Aurangabad, April 22: The bus services of Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) which was disrupted since October 28 last year due to the employee’s strike, has now being restored, officials informed on Friday. This came after the Bombay High Court gave the striking employees the last chance to rejoin their duties by April 22 or else MSRTC would be compelled to take legal action against them. According to the public relations officer of the MSRTC, out of the 14,000 buses in the state, 9,786 have been running on the roads since Thursday. Of the 90,000 employees in the service of MSRTC, 74,000 had returned to work till Thursday, According to him, a large number of employees had already started returning to work since last Monday. The strike had badly affected commuters in the state, especially students. The corporation has also said that the repair work has been undertaken on a large scale as the buses have not plied for the last six months. Meanwhile, MSRTC employees’ Advocate Gunaratna Sadavarte has been remanded in police custody for five days by the Kolhapur Sessions Court in connection with making controversial statements on Maratha reservation. Meanwhile, cases have been registered against Sadvarte in Mumbai also for provoking the striking employees to attack the residence of NCP chief Sharad Pawar. Besides this cases have been registered against him in Akola and Solapur districts as well.(UNI)