REGISTERED NO. D.L.—33001|99

The Gazette of India

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 3]

NEW DELHI, SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 2001/PAUSA 30, 1922

Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be field as a

separata compilation

PART II—Section 3—Sub-Section (ii)

Statutory Orders and Notification issued by the Ministries of the Government of India

(other than the Ministry of Defence )

MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC

GRIVANCES AND PENSION

(Department of Personnel & Training)

New Delhi, the 9th January, 2001

S.O. 70—In

exercise of the

powers

conferred

by sub-section (1) of section 5 read with section 6

of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946

(Act No. 25 of 1946), the Central Government with

the consent of the State Government of Gujarat vide

59 GI|2001—1

(195)

196

THE GAZEf It7 OF (NPTA : JANUARY 20, 7001 TAUSA 30, ' 1922

[FAHF TT-~SEr. 5(ii)]

Notification

No, GGIU3 ARM|28;2000"GOI-34-M

dated

15-11-2000, hejvby extends the

powers and

jurisdiction of the mtmtvis of Delhi Special Police

Establishment to the

vhole of the State of Gujarat

for investigation of ulluicy;

punishable under sec-

tion 25 of Arms Act, 1959 vide Crime No. RC. SIB

2000E 0007, registers! in SilU-XI, branch o[ CBI,

New Delhi relating to seizure of Arms and Ammuni-

tion and attempts, abetment and conspiracy in rela-

tion to or in connection with one or more of the

offences mentioned above and any other offence com-

mitted <n lhe cotir;- • c.i' tl1c same transaction arising

out of the sam_~ iaefs,

[No. 22R/63/2000-AVD. Ill

IIARf SINGH, Under Secy.

New Delhi, the 9th January, 2001

S.O. 71.- -In

exercise of

the

powers conferred

by sub-section (I) of section 5 read with section 6

of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946

(Act No. 25 (,.{ 1946), ihj Cental Government with

the con int of the Stt'te Cuvcrnment of Haryana vide

notification No. 20|3|2000-3-HGI dated 18-2-2000,

hereby Lslum's

Hi; power.,

and jurisdiction of the

number, of D?lhi Special Police Establ;shment to the

whole of tlit: Stal1 of Irnryann

for investigation of

offences under sections

307 and 34 of the Tndian

Penal Cnde, jP.oO (Aci No. -15 of 1860) and also

under th<-

Arms Act of

FIR No.

1151196 dated

4-12-1996. registered at Police Station City, Karnal,

and :*nv ,".h:r offaicc c(tempt, abetment and conspi-

racy in connection with the suid offence, committed

in course of in: same transaction arising out of the

Wmr fpcts.

[No. 228/65/2000-AVD. Ill

HM>1 SJNGIT. Under Secy.

New Delhi, the yth January, 2001

SO. 72.—-I'i

exercise

of the powers

conferred

by sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Delhi Special

Follcj listublishment Act, 1946

(Act, No. 25 of

1946),

and

in

pursuance

of

the

order

dated

24-11-2000 passed by Uic High Court of Gujarat at

Ahmedabad in Special Criminal Application No. 971

of 2001/, Chhabildas Pragjibhai Mehta Vs. State of

Gujarat, the Central Government hereby extends the

1'iwers and jtHsdiclio'i of the members of the Delhi

Special Police

Estnb'Himent

for

investigation of

i;'kiices

punishable under

section

120-B, -I"1'*

Tnrhan Penal Code, section 13(1 )(d) read with 13(2)

of Prevention of Corfuption Act, 19KS and sections

5 and 15 of the Official Secret Act, 1923 and attempt,

fiMment. and consjiriracy in relation to or in connec-

tion with the offences mentioned above and any other

offence committed in the course of the same trans-

action ansir^ rat '^f tl • *x"s

r .r'^ "c "tf; ; ' :*h

CBI Gandhiiiagar

as RC-33(A)/2OOO-Gandhinagar

dafed 25-11-2000.

[No. 228/67/200O-AVD. II]

IIARJ SINGH, Under Secy.

i 97

New Delhi, the 9th January, 2001

S.O. 73,—la

exercise

of the powers

conferred

by sub-section (1) of section 5 read with secthin 6 of

the Delhi Special Polibe Establishment Acr, 194fi

(Act No. 25 of 1946), fhe Central Government with

the consent of the State

Government of Kamataka

vide Notification, No. HD/219/PCR/2000,

dated

16-10-2000, hereby extends* fhe powers and jurisdic-

tion of the members of Delhi Special Police Estab-

lishment to the whole of the State of Kamataka for

investigation of offences under section 120B of the

Indian Penal Code, 1860 and section 7 and 13(2)

read with 13(l)(d) of Prevention of Corruption Act,

1988 against Sri U. K, Shawn a. Section Officer and

Sri M. P. Singh, A s l a n t Director (CPWD). Horti-

culture, Central Division,

Kendriya Sadan, Banga-

lore and any otlher public servants or persons and

attempts, abetments and coASpiracy in relation to or

in connection with one or more of the offence men-

tioned above

and any other

offence and offences

committed in the course of the same transaction or

arising out of the same facts.

[No. 228/69|2000-AVD. II]

HARI SINGH, Under Secy.

New Delhi, the 9th January, 2001

S.O. 74—Jn

exercise

of the powers, conferred

by sub-section (1) of section 5 read with section 6

of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946

(Act No. 25 of 1946), the Central Government with

the consent of the State Government of Kamataka

vide Notification

No.

HD|221|PCR|2O0O,

dated

3O-10-2OU0, hereby extends the powers and jurisdic-

tion of tihe members of Delhi Special Police Estab-

lishment to fine whole of the State of Kamataka for

investigation of offences under section 7 of Preven-

tion of Corruption Act, 1988 against Sri Shankara-

narayana, S.D.E., Coles Road, Bangalore and others

and any other public servants or persons and attempts,

abetrnents and conspiracy in relation to or in con-

nection with '.me or more cf fhe

offence mentioned

above and any other offence and offences committed

in the course of the same transaction arising out of

the n m : facts.

[No. 228[7O|2OOO-AVD. II]

HARI SINGH, Under Secy.

