BANGLADESH OIL, GAS AND MINERAL CORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1985

Section – 6(1)

The appellant retired from military service and was appointed as a Director of the BOGMC on a contract basis. He was absorbed/appointed ‘in the public interest” as a regular incumbent of the corporation, and the earlier contract of service was cancelled vide notifications dated 4 August, 1990.

Held: The notifications for absorbing or regularizing the contract service on a permanent basis were done illegally and without lawful authority. The expression “in the public interest” was blatantly used for a private cause.

Lt. Col (Retd) Nazimuddin Ahmed Vs Bangladesh & Ors. 3BLT (AD)-176.