SC seeks Rs 50 cr for Bihar PSU workers

SC seeks Rs 50 cr for Bihar PSU workers

Thursday, January 13, 2005 (New Delhi):

The Supreme Court today directed Bihar to pay Rs 50 crore more and Jharkhand to pay Rs 25 crore to employees of closed PSUs.

The court has given the two states eight weeks to comply with its order.

Today's court directive to Bihar, to pay Rs 50 crore to employees of its sick public sector units, is in addition to an earlier interim order.

In October last year, the apex court in an interim order told the Bihar government to pay Rs 50 crore to employees of defunct PSUs.

These employees, some of whom have not received salaries for a decade, have filed compensation claims of Rs 1,400 crore in the Supreme Court.

Some of these PSU employees have even committed suicide.