Rs 462 crore sanctioned for TNSTC rtd staff benefits: TN govt to Madras HC
Chennai: The state government has informed the Madras high court that it has sanctioned Rs 462 crore to clear the amounts due to the retired employees of various State Transport Corporations in the state.
Advocate general Vijay Narayan made his submission to this effect when the suo motu PIL came up for hearing before a division bench comprising Justices S. Manikumar and M. Govindaraj.
He said of this total amount of Rs 462 crore, a sum of Rs 267.53 crore has been earmarked towards settlement of the statutory dues to the retired employees.
The remaining amount of Rs 194.68 crore has been allocated towards second and final settlement of accident claims compensation awarded by various courts and Tribunals, he added.
He said the government had directed the Under secretary, Transport department to present necessary bills with reference to the GO to the Pay and Accounts Office in Chepauk and draw an account payee cheque in favour of the Public Deposit Account number of the Tamil Nadu Transport Development Finance Corporation Limited and disburse the same to it, he added.
He said on receipt of the amount from the government, the Managing Directors of all State Transport Corporation Undertakings, would deposit the compensation amount to the respective courts/ Tribunals dealing with motor accident claim cases, which in turn, would deposit the compensation awarded by the Tribunals, to the account of the claimants by RTGS or such other method.
Recording the submissions of AG, the bench said all this shall be done within one week and posted to November 24, further hearing of the case.
Originally, R. Mayandi Servai (82), a retired employee of TNSTC from Madurai, sent a post card to a division bench comprising Justices M.V. Muralidaran and N. Seshasayee when they were sitting at the Vacation bench at Madurai on May 16, claiming that the retirement benefits due had not been settled even after 24 years of his retirement.
He also said there were hundreds of similarly placed employees. Taking note of the post card, the bench directed the Registry to treat it as a suo-motu PIL. Thereafter, the case was transferred to the the high court in Chennai.
