HC issues rule on legality of sacking 18 officials from Rooppur project
- Update Time : 04:43:03 am, Monday, 30 June 2025
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The High Court has issued a rule asking why the dismissal order of 18 engineers and officials from the Nuclear Power Plant Company Bangladesh Limited (NPCBL) should not be declared illegal and unlawful, and why they should not be reinstated to their posts with full continuity of service. The bench of Justice Akram Hossain Chowdhury and Justice Fayez Ahmed passed the order on Sunday (June 29) following a primary hearing on a writ petition filed by the dismissed employees.
The court also directed the NPCBL Board of Directors to promptly resolve the petition the employees had submitted to its chairman, requesting withdrawal of the dismissal order. The petitioners were represented by Supreme Court lawyer S.M. Mahidul Islam Sajib.
On May 8, the NPCBL issued an order signed by its managing director stating that the services of the 18 employees were no longer required, and they were released under the company’s employment policy. The dismissed officials challenged this decision in the High Court.
Earlier, on May 12, they submitted an appeal to the NPCBL chairman, asserting that they had been recruited through proper procedures in permanent posts, signing a ten-year service agreement before joining. After two years of satisfactory performance and extensive training at Russia’s Rosatom Technical Academy—costing the Bangladesh government nearly one crore taka—they were made permanent and even received promotions.
