The High Court has summoned the deputy commissioner of Cox’s Bazar to appear before it on September 9 over a contempt of court allegation.
The bench of Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam and Justice Md Ashraful Kamal passed the order, responding to a plea from Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (Bela).
Bela’s counsel Ikbal Kabir said in a judgement, the High Court on June 8, 2011 ruled for evicting all structures from a land of 51 acres at Jhilongza Mouza of Cox’s Bazar by one month as the land was recognised as an environmentally critical area.
“But disobeying the High court order, a project for building houses for governmental staff is underway. For this, the contempt ruling was issued against 12 including Cox’s Bazar DC on March 4 of this year.”
Iqbal said: “As explanation was not given for the contempt ruling and the project is still continuing, the High Court verdict Bela requested the court to summon the DC.”