HC Clears TSRTC Privatisation L VENKAT RAM REDDY
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Follow us on: RNI No. TELENG/2018/76469 @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer Established 1864 Published From ANALYSIS 7 MONEY 8 SPORTS 12 HYDERABAD DELHI LUCKNOW TOO LITTLE AND A GOVT RELIEF MAY NOT ISHANT BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH LITTLE TOO LATE SAVE TELCOS IN PINK MODE BHUBANESWAR RANCHI DEHRADUN VIJAYAWADA *LATE CITY VOL. 2 ISSUE 44 HYDERABAD, SATURDAY NOVEMBER 23, 2019; PAGES 12 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable POOR SCREENPLAY, DRY ACTING MAKE GEORGE REDDY A DULL WATCH { Page 11 } www.dailypioneer.com Maha mayoral polls Sena-Cong- HC clears TSRTC privatisation Axe hangs over 50% jobs in TSRTC NCP combine L VENKAT RAM REDDY PNS n HYDERABAD Dismisses PIL opposing privatization of 5,100 routes n HYDERABAD outsmart BJP In a massive relief to the state With the High Court PNS n MUMBAI government, a division bench The CS Dr SK Joshi upholding the decision of of the Telangana High Court the Telangana state govern- The BJP was outsmarted on on Friday dismissed the Public stated that the cabinet ment to privatise 50 per Friday by emerging political Interest Litigation (PIL) plea decision taken on Nov 2 cent of RTC bus routes on combinations in Maharashtra filed by the vice president of to give permits to 5,100 Friday, there is an air of and lost mayoral polls in Telangana Jana Samithi (TJS) pvt bus operators per se uncertainty over the future Latur and Ulhasnagar despite Prof PL Vishweshwar Rao chal- of 48,000-strong employees having a majority in both lenging the decision of the state might not be open to who have been on strike till civic bodies. cabinet to privatise permits of judicial review date after ignoring at least n Given privatisation of 50% n Uncertainty over the fate The Shiv Sena managed to 5,100 routes of TSRTC. two 'deadlines' that Chief routes, RTC staff requirement of remaining 50% win the posts of mayor and The bench made it clear that Minister K Chandrasekhar halved employees deputy mayor in Mumbai the state government has ample Later, arguing the case Rao had set to join duty and neghbouring Thane. power to take such decision of before the HC, the advocate- before the eventual 'end' of n Only about half of 48,000 n VRS not even an option The BJP, however, man- giving permissions to private general of the state BS Prasad RTC. striking employees may get due to RTC's financial aged to keep its flock togeth- bus operators under Section RTC employees. the state government. He also submitted the cabinet decision The RTC Employees conditional job offers position er and got the support of the 102 of the Motor Vehicles Act- In his counter affidavit filed said that the further process as in question in a sealed cover to Unions' JAC latest offer to Maharashtra Navnirman 1988. The bench also said that before the High Court, the required to be undertaken by the court. Surprised at this, the call off the 47-day-old strike Sena to win the posts of the cabinet decision was taken Chief Secretary of the state Dr the state government could not High Court asked the reason if the government takes back mayor and deputy mayor in when the entire public bus SK Joshi stated that the cabinet be prohibited by the High for the submission of the cer- the staff and allows them to Nashik. transport system had come to decision taken on November 2, Court. He urged the HC to dis- tified copy of the cabinet in a resume duties uncondition- JAC blowing hot and cold, In Latur, the Congress' a grinding halt in the state and 2019 to give permits to 5,100 miss the petition filed in view sealed cover in a secret form. ally has fallen flat. The Vikrant Gojamgunde was at a time when the people of private bus operators per se of larger public interest. It also asked the AG to reveal state government has not elected mayor, in what is the state were reeling under might not be open to judicial The matter will come up for the contents of the cabinet responded to it, though says strike will continue being seen as a setback for lack of the public transport due review by the HC since the hearing on Monday before the decision in open court. employees are thronging former BJP minister to the indefinite strike by the process was still pending with division bench of the HC. Continued on Page 4 various depots in their last- ‘Save RTC' protest at depots today Sambhaji Nilangekar. ditch attempts to keep their jobs. PNS n HYDERABAD As things stand, the axe Man torches may fall at least on 50% of TSRTC Employees Unions' Woman kills the jobs. JAC, which has been blowing CM KCR WRIT RUNS wife, children Over 48,000 RTC employ- hot and cold on