Staff Reporter :
The High Court on Monday cleared the way to proceed the recruitment process of the Non-Government Teachers’ Registration and Certification Authority (NTRCA) to appoint 54304 teachers in the private schools, colleges and madrasas across the country.
The HC recalled an order that stayed the effectiveness of the recruitment circular of the NTRCA) issued on March 30 this year to appoint aforesaid number of teachers.
At the same time the court has directed the NTRCA authorities to recruit 1,484 candidates, who got registration from the NTRCA after appearing first to twelfth tests and also filed contempt petition with the HC, in the vacant MPO posts of non-government education institutions in four weeks.
The HC Bench of Justice Mamnoon Rahman and Justice Khandaker Diliruzzaman passed the order after holding hearing on the petitions filed by in this regard.
Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan, Advocate Siddique Ullah Miah and Barrister Mohiuddin Hanif appeared in the court on behalf of the contempt petitioner, while Attorney General AM Amin Uddin represented the state.
Later Siddique Ullah Miah said the court has recalled its earlier order that stayed the effectiveness of the recruitment circular of the NTRCA issued on March 30 this year to appoint 54304 teachers. So there is no bar on proceedings of the recruitment process now.
The court also directed the NTRCA authorities to recruit 1,484 candidates, who got registration from the NTRCA after appearing first to twelfth tests and also filed contempt petition with the HC, in four weeks, added the lawyer.
Earlier on May 6 this year, the HC stayed the circular of the NTRCA for seven days as the organisation violates court, earlier directives. The court also ordered the NTRCA to recommen in seven days the names of 1484 registered candidates.
The HC has also asked the NTRCA to submit a report after complying with the directive to the court by May 18. But the NTRCA did not comply with the order within the stipulated time fixed by the court. Later the case came to the cause-list on Monday and after hearing the lawyers, the court passed order.
The HC on December 14 in 2017 following a few hundred writ petitions filed by 17,000 candidates directed the NTRCA to prepare a merit list of the candidates who have passed the registration tests for appointment as teachers.
The NTRCA had been asked to make the merit list in 90 days after receiving the HC directive. As the NTRCA did not comply with the directive, 1,484 candidates filed more than 20 contempt of court petitions with the HC in 2019 against the NTRCA.
Following the petitions, the HC on different days in 2019 issued separate contempt of court rulings against the NTRCA.
Although the contempt rulings were pending, the NTRCA on March 30 issued a mass circular for appointing around 54,304 teachers for the private schools, colleges and madrasas across the country.
In the meantime the contempt petitions came up before the High Court Bench led by Justice Mamnoon Rahman for further hearing. After hearing arguments from the petitioners’ counsels, the HC Bench delivered the order.
