No metro strike, Delhi HC says the staff action does not seem justified



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By: Express News Service | New Delhi |

Updated: June 30, 2018 4:27:05





  No subway strike, Delhi HC says the staff action does not seem justified

The High Court of Delhi prevented Friday the board of directors of the Company the Delhi Metro to go on strike, the services stop.While the demand for a strike began to increase more and more on Friday, the DMRC had filed an application in court.

In his order, the HC stated that "the action of the Respondents (DMRC Staff Committee) does not appear justified or jurisdictional as sufficient notice has not been given the petitioner and the conciliation procedure is still in progress. Some 9,000 non-executive employees of the DMRC had threatened to strike from June 30 if their demands on rising wages and promotions were not met.

A number of DMRC board members have been protesting at Yamuna Bank and Shahdara subway stations for 10 days. Following the order of the HC, Ravi Bhardwaj, Secretary of the Staff Council, said: "The strike has been postponed. We will continue to wear black armbands. "

In order, vacation judge Vipin Sanghi noted that the DMRC runs a public utility that supplies daily about 25 lakhs, who come largely from the middle-income group." They would be very embarrbaded if the respondents went on strike, "observed Sanghi

while all genuine requests from Metro employees must be respected, the strike can cause inconvenience to thousands of people." Strike shud not take place While the government imposes ESMA as a last resort, I urge employees not to resort to strikes. June 29, 2018

According to court records, the DMRC lawyer informed the HC that a settlement was reached between the DMRC and the Staff Council on July 23, 2017. The court noted the allegations selo staff council the regulations have not yet been implemented, as well as the badertion of DMRC that the Board's requests have increased and are not justified. , delhi news, Delhi metro services, delhi high court, delhi subway HC, arvind kejriwal, manish sisodia, dmrc, dmrc employee protest, delhi news "data-lazy-src =" https : //images.indianexpress.com/2018/ 06 / delhi-metro-7592.jpg "/>

The Staff Council demanded that it be turned into "employees' union, because the council is not a constitutional body", as well as setting in. Meanwhile, the vice minister in Chief Manish Sisodia convened a meeting with DMRC staff members on Friday night and said that according to CM Arvind Kejriwal's instructions, "all genuine requests from Metro employees should be met to keep them happy for proper operation of the Delhi Metro ". He also said that "if necessary, the law on the maintenance of essential services should be imposed to prevent the strike of Metro".

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