HC stays govt decision on chick price fixing
The High Court (HC) has stayed for three months a government decision, which fixed the maximum price for a one-day-old broiler chick at Tk 30 and a layer chick at Tk 32 and asked the poultry breeders to mention the prices on sale packets.
An HC bench also issued a rule upon the government to explain within four weeks why its decision on the price fixing should not be declared illegal.
The bench of Justice Mamnoon Rahman and Justice Syeda Afsar Jahan on Monday issued the order following a writ petition filed by Breeders' Association of Bangladesh (BAB) challenging legitimacy of the government decision.
''The chicks will be sold at the market price as the HC stays the government decision,'' a lawyer concerned told The Daily Star yesterday.
On July 11, the Department of Livestock (DLS) issued a directive asking poultry breeders to take effective steps for citing retail price of chicks as was fixed by the government.
BAB filed the petition with the HC on July 18 stating that DLS had no jurisdiction to take decision on fixing the price.
Dr M Zahir and Advocate M Shafiqur Rahman appeared for the petitioner.
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