Dhaka: The High Court on Monday issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why the promotion of 99 police inspectors to assistant superintendents of police (ASPs) under the BCS cadre should not be declared illegal and beyond the jurisdiction.
An HC bench comprising Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and Justice Mohammad Ullah passed the order after hearing a petition filed by inspector M Yusuf Siddiqui who was left out of the promotion. UNB News Agency Reported.
Siddiqui, also officer-in-charge of Juraichhari Police Station in Rangamati, filed the writ with the court on August 25.
The court also wanted to know why the omission of Siddiqui from the promotion list should not be declared illegal.
The Home Secretary, Deputy Secretary (police affairs-1), Inspector General of Police (IGP), Additional Inspector General of Police (Establishment), Deputy Inspector General of Police (Administration), Deputy Inspector General of Police (Chittagong), Deputy Inspector General of Police (Telecom), and Assistant Inspector General of Police (Establishment) have been asked to respond to the rule within two weeks.
On July 16, some 99 police inspectors were promoted to ASPs under the BCS police cadre.
Talking to reporters, Siddiqui’s lawyer Barrister ABM Altaf Hossain said the 99 inspectors can be promoted to ASPs as per the government order but not under the BCS police cadre as BCS cadres are appointed through a specific process.
Siddiqui was omitted from the promotion although he was ahead in the fit list, Altaf Hossain said, adding that Siddiqui claimed some 70 inspectors were promoted to ASPs although they were behind him.
