Ten days into his suspension, the Supreme Court today cleared way for Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) mayor MA Mannan to continue discharging his duties.

The court passed “no order” on a petition filed by the government seeking a stay on a High Court order that halted the suspension of MA Mannan.

A three-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha passed the “no order” after holding hearing on the government petition moved by Attorney General Mahbubey Alam.

Manna’s lawyer Barrister AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon told The Daily Star that that the High Court stay order on the suspension of mayor Mannan will remain in force following the apex court order.

Therefore, there is no legal bar for Mannan to continue discharging his duties, he added.

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On July 6, Local Government Division suspended Mannan for the third time as a Gazipur court accepted the charge sheet in a corruption case filed against him by the Anti-Corruption Commission.

After three days, the High Court stayed the government's suspension order for three months.

Mannan on July 9 filed a writ petition with the HC challenging the legality of his suspension order saying that the government has suspended him out of malafide intention. In the petition, he prayed to the HC to stay his suspension order and the appointment of Asadur Rahman Kiron as GCC's panel mayor.

Elected GCC mayor on July 6 in 2013, Mannan performed his duty for only some 18 months as he was accused in 30 cases and had been in jail for the rest of the time. He had earlier also been suspended twice.