This is a public interest litigation filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India by the petitioner.

2. The petitioner, Sri Bimal Kumar Chanda, had been working as Principal in-charge of the Tripura Government Law College, Agartala, and after his superannuation from Government service he is working for advancing the social interest. He has stated in the writ petition that in recent years, the peace in the State of Tripura has been disturbed, as many as 19 police station areas have been declared disturbed areas and are under the Armed Forces (Special Power) Act, 1958, 111 persons have been killed, 84 persons have been kidnapped, arid since 1993 till 1997, 92 police personnel and security personnel have been killed by the extremists. But the State Government of Tripura has not established State Human Rights Commission. The petitioner has, therefore, prayed for an appropriate writ or direction to the State of Tripura to establish State Human Rights Commission for the State of Tripura within a specific period.

3. Mr. A.L. Saha, learned counsel for the petitioner, submitted that the preamble of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 (hereinafter referred to as