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Hyderabad , July 6

FOLLOWING a directive by the division bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday, the striking AP State Road Transport Corporation employees' (APSRTC) unions decided to suspend their three-day strike and resume work.

The Bench comprising acting Chief Justice, Mr Bilal Nazki and Judge, Mr G. Chandraiah, while giving the directive to the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the APSRTC employees' unions, asked the State Government, represented by the Cabinet sub-committee and the RTC management, to immediately implement certain actions agreed upon between the management and employees.

The court mentioned that the sub-committee would, within a period of three weeks, settle the pending issues by holding talks with the management and the JAC.

There would be no victimisation or any disciplinary action against employees who abstained work, including the casual and contract employees.

The Court observed that instead of allocating Rs 250 crore towards expenses, the Government and management would ensure that every bus was on the move by providing diesel and necessary inputs.

While a section of the workers announced that they had called off the strike, members of the JAC said that they would wait till they receive the copy of the judgement and hold discussions before announcing their decision.

The Cabinet sub-committee of three State Ministers, Mr Jakkampudi Ram Mohan Rao (Roads and Buildings), Mr Santhosh Reddy (Transport), Mr Konathala Ramakrishna (Commercial Taxes) and the JAC representatives would meet tomorrow to discuss the follow-up action.

The Committee said that the Government was keen to settle issues concerning RTC employees. However, they had inherited a very badly managed corporation, and about Rs 600 crore has been announced as initial package to help the corporation.

Meanwhile, representatives of the JAC representing about 1.18 lakh workers welcomed the court judgement, and stated that they would get back to work forthwith.

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