Guwahati, Sept. 13 -- Reported by Mrinal Kanti Banik

Agartala: The Tripura High Court has directed the state government to immediately initiate the recruitment process for 1,116 vacant Post Graduate Teacher (PGT) posts, while asking the authorities to take a decision on filling 2,193 vacant Graduate Teacher (GT) posts).

The directions were issued by a division bench comprising Chief Justice M.S. Ramachandra Rao and Justice Biswajit Palit while hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) concerning teacher vacancies in the state. The bench considered an additional affidavit filed by the Under Secretary of the School Education Department.

The court noted that 1,116 PGT positions had become vacant following the death, retirement, resignati...