Ahmedabad: Even as the dates for request for quotation (RFQ) for the Ahmedabad airport privatisation gets postponed to mid January 2014, the Airport Authority of India (AAI) Employees' Union (AAIEU) is planning to take the legal route while continuing to protest.
The Ahmedabad branch union has been in consultation with lawyers and is planning to file a petition with the Gujarat High Court against the Ministry of Civil Aviation for not following the prescribed procedure of involving the union in the decision to privatise the airport.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation has put up six airports including the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (SVP) International Airport in Ahmedabad for privatisation and has invited RFQs from interested private parties in mid January 2014. However, the employees' union at the Ahmedabad branch along with those at five other airports including Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Jaipur and Guwahati, have been protesting against the move.
30/12/13 Vinay Umarji/Business Standard
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The Ahmedabad branch union has been in consultation with lawyers and is planning to file a petition with the Gujarat High Court against the Ministry of Civil Aviation for not following the prescribed procedure of involving the union in the decision to privatise the airport.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation has put up six airports including the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (SVP) International Airport in Ahmedabad for privatisation and has invited RFQs from interested private parties in mid January 2014. However, the employees' union at the Ahmedabad branch along with those at five other airports including Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Jaipur and Guwahati, have been protesting against the move.
30/12/13 Vinay Umarji/Business Standard
