Dhaka: The High Court on Sunday set March 27 to deliver its order on the time petition filed by the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association (BGMEA) over relocating its office from the city’s Hatirjheel area.

A four-member HC bench, led by Chief Justice Syed MahmudHossain, set the date after the hearing of the time petition in the morning.

Advocate Kamrul Islam Siddiqui stood for the petitioner while Advocate Manzill Murshid for the environmentalists.

Earlier on March 5, BGMEA authorities filed the time petition with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court as the seven months time given in September in 2017 by the SC for relocating its office building expired in March.

On March 5, the BGMEA lost its last legal battle to keep its structure intact on the scenic waterbody as the Appellate Division rejected its plea seeking review of its judgment that upheld an earlier High Court verdict, ordering demolition of the structure.

In 2011, the High Court ordered demolition of the 16-storey building as it was constructed in defiance of relevant laws, calling it a ‘cancer’ in the lake.

The BGMEA later filed a leave-to-appeal petition with the Appellate Division against the High Court judgment, but the apex court on June 2, 2016, dismissed the plea as well as asked the RMG producers to demolish its headquarters at once and at its own cost.