198

THE GAZETTE Of INDIA : JANUARY 20. 2OO1/PAUSA 30. 1922

TPART 11—Sue. 3(ii(1

MINISTRY OF FINANCE

(Department of Revenue)

(Office of the Commissioner & Central Excise)

NOTIFICATION

NO. 4-CUS (NT) 2000

Jaipur, the 19th December, 2000

S.O, 75.—In

exercise of the

powers conferred

by notification No. 33|94-Customs (NT), dated the

1st July, 1994, by the Government of India, Minis-

try of Finance, Department of Revenue, New Delhi,

issued under clause (a) of section 152 of Customs

Act, 1962. I, Dalbir Singh, Commissioner of Cus-

toms & Central Excise, Jaipur, I, hereby declare,

Gopisar Road, Bikaner, falling under the Municipal

limits of Bikaner City of the State of Rajasthan to

be warehousing station under the Customs Act, 1962

for the purpose of setting up 100% E.O.U.

[F. No. V(16)Cus.-3|20OO]

DALBIR SINGH, Commissioner

No. 3-CUS (NT) 2000

Jaipur, 23rd November, 2000

S.O. 76.—In

exercise of the powers conferred

by notification No. 33|94-Customs (NT), dated the

1st July, 1994, by the 'Government of India, Minis-

try of Finance, Department of Revenue, New Delhi,

issued under clause (a) of section 152 of Customs

Act, 1962. I, Dalbir Singh, Commissioner of Cus-

toms & Central Excise, Jaipur, I, hereby declare,

villaee 'BAGRU RAWAN', Tehsil Sanganer, District

Jaipur, State of Rajasthan to be warehousing station

under the Customs Act, 1962 for the purpose of set-

ting up 100% E.O.U.

[C. No. V(16)Cus.-4|200O]

DALBIR SINGH, Commissioner

(Department of Economic Affairs)

(Banking Division)

New Delhi, the 1st January, 2001

S.O. 77.—In

exercise

of the powers conferred

by clause (b) of sub-section (3) of section 9 of the

Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer

of

Undertakings) Act, 1970, read with sub-clause (1)

of clause 3 of the Nationalised Banks (Management

and Miscellaneous

Provisions) Scheme, 1970, the

Central Government, hereby

nominates Shri Ram

Mohan, Under Secretary, Ministry of Finance, De-

partment of Economic Affairs,

Banking Division,

New Delhi as a Director

on the Board of Indian

Overseas Bank with immediate effect and until further

orders.

[F. No. 9[8|2000-B.O.-I]

RAMESH CHAND, Under Secy.

iw

New Delhi, the 5th January, 2001

S.O. 78.—In exercise of the powers

conferred

by clause (e) of sub-section (I) of section 25 of the

State Bank of India

(Subsidiary Banks) Act, 1959

(38 of 1959), the Central Government hereby nomi-

nates the persons specified in column (2) of the table

below as Directors of the subsidiary banks of the

State Bank of India specified in column (1) (hereof

of the said Table, with immediate effect and until

further orders :—

Table

(1)

SCate Bank of Mysore

(2)

Shii B. D. Berwal,

Under Secretary,

Ministry of Finance,

Department of

Econo-

mic Affairs,

Banking Division,

New Delhi,

"l

State Bank of Patiala

State Bank of Saurashtra

2

Shri Mangal Marandi,

Under Secretary,

Ministry of Finance,

Department of Econo-

mic Affairs,

Banking Division,

New Delhi.

Shri L. C. Toora,

Under Secretary,

Ministry of Finance,

Department of Econo-

mic Affairs,

Banking Division,

New Delhi.

[F. No. 9/8/2000-B.O. IJ

RAMESH CHAND, Under Secy.

CORRIGENDUM

New Delhi,

10th January, 2001

S.O.79—In the notification F. No. 11/27/BOA-

2000-(a) dated 4th December, 2000 published in

Part H Section 3(ii) of the Gazette of India,

following correction

is made :

Reference

Linc(v)

For

Section 13

Read

Section 15(1)

[F.No. ll/27/2000-BOA]

D. CHOUDHURY Undersecretary

200

THE GAZET1E OF INDIA : JANUARY 20, 2001/PAUSA 30, 1922

[PARI H—SEC. 3(ii)j

New Delhi, the 5th January, 2001

S.O. 8G.~~In

exercise of the

powers conferred

by clause (a) of sub-sectiott (3) of section 9 of the

Banking Companies (Acquisition

and

Transfer of

Undertakings) Act, 1970, read with sub-clause (1)

of clause 3 and sub-clause (1) of clause 8 of the Natio-

nalised Bank$ (Management and Miscellaneous Pro-

visions) Scheme, 1970, the Central Government, after

consultation with the Reserve Bank of Lidia, hereby

appoints Shri K. Krishna Rai,

presently

General

Manager, Vijaya Bank as a whole time director (de-

signated as the

Executive Director)

of Allahabad

Bank for

the period from

the date of his taking

charge and upto 30fh June, 2004.

[F. No. 9/38/2000-B.O.II

RAMESH CHAND, Under Secy.

MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY

WELFARE

(Department of Health)

New Delhi, the 1st December, 2000

S.O. 81.—Whereas in pursuance of clause

(b)

of sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the Indian Medical

Council Act, 1956 (102 of 1956) Dr. S. Chandra-

shekar Shelly, No. 130, 1st Main Road, M.L.A. Lay-

out, R. T. Nagar, Bangalore has been elected by the

Senate of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences,

Kamataka on 16-10-2000 to be a member of the

Medical Council of India with effect from 16th Octo-

ber, 2000.

Now, thercfoie, in pursuance of the provision of

sub-section (1) of section 3 of the said Act, tjje Cen-

tral Government! hereby makes the following further

amendment in the Notification of the Government of

India in the then Ministry ot Healfh number S.O, 138,

dated the 9th January, I960, namely:—

In the said notification, under tine heading, (£l©cr>ed

under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 3', the

following serial number and entries shall be added,

namely:—

"76. Dr. S. Chandrashekar Shetty, Rajiv Gandhi

No. 130, 1st Main Road,

University of

roi

M.L.A. Layout,

Health Sciences"

Bangalore.

[No. V-llO13/23/2UOO-ME(UG)]

S. K. MISHRA, Under Secy.

New Delhi, the 29th December, 2000

S.O. 82.—Whereas

the Central Government, ir

pursuance of clause (a) of sub-section (1) of sectior

3 of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (102 o!

1956) and in consultation with the Government ol

Andhra Pradesh have nominated Dr. AmritSi Lai,

Prof, of ENT, Kamincni Institute of Medical Sciences

Narketpally, Andhra Pradesh to bo a member of th«

Medical Council of India with effect from 28fh Febru

arv. 2001.

