Miah Mohammad Iddris Alias Md Iddris Miah v. Torture Claims Appeal Board/ Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office

Case No.HCAL 1654/2019[2020] HKCFI 1119

Court

High Court CFI

Date11 Jun 2020

Judge—

Case Document

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HCAL 1654/2019

[2020] HKCFI 1119

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW LIST No. 1654 of 2019

BETWEEN

	Miah Mohammad Iddris alias Md Iddris Miah	Applicant
	and
	Torture Claims Appeal Board/ Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office	Putative Respondent
	and
	Director of Immigration	Putative Interested Party

Application for Leave to Apply for Judicial Review

NOTIFICATION of the Judge’s decision (Ord. 53 r. 3)

Following;

	consideration of documents only; or
	consideration of documents and oral submission by the Applicant in open court;

Order by Deputy High Court Judge K.W. Lung:

Application for leave to apply for Judicial Review be dismissed.

Observations for the Applicant:

1.This is the applicant’s application for leave to apply for judicial review of the Decision dated 14 June 2019 of the Torture Claims Appeal Board/Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office (“the Board’s Decision”).

2.The applicant is a Bangladeshi national. He is an illegal immigrant and he applied to the Director for non-refoulement claim. The Director rejected his claim.

3.The applicant appealed to the Board against the Director’s decision.

4.By the Board’s Decision, the Board rejected his appeal.

5.The applicant filed Form 86 on 17 June 2019 for leave to apply for judicial review of the Board’s Decision.

6.However, by Affirmation filed on 16 March 2020, the applicant sought to withdraw his application because he wants to return to his own country.

7.It is clear that the applicant has no intention of proceeding with his application. As such, his application should be dismissed.

8.Accordingly, I accede to the applicant’s request and dismiss his application.

Dated the 11^th day of June 2020

(Mike Mak)

for Registrar, High Court

Where leave to apply has been granted, Applicants and their legal advisers are reminded of their obligation to reconsider the merits of their application in the light of the Respondent’s evidence

Notes for the Applicant: If leave has been granted, the Applicant or the Applicant’s solicitors must:
a) serve on the respondent and such interested parties as may be directed by the Court the order granting leave and any directions given within 14 days after the leave was granted (Order 53, rule 4A); b) issue the originating summons within 14 days after the grant of leave and serve it in accordance with Order 53, rule 5; and c) supply to every other party copies of every affidavit which the Applicant proposes to use at the hearing, including the affidavit in support of the application for leave (Order 53, rule 6(5)).		Sent to the Applicant on 11/6/2020 Miah Mohammad Iddris alias Md Iddris Miah Applicant’s ref. no: Nil.		Sent to the Putative Respondent / the Putative Respondent’s solicitors / such Putative Interested Parties as may be directed by the Court / the Putative Interested Parties’ solicitors on 11/6/2020 Torture Claims Appeal Board/ Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office Putative Respondent’s ref. no.: USM 12256/18/7/6/B1350 Director of Immigration Putative Interested Party’s ref. no.: QA T/C 1709/18 (formerly RBCZ2001712/14) Department of Justice, Senior Assistant Law Office (Civil Law) (Civil Litigation Unit 2)

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