TTAADC Revokes Controversial Notification Creating 123 New Villages

By Our Correspondent

Agartala, February 7, 2026

The Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), controlled by the TIPRA Motha party, has officially withdrawn its earlier notification that had created 123 new villages in April 2025. The decision marks a significant reversal and is being widely viewed as an acknowledgment of legal and procedural lapses that had disrupted the Village Committee election process.

In a fresh notification issued on January 22, 2026, the TTAADC cancelled its April 7, 2025 order along with two other related notifications. The rollback came after sustained objections from the Tripura State Government, which had repeatedly pointed out serious legal violations in the manner the new villages were constituted.

The State Government had consistently maintained that the TTAADC acted arbitrarily and unilaterally by creating new villages without conducting mandatory consultations with the existing Village Committees. Such consultations are a statutory requirement under the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District (Establishment of Village Committee) Act, 1994. The State Secretariat sources had also opined that the notification issued by the TTAADC was ultra vires and not in conformity with prevailing laws.

Officials stated that the creation of new villages without following due procedure had thrown the entire process of conducting Village Committee elections into confusion. The State Government had earlier warned that any alteration in village boundaries or numbers must be done strictly in accordance with the law.

Interestingly, the TTAADC had earlier assured that no changes would be made to the existing territorial limits of Village Committees, thereby making a fresh delimitation exercise unnecessary. However, the April 2025 notification contradicted this stand and led to legal complications and administrative uncertainty.

With the revocation of the controversial order, the total number of Village Committees in the ADC areas will now revert to the original figure of 587. The move is expected to bring clarity to the stalled election process and may have important implications for the ongoing litigation before the Supreme Court concerning the conduct of Village Committee elections.

Political observers believe that the latest decision strengthens the State Government’s position and exposes inconsistencies in the administrative actions of the TTAADC. The development is likely to pave the way for smoother conduct of elections in the autonomous district council areas in the near future.

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