Telangana HC suggests talks to end RTC deadlock

Hyderabad: The indefinite strike by the employees of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) continued on 11th day on Tuesday even as the Telangana High Court suggested to the state government and the employee unions to end the deadlock through talks.
The High Court expressed its unhappiness with the attitude of both the government and the employee unions and asked them to take the initiative to resolve the problem.
After hearing the arguments from both sides on Public Interest Litigations (PILs), a division bench of Chief Justice R. S. Chauhan and Justice A. Abhishek Reddy posted further hearing to October 18. It asked both the parties to inform the court at the next hearing on the steps taken to resolve the crisis.
The court suggested to the government to invite the striking employees for talks and also advised the employees to call off the strike and hold talks with the government.
The court asked the government to first appoint a Managing Director for the TSRTC to take the employees into confidence. It wanted the government to take steps on a war-footing to solve the problem.
Meanwhile, the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of TSRTC employee unions said for now the strike was continuing but if the government or the TSRTC invite them for talks, they were ready to participate in the same.