HC stays admission of Barisal girls school
The High Court yesterday stayed the process for admission test in class three of Barisal Government Girls School till January 23.
In response to a writ petition, the court also issued a rule upon the authorities concerned of local administration and school to explain by January 23 why the modifying list of candidates for admission should not be declared illegal.
The HC bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik and Justice Jahangir Hossain Selim came up with the order and rule after hearing the writ petition jointly filed by Nurul Huq and Akhtaruzzaman, two guardians of students.
Petitioners' counsel SM Rezaul Karim told The Daily Star that the writ petition was filed challenging the list of admission seekers made by the deputy commissioner (DC) of Barisal.
He said that the school authorities on December 28 last year published a list of 120 students who qualified the admission test. But, the DC modified the list, and hanged a new list of admission seekers on January 1 this year, which is illegal.
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