President Dr Iajuddin Ahmed will decide on the matter on his return from Singapore where he is having a medical check-up now.

The Supreme Court (SC) registrar sent the letter to the president's office following a Supreme Judicial Council meeting. The council sat at around 11:00am to discuss the next steps regarding the issue. The decisions could not be known immediately.

The SC Registrar Iktedar Ahmed yesterday told The Daily Star that on March 19 the council sent its first reference to the president about tampering of certificate by Faizee. Iajuddin sent it back with recommendation for a Supreme Judicial Council probe on March 21.

However, the council could not begin the inquiry as Faizee filed a writ petition with the HC on March 19 against the Chittagong University (CU) syndicate's decision to cancel his LLB certificate.

Meanwhile, Faizee was supposed to stand before the Supreme Judicial Council yesterday reportedly for having judgment in 180 cases pending during his tenure as an HC judge.

Earlier on June 26, the council sent the president the second reference against Faizee regarding the cases that remain to be disposed of.

The embattled judge gave decision on 42 of the cases, but he did not write any judgment. Besides, he dictated to Bench Officer Sheikh Nazrul Islam judgments in 138 cases between April 2005 and December 2006. Nazrul Islam sent the typed out judgments back to him for final correction, but he never returned those.

The president had directed the council to investigate the matter. But meantime, Faizee tendered his resignation Wednesday.