GCC polls: EC seeks stay on HC order

The Election Commission today filed a petition with the Supreme Court challenging a High Court order that stayed the process for holding Gazipur City Corporation election.

In the petition, the EC sought a stay on the HC order, Advocate Obaidur Rahman Mostofa, lawyer to the EC, told The Daily Star.

He said that the SC will hold a hearing on the petition tomorrow along with two petitions filed by mayoral candidates Hasan Uddin Sarkar and Jahangir Alom. 

On Sunday, following a writ petition, the HC stayed the Gazipur City Corporation election for three months with the Election Commission entirely in the dark about the development.

In his petition, Shimulia union Chairman ABM Azharul Islam argued that the LGRD ministry issued a gazette notification on March 4 including the six mouzas of the union in the Gazipur city without informing the Dhaka district administration.