The vacation bench of the High Court has issued a rule nisi and imposed ‘status-quo’ on the new ad-hoc committee of National Paralympic Committee of Bangladesh (NPC), which was appointed by the National Sports Council, scraping a regular elected committee.
The NSC has appointed a new ad-hoc committee on 28 May 2025, ignoring the mandate of International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Engineer Md. Maksudur Rahman, the incumbent Secretary General of NPC-Bangladesh with the connivence of a para-athlete A B M Ataur Rahman Shohel filed a writ petition in the High Court against the illegal order of formation of ad-hoc committee, scrapping the elected committee, which is scheduled to be fulfilled their tenure in next February.
After hearing the writ petition, the division bench of High Court comprising Justice Razik-Al-Jalil and Justice Sathika Hossain issued the rule nisi and pass an order directing the parties to maintain ‘status-quo’ yesterday.
The writ mentioned that the IPC has suspended NPC of Bangladesh for about 12 years due to this kind of illegal interference of the National Sports Council earlier. This time the same ban may be imposed by the IPC, chasing the illegal interference of NSC.
It is worth mentioning that National Paralympic Committee of Bangladesh is running by the virtue of IPC chartered. NPC is not regulated by the local sports law. If this kind of illegal interference continues, the physically challenged athletes’ rights may be ignored and the image of the country will be tarnished internationally.
