Govt losing land
Law minister blames delays in moving case records
Delays by officials responsible for placing land-related case records before the High Court causes dismissal of government appeals in the cases, resulting in a loss of government possession of huge amounts of land, said Law Minister Shafique Ahmed yesterday.
He was addressing as chief guest a views exchange meeting organised by Government Pleaders Association (GPA) on their remuneration and facilities in the capital's Supreme Court Bar Association auditorium.
Officials concerned of the district administrations and land and law ministries are to send the records to the solicitor's office to move appeals before the HC against the district courts' verdicts. The government law officers are responsible for moving the records, he said.
In most occasions, the officers do not discharge their duties for not being paid on time. The government would take steps to ensure the payments on time, he said.
Delays of up to 2,000 days take place in moving the appeals though the government must give the HC an explanation for the delay, he said.
Though the government, considering the revenue aspect, will not introduce full-fledged attorney service at the moment to permanently recruit law officers, it is planning to introduce the attorney service, on a limited scale, at district level, he added.
Shafique said the government pleaders and additional government pleaders would be recruited through Judicial Service Commission once the district level attorney service was introduced.
State Minister for Law Qamrul Islam, GPA Convener Fakir Delwar Hossain, lawmakers Advocate Fazle Rabbi and Nurul Islam Sujan and senior lawyer Barrister M Amir-Ul Islam also spoke on the occasion.
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