(Uday Umesh Lalit and Vineet Saran, JJ.)
Manas Bhowmik ____________________________________ Petitioner;
v.
State of Tripura and Others _______________________ Respondent(s).
Special Leave Petition (Civil) Diary No. 8397/2020, decided on June 19, 2020
(For Admission and I.R.; IA No. 54779/2020 – For Condonation of Delay in Filing; IA No. 54781/2020 – For Exemption From Filing C/C of the Impugned Judgment; IA No. 54782/2020 – For Exemption From Filing O.T.; IA No. 54783/2020 – For Exemption From Filing Affidavit; and, IA No. 54780/2020 – For Condonation of Delay in Refiling/Curing the Defects)
With
SLP (Civil) Diary No. 1298/2020 SLP (Civil) No. 1125/2020 (XIV) (IA No. 48868/2020 – For Modification of Court’s Order) Special Leave Petition (Civil) Diary No. 8397/2020; WP(C) No. 743/2019; WP(C) No. 757/2019; WP(C) No. 739/2019; WP(C) No. 758/2019; WP(C) No. 761/2019; WP(C) No. 762/2019; WP(C) No. 763/2019; WP(C) No. 764/2019; WP(C) No. 766/2019; WP(C) No. 756/2019; WP(C) No. 742/2019; WP(C) No. 767/2019; WP(C) No. 768/2019; WP(C) No. 788/2019; WP(C) No. 789/2019; WP(C) No. 795/2019; WP(C) No. 796/2019; WP(C) No. 802/2019; WP(C) No. 803/2019; WP(C) No. 808/2019; WP(C) No. 1200/2019; WP(C) No. 1202/2019; WP(C) No. 1219/2019; WP(C) No. 1222/2019; IA No. 54779/2020; IA No. 54781/2020; IA No. 54782/2020; IA No. 54783/2020; IA No. 54780/2020; SLP (Civil) Diary No. 1298/2020; SLP (Civil) No. 1125/2020 (XIV); and IA No. 48868/2020
The Order of the court was delivered by
Order
1. Mr. Maninder Singh, learned Senior Advocate appearing for the State submitted that after the end of the Academic Session 2019-2020, the concerned teachers have ceased to be in employment; that some of the teachers had participated in the selection; and, the State had afforded them age relaxation. He also submitted that the State Government is contemplating to accommodate some of the teachers in alternate employment.
2. Mr. Manish Goswami, learned Advocate appearing for the petitioner submitted that the averments to that effect have already been made on behalf of the State Government in Miscellaneous Application Diary No. 11372 of 2020, filed in Special Leave Petition (Civil) No. 18993 of 2014.
3. We call upon the State to place an appropriate affidavit indicating the stand of the State and what steps the State is contemplating and the kind of benefit that it seeks to extend to the teachers by way of alternate employment.
4. Let the affidavit be filed within two weeks from today.
5. Mr. Colin Gonsalves, learned Senior Advocate appearing for the petitioner in SLP (Civil) Diary No. 8397 of 2020 submits that at this juncture, the matter may simply be tagged with the main matter and he may advance his submissions on the next occasion.
6. List all these matters along with Miscellaneous Application Diary No. 11372 of 2020 in the last week of July, 2020, before the appropriate Court.
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