All quotas must be maintained, adjustments can be made as necessary.

All quotas must be maintained, adjustments can be made as necessary.

 The decision and directives of the High Court, released yesterday afternoon, have been published. Deputy Attorney General Sheikh Saifuzzaman informed the first light, "The operational portion of the High Court's decision has been published, which is now in hand. The Appellate Division has ordered to maintain the status quo regarding the situation of the quota in the court yesterday. The Appellate Division has set August 7 as the hearing date. As a result, the High Court's decision will not be effective for now."

Earlier, in the context of direct recruitment (grades 9 to 13) in government offices, autonomous or semi-autonomous institutions, and various corporations, the Ministry of Public Administration issued an invalid notification in 2018 abolishing the quota system. This notification was challenged in a writ petition in 2021 by job seekers and freedom fighters' children. At the conclusion of the final hearing, the High Court bench formed with justices M. Kamrul Kader and Khizir Hayat issued a definitive ruling on June 5, accompanied by an absolute (appropriate) proclamation, maintaining the quota system.

The High Court emphasized that there would be no impediment for the petitioners regarding changing or adjusting quotas or rates in the specified grades if necessary. If quotas are not fulfilled in any public examination, vacancies can be filled from the general merit list.

The Court stated that its decision in the writ petitions of 2012, the review and modification orders in the 2013 leave-to-appeal cases, and the instructions in the January 16, 2011 office order (quota for freedom fighters' children and grandchildren) have been upheld. Similarly, directives were issued to maintain quotas for districts, women, disadvantaged individuals, and ethnic minorities, if applicable, as soon as possible, within three months of receiving the order.

Attorney Munshurul Haq Choudhury, representing the applicants in the writ, commented, "The Court has instructed to maintain all quotas. However, the government may reduce or increase them if necessary. The Appellate Division has ordered to maintain the status quo."

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The State filed an application in the High Court against this decision, which will be heard in a full bench of the Appellate Division on July 4. On that day, two students applied for an anticipated hearing regarding the stay order of the High Court's decision. After the application was reviewed by the Appellate Division, it instructed the parties to maintain the status quo for four weeks.

Following the Appellate Division's directive, Attorney General AM Amin Uddin told the first light yesterday, "The Appellate Division has given instructions based on the subject matter and the status quo. At this time, the High Court's decision regarding the notification abolishing the quota system (grades 9 to 13) is not effective due to the status quo on the subject matter."