Agartala, Sep 28, 2022, TRIPURATIMES Desk

Agartala, Sept 28: A delegation of 10,323 terminated teachers on Wednesday met Tripura Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha and pressed for their demand of reappointment.

The delegation was visibly found happy after the meeting with the Chief Minister. A representative said, the Chief Minister assured them of looking into the matter with priority after puja.

“The Chief Minister assured us that he will hold meeting in extended forum to discuss the issue. We are hopeful that the Chief Minister will take effective steps to save our jobs. The Advocate General and the Law Secretary were also present during the meeting,” the representative told the media.

Another member of the six-member delegation said the number 10,323 included 1103 PGTs and 4616 GTs of 2010, 4600 UGTs of 2013-14 and 4 Science Teachers of 2012.

“The jobs of those who were not made party in the final judgment of the Supreme Court can be saved by the state government by segregating,” a delegate of the 10,323 said after the meeting with the Chief Minister.

Meanwhile, the Chief Minister had informed the Assembly that he would meet the delegation of 10,323 sacked teachers soon after some of them were injured in police’s action during Assembly March on September 26 last.