The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has stayed a High Court order that suspended the tender notice for setting up of cattle market at Aftabnagar in the capital ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha.
An Appellate Division bench led by Justice Obaidul Hasan issued the order Wednesday (June 14).
Earlier, the High Court suspended the tender notice published on May 2 that called for leases in sacrificial animals’ market at Aftbanagar, including vacant spaces from Block-B- H in Eastern Housing of Aftab City and part of Badda Union Parishad.
The notice was signed by the Chief Property Officer of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and published on behalf of the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives (LGRD).
On May 15, Advocate Md Yunus Ali Akanda filed a writ petition in public interest seeking directives not to set up a cattle market in a residential area like Aftabnagar, terming it as hazardous for the environment.
Secretary of LGRD Ministry, DNCC, Chief Land Officer of DNCC, Chairman of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK), authorities of Eastern Housing and Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Dhaka were made the respondents in the writ petition.
The High Court first suspended the notice for a week and issued a rule regarding the cancellation of the notice and the leases. Later, the stay order was extended by another two months.
