In the case of Housing Ministry cancelling the land registry issued for a Hulhumale' land plot allotted to former Elections Commission President Mohamed Zahid under the Binveriya housing scheme, the Civil Court has granted the request to issue an interim order halting the plot from being given to another recipient. 

A case filed at the Civil Court by Zahid against the Housing Ministry claims that the ministry cancelled his land registration alleging he had submitted falsified information in the application form. 

It has been learned that the Housing Ministry cancelled Zahid's registration after Zahid was deemed ineligible through a reverification process conducted when he applied for a permit to build boundary walls. 

Zahid's civil case argues that the ministry had unilaterally cancelled the registration unlawfully, without seeking a decision through the judicial process. The Civil Court cited a prior Supreme Court ruling and decided to issue the interim order. 

The claim also accuses the ministry of announcing plans to reallocate the contested plot of land to another recipient. The ministry has submitted a case on sale of the plot to the Civil Rights Office and is awaiting a decision. 

However, the State responded in court that they had not said that falsified information had been submitted, but rather that the decision was based on material facts regarding residency, due to which Zahid did not meet the basic eligibility criteria. 

The land plots were issued to persons originally from Male', the State said, while neither Zahid nor his parents meet this requirement as is clearly seen in official records. The State said that Zahid had been wrongfully avoided the land plot while these facts had been known. 

The State argued that based on these facts, Zahid has no rights or ownership of the Hulhumale' land plot. 

Zahid originally hails from HA. Hathifushi. Residents of Hathifushi were later relocated to HDh. Hanimaadhoo. Zahid, however, is currently registered on the Male' Register. 

The interim order prohibits the Housing Ministry from allocating, selling, or in any other way establishing rights of a third party over the concerned land plot until the court issues a ruling in the case.