Appointment of NU Staff
SC judge feels embarrassed
A Supreme Court judge yesterday felt embarrassed to hear a petition for staying a High Court verdict that declared the appointment of 807 National University staff illegal.
Justice MA Wahhab Miah, the chamber judge of the Appellate Division, however, did not mention any reason for his embarrassment, Barrister Nasiruddin Ashim, a counsel for the petitioners, told reporters.
The lawyer said the petition will now be sent to the chief justice for his decision.
Additional Attorney General Murad Reza told The Daily Star that Justice Wahhab may have personal difficulties to hear the petition.
Of 807 sacked NU officials and employees, 278 filed the petition with the apex court of the country on September 6 seeking stay on the HC verdict.
The HC on August 23 ruled that appointment of the 807 staff recruited in between November 17, 2003 and August 31, 2004 in the university illegal.
Acting upon the HC verdict, the NU authorities on Sunday hanged a list of 807 sacked officials and employees on the notice board of its Gazipur office.
Earlier Saturday, the NU syndicate at an emergency meeting decided to sack 821 officials and employees who were recruited through a fake advertisement during the tenure of the BNP-led alliance government.
Meantime, the sacked staffs of the university, under the banner of Job Preservation Committee, continued their sit-in yesterday on the university campus at Board Bazar in Gazipur.
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