KOCHI: The Kerala High Court has made it clear that more time cannot be permitted in terminating empanelled employees appointed on daily wages in KSRTC. The court said that if the order is not followed then stern action will be taken against the managing director of KSRTC. The court harshly criticised Tomin Thachankary after he told reporters that it is difficult to adhere to the court order to dismiss the employees.

A division bench of the court had directed KSRTC to appoint those who are advised by the PSC from the rank list in the order of seniority as reserve conductors after dispensing with the service of empanelled conductors who have not completed 10 years and 120 days of minimum service in a year.

The bench comprising Justice V Chitambaresh and R Narayana Pisharadi passed the directive on an appeal filed by those candidates advised by the PSC challenging a single judge verdict dismissing their plea for a directive to appoint them in the posts of reserved conductors. The single judge while dismissing a batch of petitions observed that persons included in the rank list published by the PSC, had no legal right to seek appointment against vacancies which were not in existence.