T.N. sets up panel to frame SOPs for handling staff appeals in State Transport Corporations

Key Points

1. Tamil Nadu government constitutes a committee to formulate SOPs for reviewing appeals from State Transport Corporations (STCs) employees.
2. The committee aims to ensure uniformity in processing appeals across all STCs.
3. The Managing Director of State Express Transport Corporation (Tamil Nadu) Limited chairs the committee.
4. Other members include MD of TNSTC (Villupuram), Joint MD of MTC (Chennai), and CFO of TNSTC (Coimbatore).
5. Earlier in 2025, MDs of STCs were allowed to consider appeals as a 'one-time special case'.
6. The Transport Department requested the SOPs to ensure uniform consideration of appeals across STCs in August 2025.