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The commission amount due to more than 10,000 ration dealers in the State has been cut down by almost half for the month of October. The order in this regard was issued by the Civil Supplies Commissioner.
A section of workers at Chala circle of Thiruvananthapuram corporation staged the strange protest on Saturday.
The protests came in wake of a recent High Court order which suggested that what salaries remained pending still could be resolved by issuing coupons or vouchers.
He has been appointed as the secretary for the Agriculture department.
The HC, in an interim order, directed the KSRTC to pay salaries by the fifth of every month. It said the matter of repayment of loan could wait until monthly salary disbursal is in order.
The CITU has made clear that continued reliance on the government to meet salary expenses will not bode well for KSRTC.
Raju took a strong stand that the government will not budge before the adamancy of trade unions.
CITU secured 53.42 per cent of the votes in the referendum held on Thursday. Only those unions that secure at least 15 per cent of the votes polled get the recognition in the state power utility.
The new development came barely a day after Power Minister K Krishnankutty had initiated reconciliatory talks between the KSEB and Officers' Association.
Even though a meeting was earlier planned between the power minister and the officers' association leaders on Monday to sort their issues, it is unlikely to take place as the minister is in Palakkad for an all-party peace initiative in connection with the recent twin political murders there.