Registrar of the Supreme Court (SC) Iktedar Ahmed yesterday confirmed that they have received a notification from the president's office to that effect. He also said that the resignation would be considered to have taken effect from July 12, the day Faizee communicated to the chief justice his decision to step down.

Earlier on July 15, the SC registrar sent the resignation letter to President Prof Iajuddin Ahmed following a Supreme Judicial Council meeting.

The council sent its first reference to the president about tampering of certificate by Faizee on March 19. 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.

In his resignation letter, Faizee said that "vested political quarters" have been out to tarnish his image and that of the SC judges. Under the circumstances, he felt an urge to quit to "protect the image of the apex court".

He went on leave on March 5, two days after the CU syndicate cancelled his certificate. Soon afterwards, the chief justice decided not to place him on any bench.

Faizee was supposed to appear before the council last Sunday for having judgment in 180 cases pending during his tenure as an HC judge. But he resigned before the date.

He was among the 19 new judges appointed to the HC by the four-party alliance on August 23, 2004.