TDS Desk:

The Appellate Division on Monday stayed the High Court order within an hour that had postponed the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) election until October 30.

Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Justice Farah Mahbub passed the order after hearing a petition filed by the Dhaka University authorities seeking stay on the High Court order.

Advocate Mohammad Shishir Monir stood for the petitioner.

Shishir Monir said now there is no bar to holding the DUCSU election.

Earlier, in the day, the High Court stayed until October 30 the DUCSU election, scheduled to be held on September 9.

The HC bench of Justice Md Habibul Gani and Justice Sk Tahsin Ali passed the order after hearing a writ petition filed by an election candidate.

Earlier, a writ petition was filed challenging the candidacy of SM Farhad as the general secretary (GS) of Islami Chhatra Shibir in the DUCSU election. Barrister Jyotirmoy Barua stood for the petitioner.

The HC also wanted to know the process of nominating candidates in the DUCSU election, scrutiny of the nomination and preparation process of the election.

The DUCSU election was scheduled to be held on September 9.

BM Fahmida Alam, liberation war and democratic movement’s affairs secretary candidate from the left alliance panel, filed the petition challenging the eligibility of SM Farhad, general secretary (GS) candidate from the Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed panel.

Soon after the HC order, the university authorities filed a petition challenging the order.

According to the final list published on August 26, it shows that the final number of candidates for the election stands at 471.

Among them, 28 candidates withdrew their candidatures willingly while the nomination papers of 10 candidates declared invalid as they did not file any appeal petitions.

According to the final list, there were supposed to be 45 candidates for the position of Vice President (VP), 19 candidates for the position of General Secretary (GS) and 25 candidates for the position of Assistant General Secretary (AGS).