The settlement of land dispute in Chittagong Hill Tracts was stopped for 16 years, because the law was not amended. After the amendment of the law, it has now been stuck in the rules of framing rules. As soon as the chairman's term expired, the work can not be started without reconstruction of Land Dispute Settlement Commission.
The settlement of land disputes is the main issue of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Agreement. Almost everyone related to the government and the private sector thinks that 80 percent of the Chittagong Hill Tracts will be solved if the settlement of land disputes is settled. The implementation of the main part of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Agreement will also be completed.
Due to this importance, there has been specific provisions in the Chittagong Hill Tracts Agreement to settle land disputes. The agreement was made in the formation of the Land Dispute Settlement Commission of Chittagong Hill Tracts, the formation of the dispute settlement legislation, in consultation with the regional council. But the government has enacted a law called 'Chittagong Hill Tracts Land Dispute Settlement Commission Act' in 2001 without giving anything to the regional council.
After the passage of the law in the parliament, the regional council and the Jana Sanghati Samiti (JSS) objected to 23 issues. The JSS Act demanded amendment to these matters, not to be consistent with the Chittagong Hill Tracts Agreement. The government has held discussions with them from 2002 to 2016. There is agreement between the two parties more than once. Yet the law was not being amended.
As a result, the main problem of the Chittagong Hill Tracts was to obstruct the process of settlement of land disputes. Finally, the amendment of the law was passed in the Parliament in September last year. But no rule of law is possible without rules. And the government was not taking the initiative to make rules. In this situation, the Chittagong Hill Tracts Regional Council drafted a draft rule and presented it to the government.
The land ministry is responsible for finalizing it. But it has been in the Ministry for more than a year. Two secretaries of the Land Ministry have already changed. A reliable source of the ministry said that the finalization of the rule was not completed yet.
Meanwhile, on September 6, the fifth chairman of the Land Dispute Settlement Commission expires. But no one has been appointed in the post till now. But the Commission has submitted about 25,000 dispute settlement applications.
Regional political parties of Chittagong Hill Tracts and some representatives of civil society said in the first light, there are more problems in the process of settlement of land disputes. For example, the list of refugees and internally returned refugees from India has not yet been finalized. But the need for settlement of land disputes is their highest.
In order to implement the Chittagong Hill Tracts Agreement, the government formed the first Land Dispute Settlement Commission on 3 June 1999. Chairman of that commission Justice Anwarul Huq Chowdhury died before taking office. Then on 5 April 2000, the chairman of the reconstituted commission, Justice Abdul Karim resigned after a few days of taking over, due to physical illness. Justice Mahmudur Rahman, chairman of the reconstituted commission on November 29, 2001, could not begin the dispute settlement till his death in 2007.
Then the chairman of the reconstituted commission Justice Khademul Islam Chowdhury tried to start the work. He said that the law amendment was about the government's issue. That's why the commission can not be invalid. The commission will work according to existing laws. Then he took the initiative to survey the land in Chittagong Hill Tracts. At the same time, the application was called for settlement of dispute. Then there were about 4,500 applications. But without the amendment of the law, the settlement of the dispute or the land survey initiative was vitiated in the face of intense opposition. The commission expired on July 18, 2012.
After that, the chairman was not appointed for nearly two years. On 7 September 2014, the government appointed Justice Mohammad Anwar-ul-Haq as chairman for three years. The last chairman's tenure ended on September 6. Four members of the commission without the chairman are the Chairman of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Regional Council, head of the concerned circle, the Divisional Commissioner of Chittagong and Chairman of the concerned district council.
The settlement of land disputes is the main issue of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Agreement. Almost everyone related to the government and the private sector thinks that 80 percent of the Chittagong Hill Tracts will be solved if the settlement of land disputes is settled. The implementation of the main part of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Agreement will also be completed.
Due to this importance, there has been specific provisions in the Chittagong Hill Tracts Agreement to settle land disputes. The agreement was made in the formation of the Land Dispute Settlement Commission of Chittagong Hill Tracts, the formation of the dispute settlement legislation, in consultation with the regional council. But the government has enacted a law called 'Chittagong Hill Tracts Land Dispute Settlement Commission Act' in 2001 without giving anything to the regional council.
After the passage of the law in the parliament, the regional council and the Jana Sanghati Samiti (JSS) objected to 23 issues. The JSS Act demanded amendment to these matters, not to be consistent with the Chittagong Hill Tracts Agreement. The government has held discussions with them from 2002 to 2016. There is agreement between the two parties more than once. Yet the law was not being amended.
As a result, the main problem of the Chittagong Hill Tracts was to obstruct the process of settlement of land disputes. Finally, the amendment of the law was passed in the Parliament in September last year. But no rule of law is possible without rules. And the government was not taking the initiative to make rules. In this situation, the Chittagong Hill Tracts Regional Council drafted a draft rule and presented it to the government.
The land ministry is responsible for finalizing it. But it has been in the Ministry for more than a year. Two secretaries of the Land Ministry have already changed. A reliable source of the ministry said that the finalization of the rule was not completed yet.
Meanwhile, on September 6, the fifth chairman of the Land Dispute Settlement Commission expires. But no one has been appointed in the post till now. But the Commission has submitted about 25,000 dispute settlement applications.
Regional political parties of Chittagong Hill Tracts and some representatives of civil society said in the first light, there are more problems in the process of settlement of land disputes. For example, the list of refugees and internally returned refugees from India has not yet been finalized. But the need for settlement of land disputes is their highest.
In order to implement the Chittagong Hill Tracts Agreement, the government formed the first Land Dispute Settlement Commission on 3 June 1999. Chairman of that commission Justice Anwarul Huq Chowdhury died before taking office. Then on 5 April 2000, the chairman of the reconstituted commission, Justice Abdul Karim resigned after a few days of taking over, due to physical illness. Justice Mahmudur Rahman, chairman of the reconstituted commission on November 29, 2001, could not begin the dispute settlement till his death in 2007.
Then the chairman of the reconstituted commission Justice Khademul Islam Chowdhury tried to start the work. He said that the law amendment was about the government's issue. That's why the commission can not be invalid. The commission will work according to existing laws. Then he took the initiative to survey the land in Chittagong Hill Tracts. At the same time, the application was called for settlement of dispute. Then there were about 4,500 applications. But without the amendment of the law, the settlement of the dispute or the land survey initiative was vitiated in the face of intense opposition. The commission expired on July 18, 2012.
After that, the chairman was not appointed for nearly two years. On 7 September 2014, the government appointed Justice Mohammad Anwar-ul-Haq as chairman for three years. The last chairman's tenure ended on September 6. Four members of the commission without the chairman are the Chairman of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Regional Council, head of the concerned circle, the Divisional Commissioner of Chittagong and Chairman of the concerned district council.
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