KOCHI: The Kerala High Court ordered to terminate 800 empanelled painters of KSRTC. The court directed to appoint those from the PSC rank list after terminating the present empanelled painters.

The order was following the plea filed by those in the PSC rank list of painter posts. The order is soon after terminating empanelled conductors and drivers. The court had taken the same legal approach in this terminating empanelled conductors and drivers. The court is of the stand that they cannot accept the act of appointing temporary ones without appointing from the PSC rank list. This is contrary to existing laws, the court said.