Janata Bank test result withheld

The High Court today imposed restriction for three months on publishing the results of written test for the post of senior officer of Janata Bank and its further proceedings.

It also issued a rule asking the authorities to explain why their inaction to investigate the allegation of question leak and cancelling the tests should not be declared illegal.

The court came up with the order and rule following a writ petition filed by 15 candidates who appeared for the written test, challenging the inaction of the respondents.

Finance secretary, law secretary, Bangladesh Bank governor, president of Bangladesh Bankers’ Association, chairman of selection committee, vice chancellor of Dhaka University, dean of social science department of Dhaka university, and managing director of Janata Bank have been made respondents to the rule.

Petitioner’s lawyer Jotyrmoy Barua told The Daily Star that Dhaka University’s Social Science department organised the written test for the post of senior officer of Janata Bank on April 21.

But the question paper of the test was leaked just before the tests.

As the respondents did not take any initiative to cancel the result of the examination, 15 candidates recently filed the writ petition with the high court for necessary order, he said.