HC issues contempt of court rule against Mayor Atiqul, four other DNCC officials
The High Court has issued a contempt of court rule against Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Md Atiqul Islam and its four officials for not complying with its directive regarding promoting an official.
In the rule, the HC asked them to explain in four weeks why contempt of court proceedings should not be initiated against them for not implementing its directive.
The HC bench of Justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah and Justice Kamrul Islam Mollah came up with the rule last Thursday following a contempt of court petition filed by DNCC's Deputy Assistant Engineer Md Mizanur Rahman, Deputy Attorney General Nawroz MR Chowdhury told The Daily Star last night.
The four other DNCC officials facing a contempt of court rule are Chief Executive Officer Md Selim Reza, Chief Engineer Brigadier General Muhammad Aminul Islam, Secretary Mohammad Masud Alam Siddiquee and Chief Inquiry Officer Md Mozammel Haque.
The HC on November 4, 2019 directed DNCC authorities to dispose of an application filed by Mizanur Rahman seeking a promotion.
As the authorities did not dispose of his application, Mizanur Rahman served a legal notice to them requesting them to promote him.
Angered by the notice, DNCC authorities suspended Mizanur Rahman from the office.
Following his writ petition, the HC on January 24 this year stayed the suspension order and the Appellate Division on April 4 upheld the HC's stay order.
However, DNCC authorities did not reinstate Mizanur Rahman to his office.
Subsequently, he filed a contempt of court petition with the HC against the DNCC mayor and the officials.
Lawyer Pankaj Kumar Kundu appeared for Mizanur Rahman during the hearing on the petition.
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