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HC disposes of petition against proposed TNGDA strike
Chennai, May 20: A division bench of Madras High Court today disposed of a petition seeking to prohibit Tamil Nadu Government Doctors Association from proceeding on indefinite strike after being informed by counsel for the association that the proposed strike from tomorrow had been called off.
Counsels for both the TNGDA and the state government
informed the court that the agitation had nothing to do with
the youth's death. The court had issued notice to the
authorities concerned following media reports of the youth P
Ilayaraja's death.
Last night, the TNGDA at an emergent meeting had decided
not to go ahead with its proposed indefinite strike from May
21, in support of the agitation by striking medical and dental
students against a state government move to allow opening of
private medical colleges.
The students have been agitating since the last four
weeks against the proposal and hike in tution fees and
suspension of stipend paid to them.
The doctors had also resorted to a one-day strike on May
14 and had stopped "elective" surgeries from May 10.
Bureau Report