The High Court has asked the government to explain why an order to conduct a land survey in Chittagong Hill Tracts to stop land disputes should not be issued.
The cabinet division secretary, law secretary, CHT secretary and 10 others have been asked to explain to the court within 12 weeks.
The bench of justices Farid Ahmed and Mohammad Shawkat Hossain issued the rule on Monday following a writ filed by CHT residents Mohammad Jahangir Kamal and AHM Shahidullah.
Lawyer Monzil Morshed stood for the petitioner during the hearing.
He told the court that the CHT Land Dispute Settlement Commission on August 3, 2009 decided to conduct survey in three districts. As per law, it was compulsory for the administration to implement the decision, he said.
'But the administration is yet to implement the decision,' Morshed added.
Source: New Age
