The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has issued a status quo for four weeks on the High Court order that restored the freedom fighters’ quota in government jobs.
A five-member bench headed by Chief Justice Obaidul Hasan passed the order after the hearing started around 11:30am on Wednesday.
It comes as the government and the two Dhaka University students filed separate pleas on the quota issue.
Meanwhile, students and jobseekers in parts of the country in the morning resumed a day-long Bangla Blockade programme to press home their one-point demand of a quota reform for government jobs.
Earlier, on July 4, the court was adjourned by an Appellate Division bench led by Chief Justice Obaidul Hasan, and the state was asked to file a regular appeal regarding the HC verdict
The High Court on June 5, passed an order declaring the decision to cancel the freedom fighter quota in government jobs illegal.
As a result of that verdict, the 30 percent freedom fighter quota in government jobs was upheld.
Long ago on October 4, 2018, Public Administration Ministry issued a circular canceling the quota of freedom fighters in direct recruitment from grades 9 to 13.
It was said there, in the case of direct recruitment to the posts of 9th grade (former 1st class) and 10th-13th grade (former 2nd class), the appointment should be made on the basis of merit.
Seven people, including the president of `Muktijoddha Sontan O Projonmo Central Command Council`, Ohidul Islam Tushar filed a writ petition in the High Court in this regard.
On June 5, the High Court ruled that the decision to cancel the freedom fighter quota was invalid.
Later, the state made an appeal against the High Court rule.
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