BANGLADESH NEWS
The High Court directed the government on Monday to turn in a report in eight weeks on how many officials were made officer on special duty (OSD) at the public administration in last 10 years.
It asked the public administration secretary to mention in the report the OSD periods of the officials and the money spent on their salaries.
In response to a writ petition, the court issued a rule asking the secretary to explain in eight weeks why the government action keeping the officials OSD for unlimited periods without specific reasons and spending state money on their salaries should not be declared illegal.
A division bench of the HC also asked the secretary to explain why the government should not be directed to make a guideline on keeping the public servants OSD.
Justice Mirza Hussain Haider and Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar came up with the order and rule following the writ petition challenging the existing system of keeping the officials OSD without any reason for unlimited period.
Former secretary Mohammad Asafuddowla filed the writ petition on May 31 stating that 591 officials are remaining OSD at present and the government spends more than Tk 1.5 core as their basic salaries every month.
The officials include three secretaries, 37 additional secretaries, 146 joint secretaries, 170 deputy secretaries, 190 senior assistant secretaries and 45 assistant secretaries at the ministry of public administration.
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