The High Court (HC) on Tuesday expressed discontent at job rejection to one Mim Akhter in the police department, despite qualifying in all the relevant examinations, as she has no permanent address.
It cannot happen that a person will not get a job even after qualifying in all the competitive examinations for not having a permanent address, the HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman said.
The bench made the comment in response to a news report that Mim Akhter from Khulna was denied a police job as she has no permanent address, though she topped the merit list of the recruitment test for constables under the general quota for women.
The HC bench asked Deputy Attorney General Bepul Bagmar to inquire about the matter from Khulna district police administration and inform the court on Wednesday.
Supreme Court lawyer Chanchal Kumar Biswas placed the news report published in a newspaper on December 12 before the HC bench for necessary directives.
During the hearing, the court said, “Hundreds of families in the country lose their homesteads and crop lands every year in the river erosion. Then they become address less. However, Mim has a permanent address. It cannot happen that a person will not get a job because of not having a permanent address.”
Mim Akhter, hailing from the Sonadanga area of Khulna, bagged first place in the merit list of the Trainee Recruit Constable examination under the general quota for women.
But she was informed on December 11 that she will not get the job as she did not mention any permanent address while applying for the post.
Before it, one Aspia Islam of Barishal was denied the job at the last stage of the recruitment process during the police verification for being landless.
Later, the Prime Minister ordered building a house for Asfia Islam on a government land, so that she can get a police constable job.
Asfia was qualified for the trainee recruit constable post after passing the medical, written and viva voce tests.
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