Jamaat-e-Islami Lawmakers File High Court Writ Challenging Government District Oversight Order
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Eleven members of parliament from the opposition party Jamaat-e-Islami filed a writ petition at the High Court on Sunday, challenging the legality of a government directive that assigns ministers, state ministers, and parliamentary whips to oversee and coordinate administrative activities across districts.
The Cabinet Division issued the notification on August 27, designating 30 ministers, state ministers, and whips to monitor government operations in all 64 districts. Under this arrangement, officials were assigned to oversee one to three districts each, with responsibilities ranging from the monitoring of law and order and anti-corruption efforts to the supervision of narcotics control, governance, transparency, and development projects.
Mohammad Nazibur Rahman, the Member of Parliament for Pabna-1 and one of the petitioners, confirmed that the filing seeks to challenge the legal authority of the August 27 notification. The petition requests that the court issue a rule questioning why the directive should not be declared unconstitutional and asks for an immediate stay on the implementation of the order while the case remains pending. The Cabinet Secretary has been named as the respondent in the case.
Senior counsel Mohammad Shishir Monir, representing the petitioners, argued that the directive contradicts the Rules of Business, the Constitution of Bangladesh, and established judicial precedents. He noted that a similar administrative assignment system implemented in 2001 was challenged in court and subsequently declared unconstitutional by the High Court Division.
The other petitioners include Mir Ahmad Bin Quasem (Dhaka-14), Md. Golam Rabbani (Rangpur-5), Md. Nurul Islam (Chapainawabganj-3), Md. Masud Parvez (Chuadanga-1), Muhammad Azizur Rahman (Jashore-1), Sheikh Manjurul Haque Rahad (Bagerhat-2), Md. Shafiqul Islam (Patuakhali-2), Md. Rashedul Islam Rashed (Sherpur-1), Salauddin (Gazipur-4), and Mohammad Zahirul Islam (Chattogram-16).
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