The High Court on Sunday directed the authorities concerned to appoint 285 physically-challenged persons in government primary schools across the country on quota basis.
Justice Naima Haider and Justice Kazi Zinat Hoque pronounced the judgement after hearing on a rule issued earlier over the issue.
Writ petitioner lawyer Adv Mohammad Siddique Ullah Miah confirmed the matter to media.
He said that today's judgment over the people with disabilities is a groundbreaking in the history. Hope that, the concerned authorities will execute the order very soon.
Adv Mohammad Siddique Ullah Miah was present in the court on behalf of the petitioners, while deputy attorney general Amit Das Gupta represented the state.
The final hearing on the rule ended on January 11 and then the court fixed today (January 14) for the verdict.
The government recruited 37,574 people for primary schools as assistant teachers in the last year.
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.
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