
The Arunachal Times Monday, 28 September 2026, 1:28 am arunachaltimes.in Home / Readers Forum / When teachers' representations remain unheard Readers Forum Monday, 28 September 2026, 1:28 am • 2 min read When teachers' representations remain unheard Editor, This is not merely a request for transfer exemption anymore - it is a question of fairness, dignity and due process for teachers. A number of teachers affected by the recent transfer orders have already submitted representations seeking exemption on genuine and documented grounds. Some have not completed the mandatory three-year tenure, some are engaged in census and BLO duties, while others have other circumstances that warrant consideration under the applicable provisions. Yet, the most basic question remains unanswered: What is the outcome of our representations? If teachers have submitted representations with supporting documents, why should they be released first and heard later? Why should a teacher be compelled to leave the present place of posting when the very request for exemption is still awaiting a decision? The continued silence on genuine representations, followed by directions for release from the DDSE office, is deeply distressing for the affected teachers. Administrative action should not become a substitute for administrative justice. We respectfully ask the authorities: Are representations meant only to be received, or are they meant to be examined and decided? Teachers are not merely entries in a transfer list. Behind every name is a person with official responsibilities, family circumstances, assigned duties and genuine grounds that deserve consideration. We are not against legitimate transfers. Let those who are eligible for transfer proceed according to the rules. But where a teacher has a genuine ground for exemption and has already submitted a representation, the representation deserves a decision before the teacher is compelled to move. A people-oriented Education Department should listen to its teachers, not make them feel unheard and helpless. We therefore appeal: Do not make release the first response and consideration the last. Examine the representations. Communicate the decisions. Follow due process. A teacher who has a genuine grievance should not have to leave the workplace merely to prove that the grievance deserved to be heard. 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Readers Forum Monday, 28 September 2026, 1:28 am • 2 min read

When teachers' representations remain unheard

Editor,

This is not merely a request for transfer exemption anymore - it is a question of fairness, dignity and due process for teachers.

A number of teachers affected by the recent transfer orders have already submitted representations seeking exemption on genuine and documented grounds. Some have not completed the mandatory three-year tenure, some are engaged in census and BLO duties, while others have other circumstances that warrant consideration under the applicable provisions.

Yet, the most basic question remains unanswered: What is the outcome of our representations?

If teachers have submitted representations with supporting documents, why should they be released first and heard later? Why should a teacher be compelled to leave the present place of posting when the very request for exemption is still awaiting a decision?

The continued silence on genuine representations, followed by directions for release from the DDSE office, is deeply distressing for the affected teachers. Administrative action should not become a substitute for administrative justice.

We respectfully ask the authorities: Are representations meant only to be received, or are they meant to be examined and decided?

Teachers are not merely entries in a transfer list. Behind every name is a person with official responsibilities, family circumstances, assigned duties and genuine grounds that deserve consideration.

We are not against legitimate transfers. Let those who are eligible for transfer proceed according to the rules. But where a teacher has a genuine ground for exemption and has already submitted a representation, the representation deserves a decision before the teacher is compelled to move.

A people-oriented Education Department should listen to its teachers, not make them feel unheard and helpless.

We therefore appeal: Do not make release the first response and consideration the last. Examine the representations. Communicate the decisions. Follow due process.

A teacher who has a genuine grievance should not have to leave the workplace merely to prove that the grievance deserved to be heard.

A genuinely transfer-affected teacher

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