DU students challenge HC ruling on quota reinstatement

On Tuesday, they sought permission for an affidavit in the Chamber Court of the Appellate Division. Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam of the Appellate Division granted permission for the affidavit.
Senior lawyer Shah Monjurul Haque, along with lawyer M Harunur Rashid Khan, represented the two students in court.
Following the permission, the appeal against the High Court's ruling was filed, according to one of the lawyers for the two students, M Harunur Rashid Khan.
The two applicants are Al Sadi Bhuiyan, an Anthropology student and president of the Dhaka University Journalists' Association, and Ahnab Saeed Khan, a student of the Urdu department, reports DT.
On October 4, 2018, the Ministry of Public Administration issued a circular to implement the cabinet's decision to abolish the existing quota system for direct recruitment to first and second-class posts in government jobs.
The Ministry of Public Administration issued the circular a day after the decision of the Cabinet to cancel the quota.
The government decided to remove the 45% quota for recruitment in government jobs from ninth to thirteenth grade, opting for merit-based recruitment after a prolonged student movement demanding quota reform.
The quota review committee's recommendations led to this decision, approved during a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on October 3, 2018.
Subsequently, some children of freedom fighters filed a writ in the High Court challenging this decision.
On June 5, the High Court declared the circular that canceled the quotas in first and second-class government jobs illegal.
As a result, the 30% quota for freedom fighters in government jobs (grades 9 to 13) will remain in place.