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The High Court (HC) stayed Thursday the withdrawal of 263 employees of now defunct Bureau of Anti-corruption (BAC) from Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) until disposal of a rule.
The court also issued a rule upon the government and the ACC to show cause as to why the appointments of 52 inspectors to the ACC and withdrawal letter of 263 BAC employees from the ACC should not be declared illegal, reports BDNEWS.
A Division Bench of the HC comprising Justice MA Matin and Justice Rezaul Haque gave the order after hearing two writ petitions filed by 16 withdrawn employees, including Lutfar Rahman.
On June 29 and September 7 respectively this year, the ACC appointed 52 inspectors from among the BAC employees to the ACC and the ACC, on October 2, issued a letter recommending that the cabinet division withdraw the remaining 263 BAC employees.
The petitioners filed two writ petitions challenging the validity of the appointments and the letter issued by the ACC.
In the petition, the petitioners submitted that as per Section-35 (2) of the ACC Act, the ACC would have to frame a rule for recruiting employees of the ACC.
"The ACC has made a rule in this connection, but it was not approved by the President. The ACC has appointed 52 inspectors violating the provision of the ACC Act," they submitted.
Earlier, an HC Bench stayed Tuesday the operation of a letter issued by the ACC recommending that the cabinet division withdraw 263 employees of the BAC until November 15 and issued a rule over the appointments of 33 BAC employees to the ACC.
Rokanuddin Mahmud moved for the petitioners while Deputy Attorney General Adilur Rahman Khan appeared for the government.
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