CHENNAI: If the monetary benefits after retirement are not paid to one of its employees on or before February 2, suo-motu contempt proceedings will be initiated against the MD of TN State Transport Corporation, Coimbatore division, the Madras High Court has warned.Justice K Chandru gave the warning on Wednesday while passing an interim order on a writ petition from S Chelladurai, who worked as conductor and retired on January 31, 2006.According to advocate R Y George Williams, the charge against Chelladurai was that he collected the bus fares from the passengers, but not issued the tickets, in 1983. Ultimately, he was dismissed from service on May 19, 1983. He raised an industrial dispute and the Labour Court in Coimbatore ordered his reinstatement with continuity in service but without backwages, in April 1996. Both Chelladurai and the STC moved the High Court with writ petitions, the former seeking backwages and the latter questioning reinstatement. Both the petitions were dismissed in February, 2005. The STC preferred an appeal, but it was returned due to deficiencies. Chellladurai retired on January 31, 2006. As the retirement benefits were not paid till date, he filed the present writ petition, Williams added.
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