HC orders to prepare list of grabbers of railways land in 30 days

The High Court on Tuesday ordered the bodies concerned to prepare a list of the persons who have illegally occupied railways' land in different districts of the country and submit it in the court within 30 days.

The Railways Secretary and the Director General of the Bangladesh Railway have been asked to comply with the direction. They have also been asked to inform the court about how much land of the railways has been under illegal occupants in different districts by the same time.

The High Court bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Khizir Hayat passed the order after hearing a writ petition filed by rights organization 'Human Rights and Peace for Bangaldesh (HRPB)'.

Lawyer Manzill Murshid appeared in the court hearing on behalf of the HRPB, while Deputy Attorney General Md Saifuddin Khaled for the state.

The court also issued a rule asking the respondents to explain in two weeks as to why their inaction to recover the railways' properties from illegal encroachment across the country should not be declared illegal.

It also wanted to know in the rule as to why the respondents should not be directed to evict the illegal occupants of railways' properties in different districts of the country.

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