Now, therefore, in pursuance oP the provision of

sub-section (1) of section 3 nf the said Act, the Cen-

tral Government hereby makes the following further

amendment in the notification of the Government of

India in tlhe then Ministry of Health number S.O. 138,

dated (he 9th January, 1960, namely :—

In the said notification, under the heading, 'Nomi-

nated under clause (a) of sub-secfion (1) of section

3', for serial number 7 and the entries relating there-

to, the following serial number and entries shall be

substituted, namely:—

7.

Dr. Amrifli Lai,

3-4-868, Barkatpura,

Hyderabad-500027.

fNo. V-J IOKV27/2OOO-ME(UG)]

P. G. KALADHARAN, Under Secy.

°02

THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : TANUARY 20 2001 'PAUSA 30, 1922

[PART IT—SEC. 3(ii)]

New DeJhi, the 29th December, 2000

S.O. 83.—Whereas the

Central Government in

pursuance of clause (c) of .sub-section (1) of Section

• 3 of tine Indian Medical Council Act, 1056 (102 of

] 956) ha!> conducted the diction from the Registered

Medical Graduate Constituency of Gujarat where-

from Dr. Hareshkumar PUrusottamdas Bhalodiya, 20,

Professor's Quarters,

New Civil Hospital Campus,

Asarwa, Ahmedabad has been elected on 4-11-2000

to be a member of the Medical

Council of India

with effect from 4th November, 2000.

Now, therefore, in pursuance of the provision of

sub-section (1) of section 3 of the said Acf, the Cen-

tral Government hereby makes the following further

amendment in the Notificafion of the Government of

India in the then Ministry of Health number S.O. 138,

dated the 9th January, 1960, namely:—

In the said notification, under the heading, 'Elected

under clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 3', for

the serial No. 14 and the entries relating thereto the

following serial number and entries shall be substi-

tuted, namely :—

"14. Dr. Hareshkumar Purusottamdas Bhalodiya,

20, Professor's Quarters, New Civil Hospi-

M

Campus,

Asairwa,

Ahmedabad-380016 (Gujarat).

[No. V-llO13/ll/99-ME(UG)]

P. G. KALADHARAN, Under Secy.

20.1

MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION

New Delhi, the 09th January, 2001

S.O. 84 ,-- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Public Premises (tviction of Unauthorised

Occupants) Act, 1971 (40 of 1971) and in supersession of Notification of the Government ol India in the Ministry

of Civil Aviation S.O. No. 739 dated 15th

February, 1999, except as respects things done or omitted to be

done before such supersession, the Central Government hereby appoints the officers mentioned in column (A )

of the Table below, being officers equivalent to the rank of the Gazetted Officer of the Government, to be Estate

Officer for

the

purposes of the said Act, who shall exercise

the

powejs conferred and perform the

duties imposed on the Estate Officers by or under the said Act, within the limits of their respective jurisdiction

tn respect of the public premises specified in column (B) of the said Table.

TABLE

Designation of the officer

(A)

1. Assistant General Manager (Personnel/

Administration), Air India Limited,

Indira Gandhi International Airport,

Delhi.

2. Assistant General Manager- Eastern India

Air Tndia Limited, Calcutta.

Categories of public premises

(B)

All premises belonging to or taken on lease by or on behalf of Air

India Limited in tho States of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh,

Jammu

and Kashmir, Punjab,

Rajasthan,

Uttar Pntdcsh,

National Capital Territory pf Delhi and the Union Territory

of Chandigarh.

All premises belonging to or taken on lease by or on behalf of Air

India Limited in the States of Assam, Bihar, Meghalaya, Mizoram,

Nagaland, Orissa, Sikkim, Tripura, West Bengal

and the

Union Territory of ilie Andaman and Nicobar.

59 Gl/2001—2

2Q4

THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : JANUARY 20, 2001/PAUSA 30, 1922

[PAKI If—SEC. 3(ii)]

3.

4.

5.

6.

A

Asswtant General Manager (Personnel/

Administration), Air India Limited, Chennai.

Senior Manager (Personnel/Administration),

Air India Limited, Headquarters, Mumbai.

Senior Manager (Personnel/Administration),

India Limited, Old Aiipoit, Mumbai.

Assistant Genuvl M-JIV^LT (Pivsonni'l,

Adniinisua.ion) Air India L united , Old

Airport. Mum bid.

B

All premises belonging to or taken on leawj by or on W»tf of Air

India Limited in the Status of Andhra PraiJi^h. Karniitaka,

Kerala, Tamilnada, and the Union Territory of Pondicherry.

AH Non-residential premises belonging to or taken on laease by

or on behalf of Air Fndia Limited throughout India except those

mentioned at serial numbers 1, 2 and 3.

Residential premises at Air India First Mousing Colony Kelinri ,

Santa Cruz, Mu.nib.ii.

All residential premises belonging to or taki-n i<n k.isu bv <>r on

behalf of Air India Limited thioughout lndi:i . w\pt

IIIOSJB

mentioned at serial numbers 1, 2, 3 and 5.

[F.NO.AV.IH05O/02/97-A]

K.S. PAMWAR, Undei Suy.

MINISTRY OF TOURISM & CULTURE

(Department of Culture.)

New Delhi, the 9th January, 2001

S.O. SS.^In pursuance of Sub-rule (4)

of

the

Rule 10 of the Official Language (use for official pur-

pose of the Union) Rules, 1976 the Central Govern-

ment hereby notifies the following office under the

Minisfry of Tourism & Cultur.r, Department of Cul-

ture, more than 80% staff of which has acquired

working knowledge of Hindi:—

Khudabaksh Oriental Public Library, Patna.

{No. F. 1-2/99-Hindi}

JAI PRAKASH KARDAM, fry. Doctor (Ol.)

New Delhi, the 9th January, 2001

S.O. 8ft —In pursuance of Sub-nil.

(4)

of the

Rule 10 of rihe Official Language (use for official pur-

pose of the Union) Rules, 1976 the Ceatral Govern-

ment hereby notifies the following offices/sections of

Archaeological Survey of India under the Ministry

of Tourism & Culfurc, Department of Culture, more

than 80% staff of wihich has acquired \ 'orking know-

ledge of Hindi :—•

Office erf the Dy. Superintending Archacologisr,

Archaeological

Survey

of

India,

Mini

Circle, P-.uiji (Goa).

TNo. F.

l-2/99-Hindi]

JAI PRAKASH KARDAM, Dv. Dipxtor (OL)

205

?';(M20(i

1

2

0

6

T

H

E

G

A

Z

E

T

T

E

O

F

I

N

D

I

A

•

J

A

N

U

A

R

Y

2

0

.

