Dhaka, April 18 -- The High Court on Thursday issued a restriction on recruitment for the Zoology department of Chittagong University (CU), but to dispose of the application of lecturer candidate Emdadul Haque within two weeks.

A bench of Justice FRM Nazmul Ahasan and Justice KM Kamrul Kader passed the order after hearing a writ petition filed by Emdadul Haque.

The court also directed to scrap the previous viva examination from the record, and holding a fresh one for recruiting a lecturer in the department.

Barrister Jyotirmoy Barua stood for the writ petitioner while Deputy Attorney General Abdullah Al Mahmud represented the state.

Jyotirmoy Barua said Emdadul Haque had gone to CU for his viva examination on March 27, when a group of...