The High Court on Wednesday ordered the concerned bodies of the government to appoint 84 candidates who were recommended by the Public Service Commission (PSC) after qualifying in all competitive examinations.
The High Court bench of Justice Mamnoon Rahman and Justice Khandaker Diliruzzaman passed the order in a verdict.
The court asked the authorities to appoint them immediately after receiving the court order, said advocate Siddique Ullah Miah who appeared in the hearing for the writ petitioners.
However, if any of the candidate’s personal report is found negative, he or she will not be appointed in that case, said deputy attorney general Amit Das Gupta who represented the state in the hearing.
The state counsel also said, “The court asked the government authorities to consider the personal report in appointing the candidates, as because, there may have a case or any other allegation against someone.”
The government will file appeal petition against the High Court decision, added the deputy attorney general.
According to the case statements, 84 candidates who qualified in all the competitive examinations of 36, 37 and 39 BCS were restrained from joining their respective posts even after Public Service Commission’s recommendation.
For this reason, they filed four separate writ petitions with the High Court in 2020. Following the petitions, the same High Court bench issued a rule.
In the rule, the High Court wanted to know from the respondents to explain as to why the decision of removing the names of the writ petitioners from the gazette published for appointment should not be declared illegal, and as to why the respondents should not be directed to appoint the writ petitioners.
After the final hearing on the rule, the court delivered the verdict on Wednesday.
Lawyer Siddique Ullah Miah and Md Mizanur Rahman appeared in the hearing on behalf of the writ petitioners, while deputy attorney general Amit Das Gupta represented the state.
Later Mr Siddique Ullah said, “These 84 candidates qualified preliminary, written and viva tests of of 36, 37 and 39 BCS examinations and the PSC recommended them to the posts of administration, education, police and other cadre posts. However, without any valid reason, their names were omitted in the appointment gazette published by the ministry of public administration.”
“Challenging the decision of the public administration ministry, 10 candidates of the 36th BCS, 38 candidates of the 37th BCS and 36 candidates of the 39th BCS filed four separate writ petitions with the High Court. After final hearing on the rule the High Court directed the authorities to appoint the 84 candidates,” added the lawyer.
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