New Delhi, Aug 19: Government is not considering any proposal to ban strikes, though the conduct rules say no government servant would participate in or abet any form of strike, Lok Sabha was informed today. "No such proposal is under consideration," Minister of State for Home Harin Pathak said in reply to a written question when asked whether government proposed to bring a bill in Parliament in this regard.
He said the provisions of the conduct rules said "no government servant shall resort to or in any way abet any form of strike or coercion or physical duress in connection with any matter pertaining to his service or the service of any other government servant".
Pathak said the Supreme Court on August six had ruled that government employees had no right to strike - whether fundamental, statutory, equitable or moral. Bureau Report