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The remarks came in petition filed by state transport body seeking contempt action to be initiated against their striking workers for not resuming duty despite court orders.

The HC is hearing a contempt petition filed by MSRTC after its workers went on strike in November last year to press their demand that they are being treated differently from the state government employees.

Maharashtra Rajya Kanishtha Vetanshreni ST Kamgar Sanghatana president Ajaykumar Gujar, who announced that his union was withdrawing from the strike, also appealed to all staffers to resume duty by Tuesday.

The winter session in Maharashtra is generally held in Nagpur, the second capital of the state, but it is being held in Mumbai for the second time in a row due to the pandemic.

The strike started on October 28 and intensified from November 9, paralyzing the state-run bus service. The employees are seeking merger of the cash-strapped corporation with the Maharashtra government for better salaries and other resultant benefits.

Employees of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) continued their strike for the 40th day on Monday, even as the bus operations resumed in 78 out of total 250 depots across the state, officials said.

A Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation driver attached to the undertaking's Kalyan depot in Thane district was arrested for allegedly throwing a stone at one of its buses, police said on Sunday.

The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) on Saturday suspended another 3,010 striking employees and terminated the service of 270 daily wages workers, while over 18,000 employees reported to work, officials said.

A day after the announcement of a historic salary hike, transport minister Anil Parab on Thursday asked striking Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) employees to call off the strike and report to work by Friday or else face stern action. He asked the employees not to stretch further reiterating that the MSRTC management will take strict action against them.

Days after the Maharashtra Government's announcement of a salary hike and an appeal to call off the strike, about 11,550 employees of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) reported for work on Friday.