prolonging the husband, buries NAVEENA GHANATE ees launched the indefinite 47-day-long strike, on Friday n HYDERABAD BJP ENDS IN A BLANK and relatives strike on October 5, after expressed its discontent over him, sets up which just about 1,500 the lack of response from the It is now amply clear that in KCR's stand that the PNS n SIDDIPET employees had joined duty state government to its condi- kitchen above Telangana State Chief Minister ‘strike is illegal’ has in two spells in response to tional offer to withdraw the agi- K Chandrasekhar Rao’s writ In a horrific incident, a man the deadlines set by KCR. Of tation, with JAC convenor ANUPPUR (MP): A woman runs. The TRS regime is going been upheld by the HC. set ablaze his estranged wife, course, these employees were Ashwathama Reddy asserting in Madhya Pradesh's unopposed and KCR's has been Let alone the demands two of his children, and three part of the corporation when once again that the stir would Anuppur district allegedly sitting pretty and striking gold. of the striking others related to him in it was operating services in continue. killed her lawyer husband a High Court's judgment on employees, now Khammampally village late on 100 per cent of the routes. The state government did strike if the workers were taken month ago, buried him in the RTC strike and privatization of Thursday night. TSRTC operates services not respond specifically to back and allowed to resume house and then set up a RTC routes in favour of the employees are helpless The condition of three of in 10,200 routes. JAC's proposal that the employ- their duties unconditionally. kitchen above to destroy all government and outcome of and at the mercy of KCR the burn victims was stated to Continued on Page 2 ees unions would call off the Continued on Page 2 evidence of the crime, police recent byelections in be critical. Three others were said on Friday. Accused Huzurnagar stand as an exam- for Revanth Reddy and V BJP leader Dr. K Laxman stated to be in a stable condi- Pratima Banawal (32), a res- ple. It is not just public trans- Hanumanth Rao, hardly any- said that the strike was the start tion in hospitals, according to Revocation of citizenship ident of Kotma, some 30 portation which has been one extended any support. of downfall of KCR and the reports reaching here. The kilometres from the district thrown out of gear, but even the Congress seems to have appar- CM is solely responsible for perpetrator of the heinous headquarters and over 500 so-called opposition parties. ently realised that the workers current crisis in Telangana. crime was on the run, police TRS MLA gets kilomtres from state capital While the Congress party did- were on weaker turf and Who is responsible for said. Marital discord is sus- Bhopal, to mislead the police, n't even take the lead role, even instead of supporting them, appalling consequences of pected to be the main reason four-week even filed a missing person BJP and communist parties they were battling among TSRTC strike? BJP should behind the attack carried out complaint about her deceased failed miserably. KCR's stand themselves. BJP was battling introspect on who to blame for by Chilumala Laxmirajyam of relief in HC husband Mohit (34), Kotma that the ‘strike is illegal’ has over being legally correct or the setback in the TSRTC Manikonda village in Sub Divisional Officer of been upheld by the HC. Let politically correct. Those who strike which has no legal stand- Gangadhara mandal. PNS n HYDERABAD Police K N Prasad said. alone the demands of the strik- wanted to tame KCR faded into ing. Despite all the talk around Following differences with ing employees, now employees oblivion. Despite BJP MP BJP leading at the Centre, KCR him, his wife Vimala and ASI Narasimha being taken to hospital after he set himself ablaze in an attempt to The Telangana High Court are helpless and at the mercy of being man-handled, Congress took shelter under the rules and their two children had come commit suicide on Friday on Friday granted interim KCR. leader calling for Pragati proceedings followed by to their maternal home in stay for four weeks on the Amaravati is Touted as the main opposi- Bhavan siege, the opposition Narendra Modi government. Khammampally. Union Home Ministry's tion, Congress leaders, except parties clearly lack calibre. Continued on Page 4 Continued on Page 3 order cancelling the citizen- AP capital in ASI attempts suicide ship of TRS MLA Ramesh Chennamaneni. Ramesh CP attaches CI and constable to hqs moved the court on new map Thursday, seeking to set aside VIJAYAWADA: The Centre Sena, Cong, NCP name Uddhav Thackeray as CM NAVEEN KUMAR the order issued by an inquiry released a new map of n HYDERABAD panel constituted by MHA.