AGARTALA, Feb 11 (TIWN): With no other progress in the case of 10,323 terminated teacher’s issue it seems like the case will keep on getting a next date for hearing.

Counting days are left to decide the fate of the much talked 10,323 terminated teacher’s case in Tripura. Uncertainty looms over the fate of 10, 323 teachers as the next hearing to be done on February 29at the Apex court.

As per scheduled programme, the case will be placed in the registrar’s bench of the Apex Court

The special leave petition (SLP) challenging the High court of Tripura that terminated the jobs of 10,323 school teachers would be placed before the Apex court for the next hearing on February 29.

Gopal Singh, standing counsel of Tripura in the apex court is scheduled to represent the state government.

Reportedly 10,323 teachers working in different government schools of Tripura, whose jobs were cancelled by the High Court with effect from December 31 last because of faulty appointment process based on unconstitutional employment policy.

Terming the job as illegal, a division bench of High Court of Tripura headed by Chief Justice Deepak Gupta directed the state government to cancel the jobs of the teachers after December last and by that time to frame an employment policy within two months and appoint new teachers.

It is to be mention here that earlier on May 7, a division bench of the Tripura high court, headed by Chief Justice Deepak Gupta, terminated the jobs of 10,323 teachers, including 1,100 postgraduate, 4,617 graduate and 4,606 undergraduate teachers. The court declared the existing employment policy of the state government, which has been followed since 1980, null and void. In the existing employment system, 30% jobs are given on the basis of need and 70% on the basis of merit and no written tests are conducted.

The high court had termed the policy 'unconstitutional and illegal' and had issued a 19-point guideline for a new employment policy for the state within the next two months.

After that Tripura Government appealed to the Supreme Court to take proper action on the termination issue of the teachers.

However, uncertainty looms large over the fate of the 10,323 teachers as the fate of these teachers are stuck upon the judgement of the Supreme Court.

After prolonging for several months also the case has not been solved yet. Every time the case has been produced before the court, it gets delayed every time. The delay in the judgement leads to uncertainty over the fate of 10, 323 teachers. Everyone is now looking forward to the decision of the apex court in the mid of January.