2

(

M

)

l

/

P

A

U

S

H

A

3

0

,

1

9

2

2

[

P

A

R

T

I

I

—

S

f

i

c

.

3

(

i

i

)

1

207

Ministry of Coal

New Delhi, llic lOlh J.iniiiirv. 2001

s. O. K7.~ whereas it appears to the Central Government that coal is likely to be

obtained from the lands in the locality mentioned in the schedule hereto annexed,

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (i) of section

4 of the Coal Bearing Areas

(Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957 (20 of 1957)

(hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Central Govt. hereby gives notice of its

intention to prospect for coal therein,

The plan bearing No.MCUSAMB/CGM(CP&P)/Kaniha-ll(Neelachal)/00/ 17 dated

26 04.2000 of the area covered by this notification can be inspected at the office of the

Chief General

Manager (CP&P), Mahanadi Coalfields Limited, Jagriti Vihar, Burla,

208

THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : JANUARY 20, 200lfPAUSHA 30, 1922

[PART II—SEC 3 (ii))

Sambalpur - 788018 (Orissa) or at the office of the Collector and District Magistrate, Angui,

Orissa or at the office of the Coal Controller, 1, Council House Street, Calcutta

All persons interested in the land covered by this notification shall deliver all maps,

charts and other documents referred to in sub-section (7) of section 13 of the said Act to

the officer-in-charge/Head

of the Department (Revenue/Estate),

Mahanadi Coalfields

Limited, Jagriti Vihar, Burla, Sambalpur - 768018 (Orissa) within 90 days from the date of

the publication of this notification in the official Gazette.

SCHEDULE

KANIHA-II (NEEUCHAL) BLOCK

TALCHER COALFIELD

DISTRICT ANQUL (ORISSA)

ALL RIGHTS

(Plan bearing NO.MCL/SAMB/CGM(CP&P)/Kaniha-ll(Neelachal)/00/17 dated 26.04 2000)

SL

No.

I

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9.

10.

11.

12,

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

22

23

Village

Balipata

Badahira

Kalyanpur

Luliamara

Debhuin

Badagunduri

Joradanga

Bhuinpur

Masunihata

Gourachandrapur

Balrampur

Kaniha

Kansamunda

Jaypur

Adaitprasad

Malapasi

Jamania

Gundurinali

Gailanda

Saradhapur

Saradhapur

Reserve Forest

Gohiradanda

Reserve Forest

Pitalragadih

Reserve Forest

Police Station

&No

Kaniha/71

Kaniha/70

Kaniha/77

Kaniha/SO

Kaniha/79

Kaniha/68

Kaniha/78

Kaniha/69

Kaniha/41

Kaniha/62

Kaniha/61

Kaniha/60

Kaniha/63

Kaniha/64

Kaniha/65

Kaniha/67

Kaniha/66

Kaniha/88

Kaniha/87

Kaniha/85

Kaniha/

Kaniha/

Kaniha/

Tahsil /

Sub Div.

Talcher

-do-

-do-

-do-

-do-

-do-

-do-

-do-

-do-

-do-

-do-

-do

-do-

-do-

-do-

-do-

-do-

-do-

-do-

-do-

-do-

-do-

-do-

District/ State

Angul/Orissa

-do-

-do-

-do-

-do-

-do-

-do-

-do-

-do-

-do-

-do-

-do-

-do-

-do-

-do-

-do-

-do-

-do-

-do-

-do-

-do-

-do-

-do-

Total

Arca in Acres

256.32

458 34

192.02

146.56

189.61

2260.00

73.28

318.55

410.00

57.78

209.39

360 00

883.48

198.46

103.40

112.12

87.99

.

322.00

128.00

35.00

250.00

45.00

50.00

7146 30

(Approx.) or

2892 068 Ha

(Approx.)

Remarks

Full

Full

Full

Full

Full

Part

Full

Full

Part

Full

Full

Part

Part

Part

Part

Full

Part

Part

Part

Part

Part

Full

Full

209

Q.-tf-

l he line starts trom point A which is the tnjunction point ot villages Kapudia,

Balipata and Bhana Reserve Forest. From here it proceeds towards east along the northern

boundary of villages Balipata and Badahira. Then after crossing Bankhol Nala through village

Masunihata and along the northern boundary of village Balarampur and Kaniha upto point

B\

C-P-E-f-fi

After point T.' the line proceeds towards noth-west along the northern

boundary of village Kaniha upto point ' C .

From here it moves towards south along the

eastern boundary of village Kaniha and then after crossing the road through village Kaniha

towards west and touches the common boundary of village Kaniha and Kansamunda at point

'D. Then it moves towards south through village Kansamunda and touches the common

boundary of villages Kansamunda and Jaipur at point 'E'. From here it moves towards south

through village Adaitprasad and Jamania upto point 'F", which is the trijunction point of

villages Jamania, Gundurinali and Jarada From here the line moves towards south along the

eastern boundary of village Gundurinali upto point

G-H

From point 'G' the line moves towards west through village Gundurinali, Gailanda

Saradhapur, Saradhapur Reserve Forest and Badagunduri to meet western boundary of this

village at point H\

H-A

From point 'H' the line proceeds towards north along the western boundary of villages

Badagunduri and Luhamara upto Bankoi nala, This route is also the eastern boundary of

Bankoi nala. Then it crosses the Bankoi nala in the north of village Luhamara and proceeds

towards north along the western boundary of villages Koilanpur and Balipata and meets at the

starting point' A.

|No, 43015/5/2000 PR1W|

SANJAY BAHADUR. Dy. Secy.

210

THE GAZETTE OF INDIA JANUARY 20 2(M)l/pAUSHA30 1922

[PART II—SEC 3 (H\\

ail

New Delhi, the 12th January, 2001

s. o. H8.— Whereas it appears to the Central Government that coal is likely to be

obtained from the lands in the locality mentioned in the Schedule hereto annexed;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (I) of section 4

of the Coal Bearing Areas

(Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957 (20 of 1957)

(hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Central Government hereby gives notice of

its

intention to prospect for coal therein.

The plan bearing No.MCL/SAMB/CGM(CP&P)/Konark/00/16 dated the 26lh April

2000 of the area covered by this notification can be inspected at the office of the

Chief General

Manager (CP&P), Mahanadi Coalfields Limited, Jagriti Vihar, Burla,

212

i HE UAZCITE OF INDIA : JANUARY 20, 20O1JPAUSHA30. 1922

(PART II—SEC. 3 (ii)l

Sambalpur - 768018 (Orissa) or at the office of the Collector and District Magistrate, Angul,

Orissa or at the office of the Coal Controller, 1, Council House Street, Calcutta.

