The state has filed a leave to appeal petition against a High Court verdict that invalidated the circular that sought to cancel the freedom fighter quota.
The leave-to-appeal petition was filed with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
On July 14, the High Court released the full verdict that declared illegal the government circular issued in 2018 abolishing the freedom fighter quota in first and second-class government jobs.
According to the 27-page High Court verdict, released on the Supreme Court's website, the government can reform the quota system if necessary or wants to do so.
Justice KM Kamrul Kader and Justice Khizir Hayat of the High Court bench have pronounced the judgment.
The verdict said another High Court verdict of 2012, upheld by the Appellate Division in 2013, had “observed that the reservation of 30% quota for the children of Freedom Fighters shall be followed strictly, and expunged the words 'if the quota cannot be filled up the concerned post be kept vacant'."
It further said it would be contemptuous to violate the Appellate Division’s decision.