5(Uday Umesh Lalit and Vineet Saran, JJ.)
Ajoy Debbarma and Others _________________________ Petitioner(s);
v.
State of Tripura and Others _______________________ Respondent(s).
Special Leave Petition (Civil) Diary No. 1298/2020, decided on February 7, 2020
(For Admission and I.R.; and, IA No. 7915/2020 – For Permission to File Petition)
With SLP(C) No. 1125/2020 (XIV) (For Admission and I.R.) Diary No. 1324/2020 (XIV) (IA No. 10727/2020 – For Condonation of Delay in Filing; IA No. 10728/2020 – For Exemption From Filing C/C of the Impugned Judgment; and, IA No. 10725/2020 – For Permission to File Petition) Diary No. 1348/2020 (XIV) (For Admission and I.R.; IA No. 9870/2020 – For Condonation of Delay in Filing; IA No. 9871/2020 – For Exemption From Filing C/C of the Impugned Judgment; and, IA No. 9868/2020 – For Permission to File Petition) Diary No. 2268/2020 (XIV) (For Admission and I.R.; IA No. 13672/2020 – For Condonation of Delay in Filing; and, IA No. 13674/2020 – For Exemption From Filing C/C of the Impugned Judgment)
Special Leave Petition (Civil) Diary No. 1298/2020; WP(C) No. 1040/2019; IA No. 7915/2020; SLP(C) No. 1125/2020 (XIV); Diary No. 1324/2020 (XIV); IA No. 10727/2020; IA No. 10728/2020; IA No. 10725/2020; Diary No. 1348/2020 (XIV); IA No. 9870/2020; IA No. 9871/2020; IA No. 9868/2020; Diary No. 2268/2020 (XIV); IA No. 13672/2020; and IA No. 13674/2020
The Order of the court was delivered by
Order
1. Mr. Jaideep Gupta and Mr. Manoj Swarup, learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioners submit that some of the teachers, whose appointments as a result of the judgment1 of the Division Bench of the High Court [as affirmed by this Court] will now stand terminated at the end of the Academic Session 2019-2020, are otherwise fully eligible and have the requisite qualifications to be appointed as teachers.
2. Learned counsel further submitted that such candidates may not be within the permissible age bracket and will therefore stand deprived of any opportunity only because of age bar.
3. Issue notice confined to the question whether there could be any age relaxation insofar as the teachers already in employment and who otherwise have all the requisite qualifications and are otherwise competent.
4. Let the notice be made returnable on 16.03.2020.
5. At this juncture, the proforma respondents need not be served in the matter.
6. Dasti service, in addition, is permitted.
7. Liberty is granted to serve the learned Standing Counsel for the State.
8. It is made clear that the matters are confined only to the aforesaid question and rest of the submissions as advanced by the learned counsel stand rejected.
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1 Bijoy Krishna Saha v. State of Tripura, 2019 SCC OnLine Tri 456 : (2014) 2 TLR 731
