Verdict on appointment of 138 BSMMU doctors May 21

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) will deliver its order on May 21 on appeals filed by 138 doctors against a High Court (HC) order that declared their appointment to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) illegal.

A five-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha set the date yesterday after concluding hearing on the appeals. On May 26, 2005, the BSMMU, at its 20th syndicate meeting, decided to create 200 posts of medical officers. As per the decision, a circular of recruitment was issued on October 18 the same year. 
Professor M Iqbal Arslan, the then secretary general of pro-Awami League doctors’ body Swadhinata Chikitsak Parishad, filed a writ petition with the HC challenging the legality of the circular.  In January 2006, the HC stayed the recruitment process and issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain as to why the recruitment advertisement should not be declared illegal. Following a petition filed by the BSMMU, the HC vacated the stay order asking them to keep the number of newly recruited physicians under 200.

Verdict on appointment of 138 BSMMU doctors May 21

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) will deliver its order on May 21 on appeals filed by 138 doctors against a High Court (HC) order that declared their appointment to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) illegal. A five-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha set the date yesterday after concluding hearing on the appeals. On May 26, 2005, the BSMMU, at its 20th syndicate meeting, decided to create 200 posts of medical officers. As per the decision, a circular of recruitment was issued on October 18 the same year. Professor M Iqbal Arslan, the then secretary general of pro-Awami League doctors body Swadhinata Chikitsak Parishad, filed a writ petition with the HC challenging the legality of the circular. In January 2006, the HC stayed the recruitment process and issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain as to why the recruitment advertisement should not be declared illegal. Following a petition filed by the BSMMU, the HC vacated the stay order asking them to keep the number of newly recruited physicians under 200.