Guwahati, Sept. 16 -- Reported by Mrinal Kanti Banik

Agartala: The Tripura High Court has ordered that the salaries of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and other officers of the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), excluding Group C and Group D employees, be withheld until sanctioned retiral benefits owed to former employees are disbursed.

A single bench of Justice T Amarnath Goud issued the direction on September 9 while hearing a writ petition filed by former TTAADC employee Rasan Debbarma Reang against the council and five other respondents.

The petitioner's grievance was that the council had sanctioned retiral benefits and issued the necessary memoranda during 2025-26, but the payments remained pending even a...