Staff Reporter :
The High Court on Tuesday questioned the legality of a recruitment process of 5054 persons in the posts of senior staff nurse by the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) during the coronavirus pandemic.
The court issued a rule upon the respondents to explain as to why the notification of the PSC recommending the appointment of 5054 persons in the posts of senior staff nurse should not be declared illegal.
In the rule the court also wanted to know from the respondents to explain as to why the respondents should not be directed to take necessary steps to appoint the 51 petitioners in the post
of senior staff nurse. Health Secretary, PSC chairman and other respondents have been asked to comply with the rule within four weeks. The HC Bench of Justice Justice Obaidul Hassan and Justice AKM Zahirul Huq passed the order after hearing a writ petition filed by 51 candidates including Md Jabrul Islam seeking recruitment in the said posts.
The PSC on April 30, 2020 recommended the recruitment of 2,000 assistant surgeons and 5,054 senior staff nurses to join the frontline fight against the novel coronavirus.
The doctors were recruited from the non-cadre list of the 39th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) and the nurses were recruited from the waiting list of senior staff nurse recruitment process of 2017, sources said. But the 51 candidates were deprived during the selection process of recently recruited 5054 nurses and then they came to the HC to challenge the recruitment process.
According to the writ petition, after completion of a recruitment process of 2017 the PSC recruited 5128 candidates in the posts of senior staff nurse in 2018.
But in the beginning of the March, 2020, the Covid-19 virus started to spread in Bangladesh and the government declared to recruit 2000 doctors and 6000 nurses to tackle the emergency situation. Then the PSC scrutinized the particulars of the candidates who appeared in the viva voce examination in pursuance to the circular published in 2017 since they were qualified and waiting for the post.
After scrutinizing PSC recommended a list of 5054 candidates for the posts, but 159 qualified candidates including the petitioners were not recommended for the said posts, however, 946 posts of senior staff nurse remained vacant.
Barrister Aneeq R Haque took part in the hearing on behalf of the petitioners, while deputy attorney general Jesmin Sultana Samsad represented the State.
The High Court on Tuesday questioned the legality of a recruitment process of 5054 persons in the posts of senior staff nurse by the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) during the coronavirus pandemic.
The court issued a rule upon the respondents to explain as to why the notification of the PSC recommending the appointment of 5054 persons in the posts of senior staff nurse should not be declared illegal.
In the rule the court also wanted to know from the respondents to explain as to why the respondents should not be directed to take necessary steps to appoint the 51 petitioners in the post
of senior staff nurse. Health Secretary, PSC chairman and other respondents have been asked to comply with the rule within four weeks. The HC Bench of Justice Justice Obaidul Hassan and Justice AKM Zahirul Huq passed the order after hearing a writ petition filed by 51 candidates including Md Jabrul Islam seeking recruitment in the said posts.
The PSC on April 30, 2020 recommended the recruitment of 2,000 assistant surgeons and 5,054 senior staff nurses to join the frontline fight against the novel coronavirus.
The doctors were recruited from the non-cadre list of the 39th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) and the nurses were recruited from the waiting list of senior staff nurse recruitment process of 2017, sources said. But the 51 candidates were deprived during the selection process of recently recruited 5054 nurses and then they came to the HC to challenge the recruitment process.
According to the writ petition, after completion of a recruitment process of 2017 the PSC recruited 5128 candidates in the posts of senior staff nurse in 2018.
But in the beginning of the March, 2020, the Covid-19 virus started to spread in Bangladesh and the government declared to recruit 2000 doctors and 6000 nurses to tackle the emergency situation. Then the PSC scrutinized the particulars of the candidates who appeared in the viva voce examination in pursuance to the circular published in 2017 since they were qualified and waiting for the post.
After scrutinizing PSC recommended a list of 5054 candidates for the posts, but 159 qualified candidates including the petitioners were not recommended for the said posts, however, 946 posts of senior staff nurse remained vacant.
Barrister Aneeq R Haque took part in the hearing on behalf of the petitioners, while deputy attorney general Jesmin Sultana Samsad represented the State.
