489 new posts approved for SC Secretariat

The Supreme Court's Post Creation Committee, at its first meeting this afternoon, approved the creation of 489 new posts to run the SC Secretariat.

Of these, 107 are officer positions, and rest are supporting staff roles.

According to the decision, 105 of the officer posts will be filled from the judicial service, one post will be designated for a chief accounting officer, and one for a system analyst.

The unanimous decision was taken at a meeting held in the SC conference room, chaired by Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam, senior judge of the Appellate Division and head of the committee.

Seven of the eight committee members attended, with only the senior secretary of the finance division absent.

The Post Creation Committee was formed by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed on December 1 under Section 17 of the Supreme Court Secretariat Ordinance, 2025. Its mandate includes reorganising the administrative structure of the SC registry, SC Secretariat, administrative tribunals, and subordinate courts, as well as creating, abolishing, and restructuring officer and staff positions.

Alongside Justice Ashfaqul, the committee includes Appellate Division Justice AKM Asaduzzaman; High Court Division justices Md Atabullah and Md Bazlur Rahman; senior secretary of the SC Secretariat; senior secretaries of the law and justice division, ministry of public administration, and finance division; and the SC registrar general.