TNSTC told to pay terminal benefits 

Staff Reporter 
 
May 06, 2018 00:00 IST

The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, hearing the plea of retired Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation employees, has directed the TNSTC (Kumbakonam region) authorities to pay their retirement benefits.

Justice R. Suresh Kumar directed the TNSTC not to withhold salary or retirement benefits of its employees. If withheld, those benefits should be paid at 6% interest from the date of due till the date of payment. The payments shall be made in 12 equal monthly instalments, the court said.

A batch of petitions were filed by retired employees seeking retirement benefits.

They claimed that TNSTC was withholding their terminal leave salary which was arbitrary in nature.

The Madras High Court had earlier directed the TNSTC to settle retirement benefit dues to its employees.