Lawyers representing Bofepusu acting jointly arrangement (AJA) were running helter skelter late Friday afternoon trying to find a High court judge to hear an urgent application, in which they want to force government back to the bargaining council to continue 2016/17 salary negotiations. As accurately predicted by The Patriot on Sunday last week that there will be delays caused by numerous adjournments, negotiations at the Public Service Bargaining Council (PSBC) have already been deadlocked at the start of business. Government negotiators paralysed proceedings on the very first day (November 04), claiming that they did not have mandate from their superiors regarding the definition of an employee and the scope of negotiations as contained in the adopted rules of engagement, forcing an adjournment. They returned to the bargaining council on Tuesday (November 08) arguing that the two issues they were raising are linked to a matter brought before court by the trade union party. "The sub judice rule applies on this matter, hence (we are) constrained to proceed with the negotiations for 2016/17. They indicated their commitment to the current negotiations but cautioned that it would not be proper to proceed with the negotiations when there is a matter before court…