370)this.width=370">The striking Air India employees on Wednesday called off their two-day strike which caused which huge loss to the national airline and extreme inconvenience to thousands of passengers.
The employees fell in line once the Delhi High Court cracked the whip and restrained the Air India employees from continuing with their strike.
Meanwhile, the Air India management is said to have terminated the services of 15 striking employees.
Justice Rajiv Sakdher issued notice to the striking employees union and posted the matter for further hearing on July 13. The ex-parte order was passed on a petition moved by National Aviation Company of India (NACIL), which runs the national carrier, alleging that the strike by the employees was illegal when the reconciliation process was going on.
The company submitted that the strike was violative of sections 22 and 24 of the Industrial Disputes Act and it has caused 50 per cent loss in its business since Tuesday.
Employees who continue to resort to strike after the court order stand to be terminated. With such a threat looming large, the employees said that they were keen to comply with the Delhi high court order and also to get back to work.
Earlier, taking exception to the 'illegal and irresponsible' strike by a section of Air India staffers, the government on Wednesday gave a free hand to the airline to take firm measures to restore normalcy in its operations, the disruption of which has caused harassment to travellers.
Thousands of passengers were stranded after the Ai staff resorted to a flash strike in protest against at an alleged ban on them speaking about Saturday's air crash in Mangalore that killed 158 people died.
Over 140 domestic and international Air India flights were cancelled after 20,000 employees struck work.
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