All persons interested in the land covered by this notification shall deliver all maps,

charts and other documents referred to in sub-section (7) of section 13 of the said Act to

the officer-in-charge and Head of the Department (Revenue/Estate), Mahanadi Coalfields

Limited, Jagriti Vihar, Burla, Sambalpur- 768018 (Orissa) within ninety days from the date

of the publication of this notification in the Official Gazette.

Schedule

KONARK BLOCK

TALCHER COALFIELD

DISTRICT ANGUL (ORISSA)

AI| nants

(Plan bearing NO.MCL/SAMB/CGM(CP&P)/Konark /00/16 dated the 26lh April 2000)

SL.

No.

1

2

3

4

5

6.

7

8

9

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

Village

Baghabasapur

Solda

Banabaspur

Telipura

Gopalpiasadkhamar

Khunnga

Satyabadipur

Tileipasi

Saranga

Kishorechandrapur

Joragadia

Khajuria

Niladripur

Prasananagar

Gopalprasad Reserve

Forest

Police Station

and No

Colliery/11

Colliery/12

Colliery/10

Colliery/13

Colliery/9

Colliery/14

Colliery/20

Colliery/21

Talcher/67

Talcher/68

Talcher/69

Talcher/66

Colliery/22

Colliery/19

Colliery/

Tahsil/

Sub

Division

Taicher

Talcher

Taicher

Talcher

Taicher

Talcher

Talcher

Talcher

Talcher

Talcher

Talcher

Talcher

Talcher

Talcher

Talcher

District/ State

Angul / Orissa

Angul / Orissa

Angul / Orissa

Angul / Orissa

Angul / Orissa

Angul / Orissa

Angul / Orissa

Angul / Orissa

Angul / Orissa

Angul / Orissa

Angul / Orissa

Angul / Orissa

Angul / Orissa

Angul / Orissa

Angul / Orissa

Total

Area in

Acres

297.53

2160.06

549.23

368.90

132.05

162.04

73.98

239.76

248.13

104,14

90.00

202.49

34.63

196,66

170.00

5029.60

(Approxi

mately) or

2035.451

Hactare

(Approxi

mately)

Remarks

Full

Part

Full

Full

Full

Part

Full

Full

Full

Full

Part

Full

Full

Part

Part

' , -?

Boundary Deacriodon

A~B.-C '

The line starts from point A\ on the northern boundary line of village Baghabaspur

on the eastern bank of Singda river. It proceeds towards east along the northern boundary of village

Baghabaspur. Soldo, Khajuria. Saranga and Kishorechandrapur upto point *B\ From here it moves

towards east through village Jaragadia upto point *C.

C-D-E

From point C it moves towards south through village Joragadia and touches the

eastern boundary line of village Kishorechandrapur at point "D". From point "D" it moves towards

south along the eastern boundary of village Kishorechandrapur upto point 'E*.

E-F-G-H-I

From point E' the line moves towards west along the southern boundary of villages

Kishorechandrapur and Saranga upto point 'F\ Then It proceeds towards south along the eastern

boundary of village Prasananagar upto point 'G.

Then it moves towards west through

villagesPrasananagar, Solda and Birabarpur upto point 'H. Then it moves towards south and west

along the eastern and southern boundary of village Khuringa. Then it proceeds towards north-west

through Gopalprasad Reserve Forest and along the western boundary of village Gopalprasad Khamar

upto the eastern bank of Singda river at point T .

I-A

The line proceeds towards north along the western boundary of village Gopalprasad

Khamar. Banabaspur and Raghabaspur which is the eastern bank of Singda river and meets at starting

point 'A*.

No. 43015/9/2000 PRIW1

SANJAY BAHADUR. Dy. Secy

*'U.I 2IK)

1

2ft

THB GAZETTE OF1NDIA JANUARY 20, 20OtfrAUSHA 30l, \92t

\$AKr\l^$vS, i"ftlj|

New Delhi, the 12lh January. 2001

s. o. K'J.— Whereas it appears to the Central Government that coal is likely to be

obtained from the lands in the locality mentioned in the schedule hereto annexed;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section

(1) of

section 4 of the Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957 (20 of 1957)

(hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Central Government hereby gives notice of

its intention to prospect for coal therein;

The plan bearing No.MCL/SAMB/CGM(CP&P)/Padma/00/14 dated 26.04.2000 of

the area covered by this notification can be inspected at the office of the Chief

General

Manager

(CP&P),

Mahanadi

Coalfields

Limited,

Jagriti Vihar, Burla,

Sambalpur - 768018 (Orissa) or at the office of the Collector and District Magistrate, Angul,

Orissa or at the office of the Coal Controller, .1, Council House Street, Calcutta,

216

THE GAZETTE OF INDiA : JANUARY 20. 200l/PAUSHA 30, 1922

[PART II—SEC. 3 (11)]

All persons interested In the land covered by this notification shall deliver all maps,

charts and other documents referred to in sub-section (7) of section 13 of the said Act to

the officer-in-charge/Head of the Department (Revenue/Estate), Mahanadi Coalfields

Limited, Jagriti Vihar, Burla, Sambalpur - 768018 (Orissa) within ninety days from the date

of the publication of this notification in the official Gazette.

Schedule

Padma Block

Talcher Coalfield

District Angul (Orissa)

All rights

(Plan bearing NO.MCL/SAMB/CGM(CP&P)/Padma/00/14 dated 26.04.2000)

SL.

No.

1

2

3

4

5

6

-

Total

Village

Joragadia

Kurihan

Nakcipasi

Padmabatipur

Rakas

Bmndabanpur

Police Station

&No

Talcher -60

Talcher - 80

Colliery - 23

Colliery - 30

Talcher -81

Talcher - 83

Tahsil/

Sub Div.

Talcher

Talcher

Talcher

Talcher

Talcher

Talcher

District/ State

Angul/ Orissa

Angul/ Orissa

Angul/ Orissa

Angul/ Orissa

Angul/ Orissa

Angul/ Orissa

Area in

Acres.

