Darjeeling, Nov 4: Phuguri tea estate, which has been shut since October 28, will reopen tomorrow.

The decision was taken at a meeting between the management and the union leaders in Darjeeling today.

The garden, 7km from Mirik, was shut after Sailesh Ramudamu, a resident of the estate, allegedly beat up general manager Rajesh Kumar Khausal on October 27.

“Sailesh thought the authority was siphoning off tea from the garden as the produce was being dispatched after 4pm,” said Sandeep Mukherjee, the secretary of Darjeeling Tea Association.

Following the assault, the management had announced the closure till further notice.

“Since the accused surrendered to police on Monday, we decided to convene a meeting,” said Mukherjee.

After the meeting, the management and the leaders of the Darjeeling Terai Dooars Plantation Labour Union, an affiliate of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, decided that “made tea” can be dispatched from the garden at any time of the day.

P. T Sherpa, the president of the union, however, said the workers will not get their wages for the period when the garden was closed.

The estate has 651 workers on its payroll and produces about 1.6 lakh kg of “made tea” a year.