KASARGOD: The High Court on Thursday served a notice on the Chief Secretary representing the government and the Managing Director of the Plantation Corporation on the petition filed by the Plantation Corporation Samrakshana Samithi requesting to stay the government order to pay Rs 54 crore to endosulfan victims in Kasargod before March 31.The petition was filed by M Gangadharan Nair, general secretary of the Plantation Corporation Samrakshana Samithi. The PCK was directed to pay Rs 1.50 lakh to 2,453 victims before March 31. They are to pay Rs36.79 crore in the current financial year and the same amount after five years. The order of the government also stated that `3 lakh each is to be paid to other disabled persons.The PCK Samrakshana Samithi stated in the petition that the decision of the government would destabilise the company.
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