85 Election Officers from BNP-Jamaat Tenure Not Getting Their Jobs Back

The Appellate Division canceled the order to reinstate 85 upazila election officials who were appointed during the BNP-Jamaat government in 2005 and dismissed during the previous caretaker government.

Appellate bench headed by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique passed the verdict today Thursday (September 1) by allowing the appeal of the state side.

It is known that on September 3, 2005, 327 people were temporarily selected as upazila election officials through the Public Works Commission. During the BNP coalition government, 327 people were evaluated during the caretaker government in 2007 after controversy arose over this appointment. 85 of them were fired on September 3 of that year.

On March 23, 2009, the dismissed candidates filed a case against the administrative tribunal. They appealed against it. The Administrative Appellate Tribunal granted the appeal.