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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.
The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation is set to disburse pending salary to its employees from Monday.
The Kerala State Road Transport Employees' Union has threatened extreme steps including boycott of duties if salaries are not paid immediately.
Though Kerala govt sanctioned Rs 30 crore to KSRTC for dispersing salaries, the Corporation maintains that it has not received it.
Ministers in charge of Electricity, Water Resources and Transport, along with the heads of the government-controlled bodies managing these services in the state have drawn the CITU's ire.
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