High Court issues ruling questioning legality of 34th BCS final result

The High Court has questioned the legality of the final result of the 34th BCS examinations.

It issued a rule on Monday after hearing a petition filed by two candidates who failed to clear the viva.

The petitioners' lawyer Nur Us Sadik told bdnews24.com the court also wanted to know why the viva would not be given again.

He said the Public Service Commission chairman, members, exam controller and secretary, and the secretaries to the education, public administration, finance and law ministries were asked to respond to the rule within four weeks.

The PSC published the final result of the 34th BCS test on Aug 29 recommending appointment to 2,159 cadre posts. Seventeen more were added to the list later on.

Two of the candidates lodged the petition last week challenging the legality of the result. They alleged it was published without following the proper protocol.

Nur Us Sadik said the final result was supposed to be published based on the merit list in line with Section 5(1) of the Non-cadre Posts Recruitment (Special) Rules, 2010.

"But this time, the PSC published the result according to the roll numbers. Also, unlike the usual practice, separate results for cadre posts based on merit and quotas were not published."

According to the rules, he said, one percent quota of those 2,176 recommended for cadre posts is reserved for persons with disability.

"This one percent means 21 persons with disability should get recommended for appointment, but this time only three were recommended. Another 404 posts were left vacant."

The PSC had published the circular for the appointment to 2,052 posts.

More than 221,000 candidates had sat the preliminary test in 2013 seeking appointment to the posts of different cadres.

The preliminary test result was published in two phases due to complications over quota.

A total of 12,033 candidates had cleared the examinations in the result first published, based on the quota system, on Jul 8 that year.

Many candidates rejected the result and alleged that many ‘meritorious’ students who took the exam had been left out.

But, a reviewed result published on Jul 14 the same year saw 46,250 candidates clearing the preliminary exam.

As many as 9,822 aspirants passed the written test taken last year and the final result was announced in August this year after the viva.