AGARTALA, March 6 (TIWN): 10,323 teachers jobs uncertain future further deteroiated as Supreme Court on Monday has rejected State Govt's plea for more time in 10,323 case. With a major jolt for Tripura Govt, SC Divisional bench chaired by Justice A K Goel and Uday Mesh Lalit has denied to delay the case further, which has almost made it sure that the state govt can not play the 'delay game' anymore as SC likely to uphold High Court's judgement of cancelling all 10323 jobs. On Govt side there was Advocate P P Rao and on behalf of 10,323 Lawyer Rajib Dhaon and J P Kamad were present. Lawyer Salman Khurshid was on behalf of deprived unemployed youths. However with this news, sadness has gripped those 10,323 families and resentment has generated against the state govt led by CM Manik Sarkar. Alongwith CPI-M's top leadership, former Chief Secretary S.K.Panda and former Secretary Banamali Sinha were the chief architects of illegal recruitment of 10323 teachers in Tripura bypassing all laid guidelines - which was cancelled and termed 'illegal' by Tripura High Court on May 7,2014.

Manik Sarkar led CPI-M Govt's 'delay tactics' seems to coming to an end as Supreme Court most likely to uphold High Court's judgement of cancelling all 10323 teachers posts which went mostly to CPI-M support base families.

In 2014 the Apex Court in SC stayed High Court's order to terminate the jobs of at least 10, 323 teachers and allowed them to continue their service until the final disposal of the case. 

A division bench of the Tripura High Court, comprising Chief Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice Swapan Chandra Das, in its judgment May 7, 2014 terminated the jobs of 10,323 government school teachers citing discrimination and irregularities.

Besides, the Tripura High Court also asked the state government to put in place a fresh recruitment process by December 2014 and frame a new employment policy within two months.
It is to be mentioned here that Left Front Government of Tripura have recruited 1,100 post-graduate and 4,617 graduate teachers in 2010 and 4,606 under-graduate teachers in December 2013.
However, after prolonged several months also the case has not been solved yet. Every time the case has been produced before the court, it gets delayed. The delay in the judgement leads to uncertainty over the fate of 10, 323 teachers.

Under CPI-M Era, Job recruitment, Promotion have become contradictory & the Tripura government has been opposing the setting up of the school service commission and Teacher's Eligibility Test (TET). 

But when with Central's pressure TET was launched in Tripura, job-appointing corruption didn’t leave the state.

From Firemen job to TBSE, in every sectors youths started to questioning about Job appointment. Under Tripura Govt. while appointing someone in a post for Govt. employee no rule is followed, which was proven when Tripura High Court as well as Supreme Court canceled in total 10,323 teachers job, finding massive corruption held under Tripura Education dept, while recruiting someone in job.

Resentments has been brewing among the devastated families, as Tripura Govt has not though about any alternative job for them.

Questions Arise......

Who is responsible for this fateful day ?

Why B.Ed college was not launched in Tripura ?

Why violation of constitution was the principal of state govt's recruitment policy ? 

Why Manik Sarkar Govt's bootlicking IAS officers like S.K.Panda, Banamali Sinha led wrong decisions were not overruled by CM ?

On being asked about the probable fate of the 10323 teachers as regards the judgment of the apex court, the lawyer said: “The High Court’s (HC) judgment is as good as any Supreme Court judgment and the judgment is supported by previous other judgments of the SC in the such sort of cases.” 

The state government had stated that the appointment was based on seniority cum merit but was silent  regarding how much percentage is needed for merit consideration. “The interviews were held at various places across the state and this is not acceptable as per law and Government recruitment policy”, remarked the lawyer. 

Besides, instead of holding any written test, the selection was made based on oral (interview) only  (i.e to benefit CPI-M cadres). And in the oral section questions based on names, family and such other petty issues, were asked. “In education system no compromise should be made, if the teachers themselves do not know anything how would they teach as seniority with merit has been considered”, the lawyer further added. 

Meanwhile, it is to be noted that the Supreme Court hardly overrules the judgment of the HC, specially in the cases like 10323 where CPI-M led State Govt itself commmited crime by ignoring all legal guidelines in mass recruitments.