Writ challenges DSCC decision scrapping Women Councillors’ power

Staff Reporter :
A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Tuesday challenging the legality of an office order of the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) that curtailed the power of issuing nationality, character and succession certificates of the women councilors from reserved seats.
Supreme Court lawyer Md Eunus Ali Akond filed the petition on behalf of DSCC’s three councilors, Khaleda
 Alam, Shaheda Begum and Nasrin Rashid Putul.
According to the writ petition, the Secretary of the DSCC issued an office order on November 28 last year in this regard.
The notification said, “Only general councilors can issue succession, nationality and character certificates, according to Section 3(3) of the law. The reserved seat councilors have no legal authority to issue any such certificate.”
Lawyer Eunus Ali Akond said, “Everyone has equal rights according to the Constitution. However, the DSCC authorities have issued office order barring women councilors in issuing character, nationality and succession certificates. That is why we have filed the writ petition challenging the Section 3(3) of the law and the legality of the office order issued by the DSCC.”
DSCC Mayor, Law Secretary, LGRD Secretary, and DSCC Secretary have been made respondents in the writ petition.