimed that the people were not able to get the gazetted copy of the 'Ka' list “though the land ministry demands that the list has been notified”.
The press meet was held at the Jatiya Press Club where Khusi Kabir, coordinator of Nijera Kori; Kamal Lohani, president of Movement for Resistance of the Vested Property Act; and Sara Hossain, honorary director, Bangladesh Legal Aid and Service Trust, were also present.
Rana also requested the government to amend the shortcomings of section 26 of the act in the upcoming session of parliament.
He also urged the government to handover the responsibility of carrying out the appeal tribunal proceedings to district judges for every district for the next two years to “ensure that the dispute over land finishes smoothly”.
He suggested that the lists be published in the land ministry's website as well as of Bangladesh Government (BG) Press immediately after gazette notification.
General Secretary of Movement for Resistance of the Vested Property Act Subrata Chowdhury told this correspondent that the amount of land in the 'Ka' list is about two lakh acres while six lakh acres were possessed by the common people.
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