Dhaka, Feb 19 (V7N)—The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court set Thursday as the date for delivering the verdict on separate appeals filed by 1,137 candidates who were denied appointment in the 27th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS).
A five-member Appellate Division bench, headed by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed, fixed the date following a hearing on Wednesday.
During the caretaker government in 2007, the Public Service Commission (PSC) cancelled the results of the first oral test due to allegations of irregularities and corruption, subsequently arranging a second viva voce.
A total of 3,567 candidates had passed the first oral examination of the 27th BCS.
Candidate Monir Hossain and several others filed a writ petition challenging the cancellation of the first oral test results.
On July 3, 2008, the High Court upheld the validity of the cancellation.
Following this verdict, a second oral test was conducted.
The petitioners later filed a leave to appeal with the Appellate Division against the order.
Meanwhile, another High Court bench declared the second oral test illegal on November 11, 2009, after a writ was filed in 2008 challenging the High Court’s July 3, 2008, judgment.
The government subsequently filed a leave to appeal against this ruling.
On July 11, 2010, a six-member Appellate Division bench, led by then-chief justice Mohammad Fazlul Karim, upheld the High Court’s verdict, affirming the cancellation of the first oral test.
At the same time, the government's leave to appeal against the High Court verdict that declared the second oral test illegal was settled with certain observations.
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