The Dharmadhikari Committee submitted its repot to the Civil Aviation Minister, Shri Ajit Singh here today. The Committee was assigned the task of examining the principle of integration across various cadre and determination of level and seniority of post-merged Air India. The Committee was also entrusted to examine the principle of pay and wage rationalization and restructuring between all the employees of the erstwhile Indian Airlines and Air India.

The Committee of experts headed by Justice (Retd.) D.M.Dharmadhikari, former Judge, Supreme Court of India was constituted by the Ministry of Civil Aviation. Other Members of the Committee are Prof. Ravindra H. Dholakia, IIM, Ahmedabad, Shri Rajeshwar Dayal, expert on PSU service matters and Shri Syed Nasir Ali, Member-Secretary in May 2011. The Committee was scheduled to give its recommendations within six months. After interaction with all the stakeholders, including various Unions/Associations of the Companies and the Management, it submitted its Report today.

The Report submitted to the Minister, shall be examined in the Ministry and the future course of action will subsequently be decided. The Report is expected to solve long-standing HR issues which remained inconclusive even after five years of the merger of Indian Airlines and Air India.

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