Staff Reporter :
The High Court on Monday directed the Non-Government Teachers’ Registration and Certification Authority (NTRCA) to recommend the names of the registered candidates in the vacant MPO posts of the non-governmental educational institutions, according to a judgement delivered earlier.
NTRCA chairman has been asked to comply with the order within 15 days.
The HC bench of Justice Mamnoon Rahman and Justice Khizir Hayat passed the order after holding hearing on a petition filed seeking direction for recruitment. In an earlier judgement, the HC directed the NTRCA to propose the names of the writ petitioners and other
prospective applicants pursuant to their certificates issued to them as per combined national merit list for the appointment in the vacant post of the non-governmental educational institutions.
Advocate Siddiq Ullah Miah, Barrister Mohiuddin Md Hanif and others appeared in the court on behalf of petitioners.
Mr Siddiq Ullah Miah said, “Petitioners filed some applications with the HC seeking its directive upon the respondents for the recommendation of the names of the writ petitioners according to the earlier judgement of the HC. Upon hearing the petitions court passed the order on Monday.”
About 7000 to 8000 candidates are waiting to get appointment in the vacant posts, said Barrister Mohiuddin Md Hanif.
Following a petition, the HC on December 15 last year imposed injunction upon any step by the NTRCA for publishing circular for appointment in next 30 days. Later on January 18 in 2021 the injunction was extended for four more weeks.
The order also stated that the authorities would not be able to give any notice for the appointment of any teacher until the matter of contempt of court is settled.
In the meantime, the writ petitioner filed an application with the HC seeking direction for their recruitment.
Hanif said the HC on December 14, 2017 delivered a judgment giving some guidelines including a clear guideline that asked the NTRCA to propose the names of the writ petitioners and other prospective applicants pursuant to their certificates issued to them as per combined national merit list for the appointment in the vacant posts.
However, the NTRCA didn’t comply with the HC’s judgment yet. Later a large number of the applicants filed contempt petition with the court different times and the court issued contempt rulings accordingly.
Although the contempt rulings were pending, the NTRCA took an initiative last year to publish a circular for recruiting in 35000 posts frustrating the rulings.
Then contempt petitioners filed an application for restraining the respondents from taking any step to publish circular for appointment at the time of vacation of Supreme Court or afterwards for depriving the unemployed contempt petitioners.
After holding hearing on the petition, the HC on December 15 last imposed injunction upon any step by the NTRCA for publishing circular for appointment in next 30 days.
