The Dhaka District Council and the Dhaka North City Corporation have been in long-standing conflict over the occupation of the council鈥檚 land used by the corporation as a cattle market at Gabtoli and a half of the revenue collected from the market since 2002-2003.
The district council is likely to take legal proceedings against the city corporation, demanding the occupation of the its land and the due revenue before Eid-ul-Azha, likely to be observed in early June.聽聽
Despite repeated directives from the Local Government Division since 2002 to hand over 4.16 acres of land and remit 50 per cent of the revenue collected from the Gabtoli cattle market, the city authorities have not complied with either of the directives.
鈥楧haka North City Corporation has not complied with any of the instructions to date. We have sent them several letters in this regard,鈥� the district council鈥檚 immediate past chief executive officer Mohammed Moazzam Hossain, said on April 25.聽
鈥楩inally, we served a legal notice and are now preparing to file a case,鈥� he said. He said that the city authorities owe the council at least Tk 100 crore.
The council served the legal notice to the city corporation on March 3, asking it to hand over the land and pay 50 per cent of the revenue collected in 2003鈥�2025 financial years in 30 days.
The notice warned that the council would take legal action and hold the corporation responsible for all related expenses in case of failure to comply with the demand.
鈥榃e both are government organisations. The revenue ultimately goes to the government. I will discuss the matter with the district council,鈥� DNCC administrator Mohammad Azaz said on April 23.
An order from the Local Government Division on April 7, 2002 directed the then Dhaka City Corporation to take steps to hand over the land to the district council but the city corporation never complied.
In a subsequent order on October 9, 2002, the division instructed the city corporation to pay the district council 50 per cent of the total revenue collected from the market lease.
The order was issued after meetings of the local government and rural development ministry with officials of both the organisations on June 8, 2002 and June 27, 2002.
