The Appellate Division on Monday stayed a High Court order that had cancelled the process of appointing 6,531 candidates as assistant teachers of government primary schools in Dhaka and Chittagong divisions, paving the way for resuming their appointment process.
A three-member bench of the Appellate Division, led by Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam, passed the order following a leave-to-appeal petition filed by the state against the High Court verdict.
On February 6, a High Court bench of Justice Fatema Najib and Sikder Mahmudur Razi cancelled the process of appointing the 6,531 candidates as assistant teachers.
Challenging the order, the Directorate of Primary Education filed an appeal petition on February 18.
The Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division fixed March 2 for hearing the petition.
Earlier, on June 14, 2023, the government issued a circular for recruiting assistant teachers for the primary schools in the two divisions.
On October 31 last year, the government published the final results of the recruitment test, declaring 6,531 candidates as successful.
Later, 30 candidates submitted a petition to the High Court challenging the legality of the recruitment following the abolition of the job quota system.
After the primary hearing on November 19, the court stayed the recruitment process for six months.
Moreover, the court issued a rule asking why the recruitment process should not be declared illegal.
Challenging the order, the Directorate of Primary Education submitted a leave-to-appeal at the Appellate Division.
The court upheld the High Court order and ordered the settlement of the petition by January 25.
