The High Court has ordered the authorities to take initiatives within seven days for preserving the ancestral house of noted scientist Acharya Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose.
The court on Sunday directed the director general of the department of archaeology, deputy commissioner of Munshiganj and officer-in-charge of Sreenagar police station of Munshiganj to carry out the order.
An HC bench of Justice Mainul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Ashraful Kamal passed the order in response to a writ petition filed by Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh in public interest on November 26.
The court also issued a rule against the respondents asking why they should not be directed to preserve the 300 years old historical house.
The court also asked the respondents why the place would not be listed as an archaeological place and why an order should not be passed to publish a gazette.
Secretary of cultural affairs, secretary of ministry of information, secretary of land, director general of the department of archaeology, deputy commissioner of Munshiganj and officer-in-charge of Sreenagar police station were made respondents to the rules.
Acharya Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose's ancestral house is situated at Rarikhal village under Rarikhal union of Sreenagar upazila in Munshiganj.
