Contempt petition against 5 govt officials
A contempt of court petition was filed yesterday with the High Court (HC) against four government officials and a former official on charges of violating the court order.
The officials are the fisheries and livestock secretary Sharful Alam, joint secretary to the ministry of fisheries and livestock Shamsul Kibria, acting director general of the department of fisheries Abdul Khalek and its former director general Rafiqul Islam and senior assistant secretary to the same ministry Sabbir Hossain.
Advocate Manzill Murshid, who filed the contempt of court petition on behalf of a writ petitioner, told The Daily Star yesterday that the HC on January 5 directed the officials to stop promotion to the posts of district fisheries officer for one month, but they have promoted some officials and allowed some others to join the same post.
The respondent officials have promoted nine officials and allowed five others to join the posts of district fisheries officer on January 6, backdating the joining date to January 3, he said.
The HC passed the directive upon a writ petition jointly filed by 10 senior upazila fisheries officers, including Md Abdus Sattar PK.
Earlier on January 7, Manzill Murshid served contempt of court notice asking the government officials to suspend the orders of promotion and joining to the post within 24 hours as per the HC order.
He also said that the hearing of the contempt petition might be held today.
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