Air India staff keep their homes this festive season
Mumbai: Over 500 employees of Air India can heave a sigh of relief as the Bombay high court has restrained the national carrier from forcefully evicting its employees and their families from residential quarters allotted to them in Kalina, till September 24.
The interim restraint has been imposed so that employees are not left homeless during the Ganesh festival. The HC has however permitted the airline to proceed with the eviction process as deemed by law and stipulated by the Public Property Act thereafter.
The petitioning employees, which include engineers and other staff of the airline, have been also been permitted to approach the appropriate tribunal for their rights on the government of India’s (GoI) decision to use the land belonging to the airline for monetisation to pay off debts of nearly ₹51,000 crore of Air India.
