SUKKUR, Nov 21: The Sindh High Court, Sukkur circuit bench, has stayed recruitment of primary school teachers in district Khairpur till the decision of a petition filed by 175 candidates who passed written test and were issued job offer letters in 2007, was announced.

In November 2007 tests/interviews for the post of primary school teachers were held under the IBA and 175 candidates from district Khairpur had qualified tests/interviews and were issued offer letters.

According to the petitioners, the letters were given to them by the DCO Khairpur after the lapse of 20 days, due to which civil surgeon Khairpur refused to take their medical test on the plea that medical fitness should be sought within 15 days after the issue of offer letter.

On this Mohammad Iqbal Soomro and other 174 candidates had filed a petition in the SHC’s Sukkur bench against secretary education Sindh, EDO Education Khairpur, DCO Khairpur and civil surgeon Khairpur through their lawyers Mukesh Kumar and Naeem Pirzada.

According to Mr Pirzada, on Thursday, the bench comprising Justice Yasmeen Abbasi and Justice Abdul Rehman Farooq Pirzada granting stay ordered the Sindh government not to recruit primary teachers in district Khairpur till the decision of this petition was announced.