Overview
- The Supreme Court directed the Tripura State Election Commission to hold village committee elections in a single phase on September 27, 2026, in an order issued on June 16.
- Attorney General R. Venkataramani and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the court a single-phase poll would avoid monsoon problems and allow local security forces to manage the vote without extra central paramilitary deployment.
- The court said authorities must follow the schedule and refused any further extensions, pressing the SEC and state to complete notifications and logistics promptly.
- Petitioner Pradyot Deb Burman argued that the absence of elected village committees since their term expired in March 2021 has blocked release of health, sanitation and welfare funds to tribal and rural residents across the TTAADC's roughly 587 village committees.
- The SEC has filed a tentative timetable and signaled readiness to begin formal steps in early September, leaving immediate next tasks as issuing notifications, finalizing security plans and running the electoral roll and polling preparations.