Non-payment of maintenance costs by the previous owner cannot be a ground for refusal to mutate her name in the records of the Cantonment Board. Cantonment Board Dhaka and another vs Sayeda Razhat Ara Quamrun Nahar and another 50 DLR (AD) 124.

The purpose of issuance of notice arises only if the plaintiff seeks any relief against any act done by the Board in order to give it the opportunity to rectify its action. The section being a manda­tory one is to be complied with and is appli­cable to all forms of action and all kinds of reliefs sought against Cantonment Board. Shahid Hamid vs Nilufar Momtaz 17 BLC (AD) 34.