Dhaka – The High Court on Monday directed the government for the reinstatement of 1447 Ansar members whose jobs were terminated in 1994 for mutiny.The HC bench comprising Justice Sheikh Hasan Arif and Justice Badruzzaman passed the order after final hearing on two separate writ petitions filed in this regard.
The HC bench also ordered the authorities concerned to bring the other Ansar members who went beyond the age-limit of government services under pension scheme.
The HC order said that the Ansars who have physical fitness and service ages would be reinstated within four months after receiving the copy of the HC order. The government will provide pension and other relevant facilities to the Ansars whose retirement ages have already been expired, according to the HC order.
In 1994, hundreds of Ansar members stood in rebellion against the authorities raising different demands which was controlled with Army interference.
However, the mutiny was controlled with the help of army interference.
Following the incident, a case was filed against 2,696 Ansar members leading to their termination from their jobs.
Later in the trial proceedings, a large number of Ansar men were relieved of the mutiny charges, and 1,447 of them filed petitions with the High Court seeking their jobs back.
On April 25 this year, the High Court issued a rule seeking an explanation that why the not-guilty Ansar men should not be reappointed and provided with other facilities.
The Ansars, in the petition, said they have got acquittal from the competent court at different times in the case filed following the Ansar mutiny.
The petitioners said that they applied to the authorities concerned of the government in 2000 for instating their services but the authorities did not do so.
Barrister Syed Md Jahangir Hossain and Sahabuddin Khan Large appeared for the petitioners while Assistant Attorney General Suchira Hossain and Pratikar Chakma represented the state during the hearing.
Later, Barrister Syed Md Jahangir Hossain told reporters that the petitioners would only get the benefit of the High Court order. Those who were not filed the petitions they have to file separate writ in order to getting their job or other facilities, he added. – Staff Reporter
