{"id":27862,"date":"2026-11-12T08:19:52","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T08:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/?p=27862"},"modified":"2026-11-12T08:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T08:20:12","slug":"high-court-orders-reinstatement-of-four-anganwadi-workers-directs-payment-of-arrears-within-eight-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/2026\/11\/12\/high-court-orders-reinstatement-of-four-anganwadi-workers-directs-payment-of-arrears-within-eight-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"High Court Orders Reinstatement of Four Anganwadi Workers, Directs Payment of Arrears Within Eight Weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Agartala, November 12, 2026:<\/strong> In a significant legal development, the Division Bench of the Tripura High Court has ordered the reinstatement of four Anganwadi workers and helpers whose appointments under the Dumurnagar ICDS Project in Dhalai district were cancelled in February 2024.

According to the details shared by the petitioners’ representative, the recruitment process for Anganwadi workers and helpers under the Dumurnagar ICDS Project began in February 2023. Following the prescribed selection process, four candidates were legally appointed and joined their respective duties in August 2023.

However, their appointments were abruptly cancelled on February 26, 2024. Challenging the decision, all four affected workers approached the Tripura High Court by filing writ petitions. Their petitions were initially dismissed by a single-judge bench, following which they appealed before the Division Bench.

The matter was subsequently heard by a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice M.S. Ramachandra Rao and Justice S. Datta Purkayastha. On November 11, 2026, the Division Bench delivered its judgment in favour of the four petitioners.

Addressing the issue, the petitioners’ representative alleged that the Dhalai District Magistrate and Collector had cancelled the appointments under political pressure from the Tipra Motha Party. He further claimed that the appointments had been opposed by local Tipra Motha leaders, following which the administration withdrew the appointments.

According to the representative, the Division Bench termed the cancellation of the appointments arbitrary and illegal and directed the authorities to immediately reinstate all four Anganwadi workers and helpers.

The court also directed the authorities to release their entire pending salaries and allowances from February 26, 2024, onwards within eight weeks. Additionally, the authorities were directed to pay the litigation costs.

The representative further stated that the Division Bench recognised the legal protection available to appointed Anganwadi workers and helpers, observing that they cannot be arbitrarily removed from service and are entitled to continue until the prescribed retirement age of 60 years, subject to applicable rules.

The verdict has brought significant relief to the four affected workers after nearly two and a half years of legal proceedings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Agartala, November 12, 2026: In a significant legal development, the Division Bench of the Tripura High Court has ordered the reinstatement of four Anganwadi workers and helpers whose appointments under the Dumurnagar ICDS Project in Dhalai district were cancelled in February 2024. According to the details shared by the petitioners’ representative, the recruitment process for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":27861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":"","_ppma_block_editor_authors":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[476],"ppma_author":[1174],"class_list":["post-27862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tripura","tag-high-court"],"authors":[{"term_id":1174,"user_id":33,"is_guest":0,"slug":"kamaljamatia","display_name":"kamal jamatia","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/564a074770eb17d36f3af441d462b8a2a809599748f74220740b1d3b52879fcf?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Faguli.in%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F07%2FPHOTO-2023-09-14-08-30-32-3.jpg&r=g","avatar_alt":"","avatar_decorative":"","author_category":"","first_name":"kamal","last_name":"jamatia","user_url":"http:\/\/www.aguli.in","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27862"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27863,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27862\/revisions\/27863"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27862"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=27862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}