Tripura High Court Stays Prosecution Directorate Recruitment Amid Domicile Reservation Challenge

Tripura High Court has stayed recruitment to the State Prosecution Directorate while examining the constitutional validity of giving preference in government jobs to residents of the State.

The Court observed that Article 16 of the Constitution guarantees equal opportunity in public employment and generally prohibits discrimination based on place of birth or residence, except where Parliament specifically permits such reservations.

The petition challenged recruitment rules allegedly favouring local residents in appointments to prosecutorial posts.

Prima facie disagreeing with the State’s stand, the Court stayed the recruitment process and sought responses from the authorities. 

[Sri Arun Kumar Panwar v. The State of Tripura & Ors.]