01/06/2026
Supreme Court of Bangladesh (Appellate Division)
IN
CIVIL APPEAL NO.83 OF 2015 WITH CIVIL APPEAL NO.69 OF 2017 AND CIVIL PETITION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL NOS.1902, 1844, 1884, 1940-1941 OF
2012, 2516-2519, 2599, 2572-2573, 2155, 2476, 2431-2432 All OF 2013, 662-663, 2536 OF 2014, 1491 OF 2010, 3145 OF 2016 AND 659 OF 2017
Held that the High Court Division rightly held the petitioners to be “workers” employed under the Government-owned enterprises or corporations, having regard to the factual stance of each petitioner and in view of the definitions contained in Sections 2(e) and 14 of the Public Corporation (Management Coordination) Ordinance, 1986, read with Sections 2(65), 28, and 336 of the Bangladesh Labour Act, 2006. This finding derives support from a number of reported and unreported decisions of the High Court Division, as well as from the decision of this Division in M.A. Hai and others v. Trading Corporation of Bangladesh, reported in 40DLR(AD)207, observing, inter alia, that the services of workers employed in any public enterprise or corporation are governed by Section 14A of the said Ordinance, and accordingly, such workers are entitled to remain in service until completion of sixty (60) years of age.
