The High Court has postponed the hearing of an application in which the Rehoboth Town Council wants the court to stop the Rehoboth Baster Gemeente from allocating plots to residents at the town. Nampa reports that Judge Collins Parker postponed the hearing by 16-days at the request of both legal teams, because of missing documents from the court record. Papers presented before the court state that the town council’s legal challenge is against the Baster Gemeente and its leaders, Kaptein John McNab and Jan van Wyk, as the three respondents. The town council asked the High Court to issue an order that the Baster Gemeente and its leaders have no authority to survey, partition and allocate plots in the area under the local authority. The council argues that it is authorised by the Namibian Constitution to ensure that the surveying, partitioning and allocation of erven at Rehoboth are done lawfully, in the best interest of residents and ensure the rule of law. The Rehoboth Baster Gemeente and its leaders believe that all Rehoboth town land falls under the control of the traditional authority. Judge Parker informed both legal teams that an interim court order, issued two-years ago, prohibiting the Rehoboth Baster Gemeente and leaders from allocating plots to residents, remains in force until the hearing begins.