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MNA National Desk: The High Court on Monday directed the government to reappoint those Ansar members who were earlier sacked from their duties following Ansar mutiny in 1994 considering their appropriate age-limit and physical capacity.
After the final hearings on two writ petitions, the court also ordered the authorities concerned to bring the other Ansar members who went beyond the age-limit of government services under pension scheme.
In 1994, hundreds of Ansar members stood in rebellion against the authorities raising different demands which was controlled with 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.
Monday’s order by Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Md Badruzzaman of the High Court came after disposing of two previous rules issued on the matter.
Those who will be reinstated will get paid after joining work and those who have reached the retirement age will get pensions.
