Dhaka Bureau: The High Court has ordered the appointment of 285 candidates with special needs as primary assistant teachers. A High Court bench of Justice Naima Haider and Justice Kazi Zeenat Haque gave this order on Sunday (January 14). Advocate Siddique Ullah Miah appeared for the writ in court. He himself confirmed this order of the High Court to the media. Besides, Deputy Attorney General Amit Dasgupta was for the state.
Earlier, on December 11, the final hearing of the rule issued for the appointment of 285 candidates with special needs in government primary schools on the basis of quota ended. At the same time, January 14 has been fixed for judgment in this regard. Last Monday, the High Court bench of Justice Naima Haider and Justice Kazi Zeenat Haque fixed this day to announce the verdict.
Last week, the Chief Justice appointed the bench for the final hearing of the rule issued for the quota-based recruitment of 285 candidates with special needs in government primary schools. On January 17, the High Court ordered to keep 114 assistant teacher posts in different upazilas under the special needs quota of government primary schools. At the same time, the court issued a rule to find out why they would not be appointed to the quota with special needs.
Earlier, the writ was filed by Advocate Siddique Ullah Mia, seeking directions for quota-based recruitment of 114 candidates with special needs in government primary schools. Three more writs were later filed by 171 individuals on the same issue.
The writ challenged the legality of not recruiting 37,574 people from the disabled quota recently. There, the Secretary of the Ministry of Primary and Public Education, the Secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration, and the Director General of the Directorate of Primary Education were made defendants. Md. Mahabub Sheikh, Md. Abu Zahid, Fahim Mohammad Jahangir, Parth Pratim, Shajahan Sheikh, Md. Manowar Hossain, Md. Azizul Islam, Rain Rani Roy, Md. Sajjad Hossain Saju, and Md. A total of 245 candidates with special needs from different districts, including Noor Alam, wrote to the High Court.
