A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court has directed the KSRTC to use ₹25 crore each from the ₹50 crore released by the State government for paying salaries to KSRTC employees for the months of July and August and disburse one-third of the salary in cash.
The Bench also ordered that credit facility be extended to employees who had opted for the same through vouchers/coupons which could be redeemed at any of the government-owned stores and outlets such as Hantex and Consumerfed for buying provisions/clothes and so on. The vouchers/coupons should be of a value equivalent to two-thirds of the salary and festival allowances due to the employees. The vouchers/coupons should have a validity of six months.
The employees who had not opted for the credit facility would be entitled to treat the two-thirds portion of their salary as arrears of unpaid salary, the court ordered.
