ORDER :

1. The present writ petition has been registered by this Court suo-motu in view of the directions dated 9th February 2018 passed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in W.P. (Civil) No. 473/2005 in case of Sampurna Behura vs. Union of India and Others. The State-respondents had been directed to file their compliance reports in terms of directions issued by Hon’ble Supreme Court in the judgment referred hereinabove and in particular, Para-95 thereon.

2. This Court had on several occasions dealt with the issue and several affidavits had come to be filed, last of which filed before this Court is dated 27th September 2021. The said affidavit has been sworn in by the Deputy Secretary to the Government of Tripura in the Social Welfare and Social Education Department and the directions issued by the Hon’ble Apex Court and the action taken thereon has been noted in the said affidavit in a fair amount of detail: