10,000 teachers in Tripura set to lose job as govt faces contempt in SC

The contempt petition said the Tripura government sought to circumvent the SC order by again recruiting the same 10,323 persons under a new notification and on newly created posts.

Over 10,000 teachers in Tripura run the risk of losing their job. The Supreme Court has stopped the appointment of 12,000 teaching and non-teaching staff across the state after reproaching the Manik Sarkar government for prima facie acting in contempt of court.

"Pending further consideration, the State of Tripura is restrained from filling up 12,000 new posts of Student Counsellor, School Library Assistant, Academic Counsellor, Hostel Warden and School Assistant," directed a bench of Justices Adarsh K Goel and Uday U Lalit.

The 12,000 newly created posts will be expected to accommodate 10,323 primary teachers, whose appointments had already been quashed by the SC in March this year.

The contempt petition said the Tripura government sought to circumvent the SC order by again recruiting the same 10,323 persons under a new notification and on newly created posts.

Admitting the contempt plea, the bench said, "Prima facie we find merit in the allegations in the contempt petition and prayer for initiating proceedings against the respondents (including the chief secretary of the state)".

Posting the matter for further hearing on October 24, the bench observed that the state government appears to be flouting the Supreme Court's previous order which had categorically held that the state followed no guidelines or selection criteria in making appointments of 10,323 primary schoolteachers.

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