They have also been directed that all the employees terminated, dismissed or suspended during 1998 strike be taken back on duty by reinstating them and the period of absence be treated as duty period with full pay and allowances. The directive states that the period during which the employees remained under termination, dismissal, suspension and imprisonment during 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998 may be treated as duty period with full pay and allowances.