The High Court (HC) Sunday (January 14, 2024) ordered the authorities concerned to recruit 285 people with disabilities on the basis of quota in government primary schools in upazilas of the country.

The court also ordered to complete the recruitment process within 90 days.

An HC bench of Justice Naima Haider and Justice Kazi Zeenat Haque passed the order after hearing a petition in this regard.

Advocate Mohammad Siddique Ullah Miah stood for the petitioners in the court while Deputy Attorney General Amit Das Gupta represented the state.

Calling the HC order an exemplary verdict, Advocate Siddique Ullah expressed hope that the authorities concerned will execute the order soon.

A total of 245 candidates with disabilities submitted a writ petition with the HC challenging the legality of not recruiting them despite a quota.

Secretaries to the ministries of Primary and Mass Education and Public Administration, and director general of the Directorate of Primary Education were made respondents to the rule.

Last year, the government recruited 37,574 people for primary schools as assistant teachers.

On January 17 of the same year, the HC ordered to reserve posts for 114 people with disabilities in government primary schools in upazilas across the country.

Moreover, the HC issued a rule asking to explain as to why people with disabilities won’t be recruited under the quota.

On December 11 last year, the final hearing of the petition ended but the court set January 14 this year for delivering the verdict.