The Kerala High Court on Monday ordered that sweepers, garage mazdoors, peon/office attenders, whether regular or on contract, be also paid salaries along with drivers, conductors, and mechanical and store employees before giving salaries to the supervisory personnel.
Justice Devan Ramachandran, while hearing a petition relating to the payment of salaries to the KSRTC employees, said these persons were from the lowest strata of society and certainly required to be granted the same benefits as was ordered by the court in the case of drivers, conductors and others.
The court also said the basic amenities of the KSRTC required to be modernised and bettered, particularly wash areas and toilets, so that more people would come back to the KSRTC for travel. There must be a ‘Back to KSRTC movement’ and this would certainly be possible with the initiatives the court was willing to oversee.
