Show cause on govt, PSC
The High Court (HC) yesterday issued two separate rules upon the government and Public Service Commission (PSC) to explain why the results of the 27th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination, 'published without following the quota rules properly' should not be declared illegal.
After hearing two separate writ petitions filed by 154 BCS candidates including Abu Fazal Mohammad Tarique Hossain Khan and Sohel Rana, an HC bench of Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain and Justice Quamrul Islam Siddiqui issued the rules.
A writ petition filed by 33 candidates, who are the children of freedom fighters, stated that the government in a circular in 1999 said 30 percent of the circulated posts will be reserved for the children of freedom fighters.
But the PSC did not follow the quota rules and that is why the petitioners have been deprived of the jobs, it said.
Another petition filed by 121 candidates stated that the PSC had violated the recruitment and quota reservation rules in publishing the second-phase result.
The PSC on September 23 published the results of the 27th BCS examination recommending 3,239 candidates for appointment at different cadre posts.
Barrister Shafique Ahmed and Advocate Abdur Rab Chowdhury assisted by Advocate Salah Uddin Dolon appeared for the petitioners.
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