28.00

48.00

57.00

118.00

309.00

105.65

Remarks

Part

Part

Part

Part

Part

Full

665.65

(Approximately)

or

269.38

Hactares

(Approximately)

pyiindary Description

A-B-C-

The line starts from point 'A' in Village-Nakeipasi and then proceeds towards

north in the same village and meets the common boundary of village Joraggadia and Nakeipasi

at point 'B' which is the trijunction point of villages Nakeipasi, Saranga and Joragadia. Then

moving towards north in village Joragadia it reaches point C\

C-D-E-

F

The line proceeds towards east along the southern bank of Bangaru

Nala via village Joragadia and Kurihan upto point 'E'. Then the line proceeds towards east

along the northern boundary of village Rakas upto point 'F\

F-C-H-f

The line moves towards east along the northern boundary of village

Brundabanpur upto point 'G1

Then it proceeds along the eastern boundary of village

Brundabanpur upto point H' and thereafter moves along the eastern boundary of village

Rakas upto point T.

21?

I-J-K-A

The line proceeds towards west through village Rakas and after crossing the

common boundary of villages Rakas and Padmabatipur at point T it continues to move

towards west through village Padmabatipur and crossing the common boundary of villages

Padmabatipur and Nakeipasi at point 'K\ meets at starting point 'A' in village Nakeipasi.

No. 43015/11/2000 PRIW]

SANJAY BAHADUR, Dy. Secy.

2**

THE GAZETTE OF INDIA JANUARY 20, 2001/PAUSHA 30, 1922

DWr U—&k 3 flitf

,-^i

New Delhi, Hie 15th January. 2001

S. O. 'JO.— Whereas it appears to the Central Government that coal is likely to be

obtained from the lands in the locality mentioned in the schedule hereto annexed:

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section

(1) of

section 4 of the Coal.Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957 (20 of 1957)

(hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Central Govt. hereby gives notice of its

intention to prospect for coal therein.

The plan bearing No.MCL/SAMB/CGM(CP&P)/GOPALPRASAD(West)/00/13 dated

26th April, 2000 of the area covered by this notification can be inspected at the office of

the Chief General Manager (CP&P); Mahanadi Coalfields Limited, Jagriti Vihar, Burla,

Sambalpur - 768018 (Orissa) or at the office of the Collector and District Magistrate, Angul,

Orissa or at the office of the Coal Controller, 1, Council House Street, Calcutta.

All persons interested in the land,covered by this notification shall deliver all maps,

charts and other documents referred to in sub-section (7) of section 13 of the said Act to

the officer-in-charge/Head

of the Department (Revenue/Estate), Mahanadi

Coalfields

Limited, Jagriti Vihar, Burla, Sambalpur - 768018 (Orissa) within 90 days from the date of

the publication of this notification in the official Gazette.

220

THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : JANUARY 20.200 l/PAUSHA 30. K>22

(PART II—SEC. 3 (11)]

Schedule

Gopalprasad West Block

Talcher Calfleld

District Angul (Orissa)

AH rights

(Plan bearing NO.MCL/SAMB/CGM(CP«,P)/Gpd.West/00/13 dated 26.04.2000)

SL.

No.

1

2

3

4

6

7

8

9

10

Village

Balichandrapur

Pirakhaman

Chhotberini

Kankarei

Bhalugadia

Kuniunda

Baghua-Bola

Jarapada

Reserve Forest

Jaypur

Reserve Forest

Kaunsidhipa

Police Station and

No

Chhendipada-67

Chhendipada-66

Chhendipada-64

Chhendipada-65

Colliery-01

Colliery-119

Colliery-02

Angul - 17

Chhendipada

Chhendipada-63

Tahsil / Sub

Division

Chhendipada

Chhendipada

Chhendipada

Chhendipada

Talcher

Talcher

Talcher

Angul

Angul

Chhendipada

District/State

Angul/ Orissa

Angul/ Orissa

Angul/ Orissa

Angul/ Orissa

Angul/ Orissa

Angul/ Orissa

Angul/ Orissa

Angul/ Orissa

Angul/ Orissa

Angul/ Orissa

Total

Area in

Acres

428.74

246.16

493.87

1153.05

667.89

180.00

179.35

305.00

36,00

574.89

Remarks

Full

Full

Full

Full

Full

Part

Full

Part

Part

Full

4264.95

(Approximately) or

1726.00 Hactares

(Approximately)

Boundary Description

A-B-C -

The line starts from point *A' in Village-Kuniunda at the northern bank of Smgida

River, then proceeds towards south after crossing the singida River and along the western boundary of

the branch of the said river upto point B' where it crosses the branch river in village Bhalugadia Then

it proceeds towards south along the eastern boundary of village-Bhalugadia and along the common

boundary of Nuamuhin and Jarapada Reserve Forests upto point *C\

C-D-E-

The line proceeds towards west through Jarapada Reserve Forest upto point "D". Then

it proceeds along the southern boundary of village Balichandrapur upto point 'E\ which is the

trijunction point of villages Balichandrapur Kankarei and Durgapur Reserve Forest.

E-F-G

The line proceeds towards north along the western boundary of villages Kankarei and

Kaunsidhipa and western and northern boundary of village Chhotberini upto point 'G" at the western

bank of Singada river.

G-H-A

The line proceeds towards south along the western bank of Singida river upto point H'

and then proceeds towards east by crossing Singada river and through Jaypur Reserve Forest and

village Kumunda and meets at starting point "A".

No. 43015/10/2000 PRIW]

SANJAY BAHADUR. Dy. Secy.

*J.J

. • > ' !

i ; i

_ i ] ( i

4

222

THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : JANUARY 20, 200l/PAUSHA 36. 1922

[PART II-^SEC. 3 (li)J

New Delhi, llic \G\h Jmiuiirv, 2001

S. (). 91.— Whereas it appears lo the Central Government that coal >s likely to

be obtained from the lands in the locality mentioned in the Schedule hereto annexed.

Now. therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 4 of

the Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and De\elopment) Act, 1957 (20 of 1957) (hereinafter

referred to as the said Act), the Central Government hereby gives notice of its intention to

prospect for coal therein.

The plan No MCL/SAMB/CGM(CP&P)/Dulunga/00/20, dated the 28*

April. 2000 of the area covered b\ this notification can be inspected at the office of the

Chief General Manager (Coal Pro)ect & Planning), Mahanadi Coalfields Limited. Jagnti

Vihar, Burla. Sambalpur - 7680IS (Onssa) or al the office of the Collector and District

Magistrate, Sundargarh, Orissa or al the office of the Coal Controller, 1, Council House

Street. Calcutta-

All persons interested in the land covered by this notification shall

deliver all maps, charts and oilier documents referred to in sub-section (7) of section 13 of the

said Act to the onicer-in-charge and Head of the Department (Revenue/Estate), Mahanadi

Coalfields Limited. Jagnti Vihar . Burla, Sambalpur - 768018 (Onssa) within ninety da\s

from the date of the publication of this notification in the Official Ga/elte

223

Schedule

Dulunga Block

Ib Valley Extn. Coalfield

District Sundergarh (Orlssa)

All right*

(Plan bearing NO.MCL7SAMB/CGM(CP&P)/Dulunga/00/20 dated the 28111 April. 2000)

SL.

