Bangalore: The Karnataka high court has ordered notice to Union government (Emigration department) and M/s Volk Airlines, a city based airlines company with regards to a petition filed by two commercial pilots hailing from Algeria.
Justice S Abdul Nazeer also ordered notice to Foreigners Registration office at Bangalore upon a petition filed by Capt. Saad Hadj and Capt Azzeddine Benziani.
The the petitioners have sought for a direction to the authorities for issuing exit visas. They have claimed that they were unable to leave India by getting exit visa as their Indian employer failed to submit Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) certificates. The Bangalore-based airlines had employed them in January- February 2012 as Type Rating Examiners (TRE) for a salary of 14,000 US dollars per month, approximately Rs 7.8 lakhs(at the current exchange rate ) per month .
20/04/13 Times of India
