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TN govt agrees to take back employees
New Delhi, July 24: The Tamil Nadu government today gave an udertaking to the Supreme Court that it would take back all the 1.76 lakh dismissed striking employees except around 2200 against whom FIRs have been lodged for allegedly indulging in violence during the agitation.
The undertaking was given by the Tamil Nadu government through senior advocate K K Venugopal before a bench comprising Justice M B Shah and Justice A R Lakshmanan.
The state government reserved its right to proceed against those government servants who had indulged in violence and insisted others to go on strike.
The bench said the employees will be reinstated subject to their giving "unconditional apologies" as well as an undertaking not to go on strike in future.
The bench will pass a detailed order on a bunch of petitions challenging the Madras High Court order, which did not give any relief to the employees, next Thursday.
Bureau Report
The state government reserved its right to proceed against those government servants who had indulged in violence and insisted others to go on strike.
The bench said the employees will be reinstated subject to their giving "unconditional apologies" as well as an undertaking not to go on strike in future.
The bench will pass a detailed order on a bunch of petitions challenging the Madras High Court order, which did not give any relief to the employees, next Thursday.
Bureau Report