The court is hearing the company's petition to vacate the stay it granted in July last year on invoking the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) against the employees resorting to strike and disrupting its service to the public. The decade-old company operates services on the 42km east-west and north-south corridors of the city for 18 hours daily, ferrying about three lakh people.

"We have agreed to the reconciliation meetings with the management from March 26 thrice in a week for a month and decided withhold the strike call," asserted Murthy. The state government had invoked ESMA after a section of the staff resorted to a flash strike on July 8 last year disrupting the service and causing harrowing time to thousands of commuters on a working day. "As the court has not vacated its stay on imposing ESMA on us, we reserve the right to go on strike next month if our demands are not met by the company," reiterated Murthy. The court has directed the management hold talks with the union leaders and resolve the issues within a month and ensure the metro service is continued without disruption.

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