No.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7.

8.

Village

Dulinga

Bcladihi

Khuniijharia

Majhapara

Ainlajharana

Saparlia Reserve Forest

Giripahar Reserve

Forest

Reserve Forest

Police Station

and No

Hemgir/105

Hemgir/111

Hemgir/113

Hemgir/112

Hemgir/100

Hemgir/100

Hemgir/100

Hemgir/100

Tahsil/

SubDiv.

Hcnigir

Hcnigir

Hcmgir

Hcmgir

Hcnigir

Hcmgir

Heingir

Hcmgir

District/ State

SundergarlV

Orissa

Sundcrgarli/

Orissa

Sundergarh/

Orissa

Sundcrgarli/

Orissa

Sundcrgarh/

Orissa

Sundergarh/

Orissa

Sundergarh/

Qrissa

Sundergarh/

Orissa

Total

Area in Acres

869.71

1034.27

392.48

467 42

525.00

282.00

971 00

35.00

4576.88

(Approximately)

or 1852.238

Hectares

(ADDroximaeN)

Remarks

Full

Full

Full

Full

Full

Full

Full

Full

Boundary Description

A-B-C :-

The line starts from point 'A1, which is the trijunction point of villages Dulinga,

Sharabana and Kalaqmegha. It proceeds towards south along the common boundary of

villages Dulinga and Kalamegha, Satpariia R.F. and Kalamegha, Satparlia R.F. and

Khapurikachhara, Majhapara & Khapurikachhara, Khuntijhura and Khapurikachhara,

Giripahar Reserve Forest & Khapurikachhara, and Giripahar Reserve forest & Kalamegha

upo point 'B1. Then the line proceeds towards south along the eartern boundary of

Giripahar R.F. and village Ainlajharana upto point 'C which is the south-east corner of

village Ainlajharana.

C-D-E-F

After point 'C the line proceeds towards west along the southern boundary

of villages Ainlajharana & Giripahar Reserve Forest upto point 'D' which is the trijunction

point of villages Kutra, Giripahar Reserve Forest and Tangardihi. The line then proceeds

towards north-west along the western boundary of Giripahar R.F. and village beladihi upto

point 'E'. the line then proceeds towards north-east along the northern boundary of villages

Beladihi & western boundary of village Dulinga upto point 'F' which is the trijunction point of

villages Dulinga, Monoharpur and Ghumudasan.

F-A

From point 'F' the line moves towards east along the northern boundary of

village Dulinga and meets the starting point 'A'.

No 43015/6/2000 PRIW|

SANJAYBAHADUR. Dy Secy.

224

THE GAZETTE OF INDIA JANUARY 20 2(M)l/PAUSHA 10. 1922

IPuull—Sa 1 (n)|

225

New Delhi, the 16th January. 2001

s. o. in

Whereas by a notification of the Government of India Ministry

of Petroleum and Natural Gas number SO. 2247

dated 12th October,2000 issued under

sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the Petroleum and Minerals Piplines (Acquisition of Right of User in

Land) Act, 1962, (50 of 1962), (hereinafter referred to as the said Art), the Central Goverment

declared its intention to acquire the right of user in the lands specified in the Schedules annexed to

that notifications for the purpose of laying pipelines for transport of Natural Gas in the State of

Gujrat from Chanchvel - Vagra to GAIL - LPG Plant Roza - Tankaria - Amod, District Bharuch by

the Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited ;

And whereas, copies of said Gazette Notification were made available to the public from

6th November, 2000;

And whereas, the Competent Authority has under sub-section (1) of Section 6 of the said

Art submitted his report to the Central Government;

And whereas, the Central Government has after considering the said report, decided to

acquire the right of user in the lands specified in the Schedule appended to this notification;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 6 of the

said Act, the Central Government hereby declares that the right of user in the said lands

specified in the Schedule annexed to this notification is hereby acquired for laying the pipelines;

226

THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : JANUARY 20. 2<)<>llPAUSHA 30, 1922

[PART II—SW. 3 (ii)l

And, further, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (4) of Section 6, of the

said Act, the Central Government hereby directs that the right of user in the said lands shall

instead of vesting in the Central Government vests on this date of the publication of this

declaration in the Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited, Dahej, District Bharuch.

SCHEDULE

DIST: BHARUCH

STATE : GUJARAT

Area

Name of

Taluka

(1)

Vagra

Amod

i

i

Name of

Village

(2)

Chanchvel

Roza-Tankaria

Survey/ Sub

Division or

Block No.

(3)

1207/Part

1205/Part

928/Part

929/Part

931/Part

930/Part

933/Part

936/Part

Cart Track

Hectare

(4)

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

Are

(5)

10

20

25

00

23

08

43

05

04

CentJare

(6)

. 50

00

50

05

70

50

25

55

00

lNo.F-14014/ll/yyGP(Vpl I1I)|

S.K.SINGH. Under Scc>.

*m

New Delhi the 18th Jamiarv 2001

s. o. 93.— In pursuance of clause (a) of section 2 of the Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines

(Acquisition of Right of User in Land) Act, 1962 (50 of 1962), the Central Government hereby

authorises the person mentioned in column (1) of the Schedule given below to perform the

functions of the Competent Authority under the said Act, in respect of the area mentioned in

column (2) of the said Schedule:

Schedule

Name and address of the authority

(1)

Shri Sunil Sharrna,

Rajasthan Administrative Service,

on deputation to the

Indian Oil Corporation Limited,

(Pipelines Division)

33, Muktanand Nagar,

Near Gopalpura Bye Pass,

Jaipur,

Raiasthan-382150

Area of jurisdiction

(2)

State of Rajasthan

[NO.-31015/50/2000ORI]

S CHANDRASEKHAR. Under Secy.

