Surprise visit of land secretary – Nazir of Land office suspended
Staff Reporter/ Legal Voice24 :
Nazir (mutation-cum-certificate assistant) of Dhaka Kotowali Revenue Circle Md Delwar Hossain Talukder is temporarily suspended and Office Assistant of the Sutrapur Land Office Md. Siddiqur Rahman is transferred for disciplinary purposes over harassing the service receivers of the Land Office.
Yesterday (Monday 13 January 2020), Land Secretary Md. Muksodur Rahman Patwary made a surprise visit at the Demra Revenue Circle Office, Motijheel Revenue Circle Office and Sutrapur Land Office under Kotowali Revenue Circle. These three government offices are located in the same building. Senior Assistant Secretary of the Ministry of Land Md Samsouzzaman was present with the Land Secretary.
During the surprise visit at the land offices, the Land Secretary found that official in charge Nazir Md Delwar Hossain Talukder of Dhaka Kotowali Revenue Circle failed to obey a legal order of sending a copy of a miss case issued by the Assitant Commissioner (Land) of Dhaka Kotowali Revenue Circle and thereby deliberately delayed the process for about three months while depriving the concerned service receiver of legal benefits by harassing.
“It is not possible to file land development tax with the photocopy of the document and it is not possible to collect revenue without the original document/photocopy” – Office Assistant Md. Siddiqur Rahman was telling to a person went to the land office for paying tax. Even though, the copy of the Record of Rights (Khatiyan) was issued to that service receiver – Land secretary further observed.
For deliberate depriving the citizens of due service and rights under the law, the Land Secretary directed the officials concerned to take necessary legal actions against them immediately. After the initial investigation, Office Assistant of the Sutrapur Land Office Md. Siddiqur Rahman was transferred yesterday (13 January) for disciplinary purposes and proceedings to take departmental action against Nazir (mutation-cum-certificate assistant) of Dhaka Kotowali Revenue Circle Md Delwar Hossain Talukder was initiated today after temporarily suspending him over his misconduct.
