HC stays recruitment of 1,350 EED employees

The High Court on October 19 stayed for six months the recruitment of 1,350 employees of the Education Engineering Department.

The bench of Justice Zafar Ahmed and Justice Md Aktaruzzaman passed the order following a writ petition by Milon Hossain, an employee of the department.

According to the petition, some officials leaked the question paper of the written tests and recruited most of the employees in exchange for money.

The recruitments took place between 2020 and 2022.

The bench on June 26 issued a rule nisi (an order upon condition that is to become absolute unless cause is shown to the contrary) against the authorities.

In its ruling, the HC bench said it found substance in the writ petition and passed the stay order.