HC orders appointing 285 physically-disabled candidates as school teachers
Writ petitioner terms it a ground-breaking verdict
The High Court in a judgement yesterday asked the government to appoint 285 candidates with disabilities, who have already passed the written tests, to the posts of primary schoolteachers under the quota system.
A High Court bench comprising Justice Naima Haider and Justice Kazi Zinat Hoque pronounced the judgement, declaring absolute a rule issued earlier in this regard.
Advocate Siddique Ullah Miah moved a writ petition before the court, while Deputy Attorney General Amit Das Gupta stood for the state.
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Terming the judgement as a ground-breaking one for establishing the rights of the people with disabilities, Advocate Miah expressed hope that the authorities concerned would implement the judgement immediately.
On 11 December last year, the High Court concluded its hearing on the rule issued in this regard and had set 14 January to pronounce the judgement.
The candidates filed two separate writ petitions, making secretary of the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education, secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration and director general of Directorate of Primary Education, respondents.
