Metropolitan Magistrate Syed Mohammad Mujibul Haq passed the order after an accounts officer (North) of Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB) filed the cases against them on different dates last month with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's (CMM) Court, Dhaka.

The ex-lawmakers who have been sued are -- Engineer Monzurul Ahsan Munshi of Comilla, Nazim Uddin Alam of Bhola, Advocate Mahbubur Rahman of Noakhali, Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad of Tangail, Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yousuf of Faridpur, ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon of Chandpur, Gazi Mohammad Shahjahan of Chittagong, Dr HBM Iqbal of Dhaka, Captain AB Tajul Islam, Razia Matin Chowdhury, Mohammad Ali Zinnah of Chittagong, Kazi Zafar Ahmed of Comilla, Begum Farida Hassan of Satkhira, Syed Masud Reza of Barisal, Joynal Abedin Faruq of Noakhali, Mosharraf Hossain of Feni, KM Obaidur Rahman of Faridpur and Dr Abdul Moin Khan of Narsingdi.

Ershad owes the board Tk 27,464, while Monzurul Tk15,54,049, Alam Tk 5,95,018, Mahbubur Tk 65,967, Azad Tk 38,632, Yousuf Tk 23,596, Milon Tk 21,869, Shahjahan Tk 21,573, Iqbal Tk 1,64,556, Razia Tk 12,324, Tajul Tk 4,03,910, Zinnah Tk 14,68,506, Zafar Tk 9,13,855, Faruk Tk 7,23,259, Farida Tk 99,280, Mosharraf Tk 88,474, Obaidur Tk 3,03,000, Reza Tk 1,89,688 and Moin Tk 65,279.

In the complaint of the cases, the accounts officer mentioned that the lawmakers did not pay the amount of money from 1996 to 2001 as revenue.

They did not clear their dues even after they were served notices. As such, the accounts officer prayed to the CMM for realising the fine from the amount of revenue under section 7(A) of the provisions of Telegraph Act 1985.