Mayor Mannan cleared to return GCC

Staff Correspondent: The Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the High Court (HC) stay order of government`s suspension for BNP-backed Gazipur city corporation mayor MA Mannan.

 

A Three-member Appellate Division bench headed by the Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha passed the order on Wednesday morning.

 

"Now there is no bar for mayor MA Mannan to return to his office at Gazipur City Corporation (GCC)," said lawyers of Mannan.

 

Khandaker Mahbub Hossain, associated by advocate A K Khan Uzzal, stood for the petitioner while attorney general Mahbubey Alam represented the state.

 

Earlier on Monday, HC stayed for six months the government’s order of suspension for GCC mayor MA Mannan.

 

The HC also issued a rule asking the government to explain why the suspension order against MA Mannan should not be declared illegal and unlawful.

 

Six people, including the secretary for local government and rural development ministry and Gazipur deputy commissioner, were made respondents to the rule.

 

On 19 August 2015, the government suspended GCC mayor MA Mannan as he had been charged with criminal offences.

 

MA Mannan filed a writ petition challenging the government order on 31 March 2016.

 

risingbd/Dhaka/Apr 13, 2016/Mehedi/A K Azad