Hyderabad, May 29 -- The state government has released the dues of retired government employees amounting to Rs 2,000 crore, as per the directions of Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka on Friday, May 29.

Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and Bhatti Vikramarka had announced on May 2 during a meeting with the Employees' Joint Action Committee (JAC) leaders, that the total pending dues of Rs 6,000 crore will be cleared within 100 days.

Before that, the Telangana High Court had expressed strong dissatisfaction over the failure of the state government to fully implement its earlier orders directing payment of retirement benefits to employees from various departments.

With the funds released by Finance Special Chief Secretary Sandeep Kumar...