Appropriate orders on Tuesday if BEST bus stir not resolved: HC

The striking BEST workers' union

and the Maharashtra government Monday failed to reach an agreement before the Bombay High Court to end the stir.

The high court Monday said it would pass appropriate orders on Tuesday on the 7-day-old BEST bus strike if the union and state authorities failed to end the deadlock.

A bench of Chief Justice Naresh Patil and Justice NM Jamdar also said "things cannot continue as they are".

The high court bench Monday directed the high power committee, constituted by the Maharashtra government last week to negotiate with the striking union, to submit a report in a sealed cover clarifying its views on some of the urgent demands of the union.

The bench has been urging the union, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the state government and BEST undertaking to resolve issues in a "congenial environment" and ensure minimum inconvenience to the public.

Over 32,000 employees of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST) are on ...