ProMASS News
Agartala, October 03, 2019: The High Court of Tripura today dismissed a batch of writ petitions filed by a section of 10323 teachers currently working on an ad-hoc basis. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Arindam Lodh, before which the arguments were submitted, said there was no substance in the petition and it was not inclined to grant the prayer.
Notably, the Supreme Court, in its latest judgment on the issue on August 02 last, had given liberty to the petitioners among ad-hoc teachers to approach the High Court afresh with their grievances. The fate of 10323 government school teachers faces uncertainty as their services will continue till March 31, 2020 granted by the Supreme Court.
The contracts of the undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate teachers who were inducted in different phases were terminated in 2014 by the High Court of Tripura, which had termed the recruitment as “unconstitutional”. The verdict was later challenged in the Supreme Court.
However, the apex court upheld the High Court verdict and terminated their jobs with effect from December 31, 2017. The terminated teachers were later absorbed in ad hoc positions for six months. The ad hoc tenure was further extended by the Supreme Court till March, 2020.
