Writ not to set up animal market in Aftabnagar

Dhaka: A writ has been filed challenging the validity of the lease notification for setting up a sacrificial animal market at Aftabnagar in the capital. Supreme Court lawyer Yunus Ali Akand filed the writ on Monday (April 22).

He said that the writ may be heard in the court of Justice Naima Haider and Justice Kazi Zeenat Haque.

On April 4, the Chief Property Officer of Dhaka South City Corporation issued a lease notice for setting up a sacrificial animal market on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha. This notification mentions 11 huts. Among them, Yunus Ali Akand gave a legal notice to the City Corporation on April 8 asking to cancel the section of the haat in Aftabnagar. Not getting a response, he filed a writ in the High Court on Monday. In the writ, nine people including the Secretary of Local Government Ministry, Dhaka South City Corporation, Chief Land Officer of Dhaka South City have been made defendants.

The lawyer said that as per section 3 (2) of the Local Government (City Corporation) Act 2009 and the first schedule, Aftabnagar (Eastern Housing) under Badda police station number 37, which is included in the Dhaka North City Corporation, the councilor of this area is also included in the Dhaka North City Corporation and 2023 Dhaka North City Corporation notified the lease for the animal market in 2015, after filing a writ, the High Court suspended the lease. Later, the North City Corporation appealed and the Appellate Division allowed the lease from L block onwards for 2023. As a result, animal haat was established from L block last year, but due to the High Court writ, animal haat was not installed from A block to H block last year.

Aftabnagar (Eastern Housing), Dhanmondi, a planned residential area approved by Rajuk like Gulshan, thousands of people of different classes and professions including judges are living here by building small and big multi-storied houses, about seven thousand plots have been allotted in this huge residential area. In this situation, if there is a cattle market in that area, it will spread to the entire Aftabnagar area. As a result, there will be no limit to the suffering of the common people.

Bangladesh Time: 1658 hours, April 22, 2024
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