Teacher appointment: SC full bench hearing on March 2

The Supreme Court chamber judge yesterday did not stay the High Court verdict that scrapped the government's decision to issue appointment letters to 6,531 candidates selected for the post of assistant teachers in government primary schools.

Justice Md Rezaul Haque, chamber judge of the Appellate Division of the SC, however, sent the government's leave to appeal petition that sought a stay on the HC judgement to its full bench for hearing on March 2.

Following the HC verdict, the selected candidates have been demonstrating in Dhaka, demanding recruitments.

Earlier in the day, Attorney General Md Asaduzzaman prayed to the SC chamber judge to stay the HC judgement so that the 6,531 candidates can be appointed.

In response to a petition filed by 31 candidates, the HC on February 6 scrapped the government's decision to issue appointment letters to the 6,531 candidates, saying that their recruitment process was based on the 84 percent quota system, which the Supreme Court had scrapped in July last year.