A writ petition was filed on Tuesday with the High Court seeking its directive to cancel the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha's (Rajuk) "illegal" allotment of plots, including a 60 katha plot in Purbachal, in the name of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her family members.
Ten Supreme Court lawyers filed the writ petition to the relevant branch of the High Court seeking its directive upon the authorities concerned of the government to revoke all the illegal allocations approved by Rajuk at Purbachal.
It also sought HC directive on the authorities concerned to take action against those who were involved in allocating the plots and benefited from the allocations as per the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Act.
The petitioners also sought HC directive on the authorities concerned to form a three-member committee headed by a former judge of the High Court to investigate these allocations.
After filing the petition, Supreme Court lawyer Mohammad Misbah Uddin, one of the petitioners, told reporters that Sheikh Hasina had allotted plots in her own name in the Purbachal New City project of Rajuk.
Hasina's son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and daughter Saima Wazed Putul, sister Sheikh Rehana and Rehana's son Radwan Mujib Siddiq Bobby and Azmina Siddique Ruponti were each given 10-katha plots in 2022 in violation of law and rules.
"The matter was marked as a state top secret. As a result, except for a few officials, many people in Rajuk do not know anything about it," he said.
The High Court is likely to hold hearing on the petition next week, the lawyer added.
Apart from Misbah Uddin, the other petitioners are Md Rezaul Islam, Al Reza Md Amir, Md Golam Kibria, Mohammad Harun, Md Belayet Hossain Soja, Kamrul Islam Reagan, Hasan Mahmud Khan, Shahinur Rahman Shaheen and Md Zillur Rahman.
