The Appellate Division stayed an HC order yesterday, which had blocked the polls of Muktijoddha Kendriya Command Council, scheduled for June 4, for six months.
Justice Hasan Foez Siddique, the chamber judge, passed the order following a petition lodged by the government, Attorney General Mahbubey Alam told the Dhaka Tribune.
On May 25, the bench of justices M Moazzam Husain and Md Badruzzaman stayed the elections in response to a writ petition filed by Kabir Ahmed Khan, a candidate and former chairman of the organisation.
On December 8 last year, the government appointed an administrator at the freedom fighters’ organisation. However, to hand over the responsibility to the elected representative, an election schedule was announced on April 14. The petitioner filed the plea arguing that elections of the council’s central, district and upazila levels could not be held on the same day.
