HC cancels appointment of three RU teachers
The High Court yesterday cancelled appointments of three teachers of Crop Science and Technology Department of Rajshahi University, as they were appointed without recommendation from the relevant planning committee of the department.
They are: Shamsun Nahar, Mukhtar Hossain and Rezvi Ahmed Bhuiyan.
The HC yesterday also declared illegal a job circular issued on July 30, 2019, under which the three were appointed. It ordered authorities to finish appointment for the three vacant posts within 30 days of receiving the certified copy of the verdict.
The bench of Justice Md Ashraful Kamal and Justice Razik-Al-Jalil came up with the verdict following a writ petition by Dr Md Ali Asgar, a professor of the department and a member of its planning committee.
Barrister Jyotirmoy Barua, a lawyer for the writ petitioner, told reporters that RU authorities issued a circular in November 2016 to recruit three teachers to the department, but they were ultimately not appointed under that circular.
Instead, authorities issued another circular on July 30, 2019. In it, candidates’ qualifications were relaxed without consent from the department’s planning committee. This prompted Dr Asgar to file the writ petition in August last year, he said.
The HC that same month issued a rule questioning the legality of the July 30, 2019 circular, Jyotirmoy added. Despite this, the three were appointed under the circular this month, although the rule was pending with the HC.
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