POBNEWS24, Desk report Sep 26,2021 :The High Court, while hearing a writ petition on land disputes, said the law was enacted in 2004. There are court verdicts and directives. Despite this, the appellate tribunal has not been constituted in 18 years, which is annoying for the court.
The High Court said this while addressing the Deputy Attorney General appointed for the state at the hearing. Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md. The writ petition was heard in a High Court bench comprising Mostafizur Rahman.
Addressing Deputy Attorney General Bipul Bagmar, the court further said, “Even in 16 years, the appellate tribunal has not been constituted. Talked to the Secretary of the Ministry of Land. Tell me what steps you have taken. If no action is taken, the secretary will be called if necessary.
At the time, Deputy Attorney General Bipul Bagmar said the appellate tribunal was formed in 2013. The appointment of judges is under process.
Then the court said, ‘Don’t tell this court about grammar.’
With the validity of the two judgments and decisions of the Land Survey Tribunal on the four and a half acres of land located in Dogar Mouza of Demra. Ashrarul Azim filed the writ petition. Lawyer Naseeb Kaiser appeared for the writ petition.
Lawyer Naseeb Kaiser later told Prothom Alo that the 1950 State Acquisition and Tenancy Act was amended in 2004. The amendment calls for the formation of a Land Survey Tribunal and an Appellate Tribunal. Although the Land Survey Tribunal was constituted after the amendment, the Appellate Tribunal has not been constituted yet.
Lawyers say Section 2 of the amended State Acquisition and Tenancy Act of 2004 calls for the formation of a Land Survey Tribunal and a Land Survey Appeal Tribunal. According to the law, a land survey tribunal has been set up in the country. The tribunals are headed by a joint district judge. As there is no Land Survey Appeal Tribunal, the aggrieved candidates are approaching the High Court against the judgment, decree and order of the Land Survey Tribunal.
On July 25, 2019, the High Court directed the Land Secretary to set up a Land Survey Appeal Tribunal within 90 days of receiving a copy of the judgment and inform the court.
According to the verdict, millions of people have been plunged into extreme and boundless misery since 2004 to 2019, the longest 15 years since the land ministry failed to establish an appellate tribunal. The common people must be held accountable for what they have suffered for 15 long years. We have to stand on the fence of the people.
