HC seeks explanation from Rajuk

Staff Reporter :
The High Court on Monday sought explanation over the reported incident of missing of around 30,000 clients’ documents regarding permission for construction of buildings from the server of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk).
The court asked the Rajuk chairman to submit a report on whether the reported incident of missing of documents is authentic and what steps have been taken about it if the incident is true before the court in 30 days.
The HC Bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Khizir Hayat passed the order on a Suo Muto (voluntary) move following a report published on Bangla daily Prothom Alo.
Khurshid Alam Khan, a counsel for the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), placed the news report before the HC bench for necessary order. Deputy Attorney General AKM Amin Uddin Manik represented the state during the court proceedings.
The court also fixed February 5 for hearing on the issue, said Khurshid Alam.
According to the published report, “Around 30,000 clients’ documents seeking permission for construction of buildings have been lost from the server of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakkha. The city building authorities came to know about the incident on 6 December.
However, RAJUK is still in dark as to whether this happened due to technical glitch or anyone did it intentionally. The authorities are yet to form a probe committee to investigate the incident in over three weeks, raising questions over the RAJUK’s sincerity to unearth the reason behind it.”
The lost documents are the clients’ applications for construction of permit from May 2019 to 6 December this year. RAJUK officials said people may face various hassles due to loss of these important documents, also read the report.
UNB adds: Kazi Mohammad Mahabubul Haque, head of Rajuk’s Management Information System (MIS) unit, said they are trying to recover all the lost documents. They lodged a GD (General Diary) in this regard. However, no probe committee was formed by the authorities in last three weeks, said the report.
Clients who applied for construction approval from May 2019 to December 6 may suffer in various ways due to the loss of the documents, it added.
Loss of these documents may also spawn corruption. For example, many people want to take bank loans keeping buildings as mortgage. Bank authorities in such case send letter to Rajuk for verification. With the loss of the documents, such clients would face trouble getting bank loans as Rajuk would not be able to verify the documents.
Also, clients would be able to temper the design approved by the Rajuk. The Rajuk authorities would not be able to do much to prevent such wrongdoings since they have the design to challenge any forged documents, it added.