Nine months after losing jobs, Over 8,000 terminated school teachers from Tripura started an indefinite sit-in protest with a demand from the state government to provide a permanent solution to their crises. The sit-in protest has started after losing jobs nine months ago. The teachers formed a joint forum comprising three separate organizations - Justice for 10323, Amra 10323 and All Tripura Ad Hoc Teachers’ Association - to protest in Agartala since morning.

The teachers claimed that they met chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb in September 2020 and were assured of a permanent solution. “We didn’t get any response since the chief minister assured us of giving a permanent solution. We are without our jobs for last nine months and are facing difficulties to meet our domestic expenses. So, we are protesting for an indefinite period till we are given permanent jobs and die-harness jobs to families of the deceased terminated teachers,” said Dalia Das, a member of the joint forum.

The Tripura High Court terminated a total of 10,323 school teachers citing the faulty recruitment process in 2014. These teachers were appointed in postgraduate, graduate and undergraduate posts in different phases since 2010. The terminated teachers and the Left Front government filed Special Leave Petition in the Supreme Court and the apex Court upheld the High Court’s order in 2017. Of the total 10,323 teachers, over 8,000 were reappointed on an ad-hoc basis, the period expired on March 31, 2020. The remaining terminated teachers got themselves placed in different positions in government departments. After their termination, they held protests in different phases. 

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