The Bombay High Court on Friday said it was ‘unacceptable’ that the majority of retired employees of Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) are still waiting for their retirement dues, adding that the payment of dues was not a charity but right of ex-employees. In observing so, the court directed the BEST Undertaking to pay 30% of dues (nearly Rs 180 crore of Rs 600 crore) of each retired employee within three months. The court said it was open for BEST Undertaking to seek financial assistance from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) with which it is ‘intrinsically connected’ and it was upto civic body to consider the request. “These two Authorities will keep in mind that the retirement dues are not a charity and are a right of the employees and that both these Authorities will have to act as model employers,” the bench noted. A division bench of Justices Nitin M Jamdar and M M Sathaye passed an order on Friday in a batch of pleas by ex-employees of BEST Undertaking ‘in representative capacity’ …