Madras HC plea: Drive buses in public interest
The disputes relating to 0.13 percent further wage hike and other issues could be heard later on the merits, the bench added.
Chennai: The Madras high court has left it to the conscience of the various trade unions of state transport corporations to decide as to whether they could ply the buses from tomorrow for five days in view of Pongal festival in the interest of the public.
A division bench comprising Justices S. Manikumar and M. Govindaraj asked the counsels appearing for the trade unions to inform their decision to the court on Thursday. The bench posted to January 11, further hearing of a batch of petitions relating to strike by STC workers.
Earlier, after hearing marathon arguments from senior counsel V. Prakash and advocate N.G.R. Prasad and Advocate general Vijay Narayan from 2.15 pm, the bench made a proposal that the government could implement the 2.44 percent wage hike as agreed upon by the government already immediately and on such implementation, the transport workers could resume their work from today itself.
The disputes relating to 0.13 percent further wage hike and other issues could be heard later on the merits, the bench added.