The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Jharkhand and Tripura governments to ensure that all schools and hostels of educational institutions are free from the occupation of security forces within two months. The apex court also expressed its displeasure against the Assam Government for not furnishing details about the number of schools occupied by the security forces and threatened that non-compliance of its orders would compel it to summon the Chief Secretary. A Bench comprising Justices B S Sudershan Reddy and S S Nijjar refused to give longer breathing period to the state governments for implementing its direction. The Jharkhand government counsel said 26 of the 47 school buildings have been freed from the presence of the para-military and state police and sought another six months to fulfill the apex court order. Declining the plea, the Bench said, the JharkhandGovernment is directed to free the schools from the occupation of security forces within two months. The identical direction came for the Tripura Government which said only 16 schools out of 4000 are under the occupation of the central forces and due to insurgency reason it would take another six months for its removal.