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HIGH COURT OF TRIPURA AGARTALA
ARINDAM LODH
Biplab Saha, S/o. Sri Phani Bhushan Saha – Appellant
Versus
State of Tripura, Represented by its Principal Secretary, School Education Department, Government of Tripura – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
ARINDAM LODH, J.
Both the writ petitions were heard together on consent of learned counsels appearing for the parties and are consolidated for disposal by a common judgment since the issues raised in both the writ petitions are common and identical in nature.
2. The facts leading to filing of both the cases are that all the petitioners have been appointed as Graduate/Post Graduate Teachers under the respondents ranging from the year 2016 to 2018 pursuant to a selection process conducted by the Teachers’ Recruitment Board, Tripura (for short, ‘TRBT’) which included written examination/TET qualified in consonance with Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India as they have their essential qualifications for the said posts. They have been appointed on fixed pay basis i.e. 75% of the minimum of the pay scale for the post of Post Graduate Teacher or Graduate Teacher for a period of five years. They have approached this Court seeking a direction upon the respondents to provide them regular pay scale from the date of their initial appointment. It is contended that in the year 2001 vide memorandum dated 15th December, 2001 the State of Tripura introduced the system for recruit
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