$0i

f^^m^tx0^iK-jMi^^^mr^Aii,m,r,,^

....... simwtV&W

New Delhi, the ISlh Jnnu;ir> 2001

s. o. <)4.— In pursuance of clause (a) of section 2 of the Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines

(Acquisition of Right of User in Land) Act, 1962 (50 of 1962), the Central Government hereby

authorises the person mentioned in column (1) of the Schedule given below to perform the

functions of the Competent Authority under the said Act, in respect of the area mentioned in

column (2) of the said Schedule:

Schedule

Name and address of the authority

.. . _1!L_

Shri J.K. Ahuja,

Tehsildar,

State of Haryana,

on deputation to the

Indian Oil Corporation Limited,

(Pipelines Division)

KothiNo.1439,

Sector-15,

Urban Estate,

Snnpnat

111001

Area of jurisdiction

(2)

State of Haryana

I NO - J H) 13/3 //ZUUU UK 11

S CHANDRASEKHAR. Under Sec>.

229

MINISTRY OF LABOUR

New Delhi, the 3rd January, 2001

SO. 95.—In pursuance of Section 17 of ihe Iiulustiiul

Dilute Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), the Central Government

heicby

publishes the Award of the Industrial

Tribunal,

Chtfiniui as shown in t.'ic Anncxiue in the Industrial Dispute

between the employers in relation to the management of

fj'juihoiii Railway, Madras and their -workman, which was

received by the Cential Government On 2-1-2001.

[No. L-41O12/222/95-IR(BI)l

AJAY KUMAK, Desk Officer

ANNEXURE

HI FOR!- THI. INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAI, TAMIL NADU,

CHENNAI

J'KLSENT:

Monday, the 27th day of November, 2000

Thinr S. R. Singhmavclu, B Sc. B.L., Industrial Tribunal.

Industiiul Dispute No. 5 of 1997

(In the niaUcr of the dispute for adjudication under Sec-

lion 1fl(J)(d) of the InduUml Disputes Act, 1947 between

the W(i(:man and the Management of Chi't Peisonnel Ofh-

cer, Southern Railway, Chcnnai.)

BLTWEliN

Shii R. Moiian,

37, 10th Street, Avedj.

Madras fi00071.

AND

The Thief Personnel Officer,

Southern Railway,

Madras.

Rl FERENCE:

Ouier No. I-41012/222/95-TR-BI dated 6-11-96. Minis-

try

uf

Labour,

Government

of

India,

New

Delhi

This dispute coming on for final hearing on Thursday,

tlic 16th day of November, 2000, upon peiusing the lefer-

ence, Claim and Counter statements and all other material

papeis on record1 and upon hearing the arguments of Tvl.

R. Vaigai, Anne Mithew and M. Ramamani, advocates ap-

pealing for the wovkmpn and of Thiru P. Arulmudi, advo-

cate appearing for the Management and this dispute having

stood over till this day for consideration, this Tribunal made

the following :

AWARD

The Gr.vci nment of India fps refei red the following issue

fir adjudication bv this Tiibunffl:

"Whflher the action of the Manacrment of the Southern

Railwav, Madrai in terminating the services of Sri

R. Mohan an e\ neon while he was in continuous

employment from 6-1-82 to 13-6-91 is just proper

and legal ? If not, to what relief is, the workman

entitled to ?"

2. The main aveiments found in the Claim Statement of

th; petitions aie as follows : The petitioner was appointed

as a Substitute

Bungalow Luscar

in

the pay

scale

o£

R:,. 19ft—232 by an Order dated 6-I-19S2. Ho was to work

ua a Substitute Bungalow Luscai to the Deputy Chief Mecha-

nical Engineer. The ratd Deputy duet Mechanical Engineer.

Thiru C.S.S. Rajan letiicd1 from service at the end of that

month on 31-1-82.

The petitioner actually worked as a

fcon in the Office of the Chief Mcchan'cal pnginccr from

0-1-82.

The petitioner was terminated 'from service by an

Order dated 19-9-83 vy.e.f. 12-9-83. The applicant raised an

Industrial Dispute which was referred to the Tndusliial Tri-

bunal Madras at I.I). No. 117/87.

On 16-3-K9 the Indus-

trial Tribunal passed its Award holding that the termination

of the petitioner'- s-ivice is illegal. The respondent-Railway

filed O.A. No, 678/89 before the Central Administrative

Tribunal, Madras challenging the Award of the Industrial

Tribunal passed in I.D. No. 117/87. The said Original Ap-

plication was dismissed on 27-11-89.

Against the dismissal

of the Original application the lespondent filed a review

implication R S. No. 17/90 which was also dismissed on

22-2-91. \Vhen O.A. 678/89 was dismissed by the Central

AdmiriMinlive Tribunal, Madins on 27-13-89, the Tribunal

agreed with the Award of the Industrial Tribunal, that the

termination was in violation of Section 25F of the I.D. Act,

bu1 made a observation that it will be open to the respondent

to take appmpriate steps in tpuns of the I.D. Act if so advis-

Cil. In thi' meanwhile the petitioner filed O.A. No. 424/91

bsfote the Central Adminiqtia!ive Tribunal, challenging the

Award in T,D. No. 117/87 in so far as it denied the peti-

tioner back wages. The said Original application was allow-

ed on lfi-fi-92 and the petitioner was paid Rs. 97,000 towards

back wages in May, 1993. He was reinstated as a Bungalow

Luscai

w.c.f.

I Oth June,

1991 by

an

oider

dated

HHh June,

1991. The petitioner immediately

joined ser-

vice on 10-6-91.

Unfortunately on 13-6-9] the petitioner's

<ci vices, wen.1 teiminaterf w.c.f. 13-6-91. This time the res-

pondent paid the petitioner retrenchment compensation as

per Section 25F of I.D. Act. Since the earlier termination

was held to be illegal by two forums for non-compliance with

the mandatory provisions of Section 25F o[ Industrial Dis-

putes Act, this time the respondent complied with the pay-

ment of retrenchment compensation in order to rlothr fie

(cmination with a semblance of legality.

The action of tbe

Tcpundent in retrenchment the 'ervieec nf *^- ""f;*-'.—«r

i'ef

1.l-6-i] after purporting to comply with Section 25F

of I he I.D. Act is illegal and unjust. When The O d-r of

reinstatement wus passed on 10-6-91 it clearly stated that

the petitioner's services arc deemed to be continuous from

13-9-83 the date when he was terminated earlier, Consequent-

ly the petitioner i° deemed to have been in continuous service

f'nm his initinl date of appointment viz. 6-1-82.

During

tli'i=i period beiwepn 6-1-82, and 13-6-91 even so manv Bun-

p'llov Luscrs had brcn unnointed, who would' all be juniors

to the petitioner.

Therefore the rsrinciple of 'Last como

first no' should have been idhered to and the junior m°st

Huncalow Luscar alone should have been retrenched, and

no' 'he petitioner.

The petitioner prays to hold the termi-

nation of ib» petitioner's •rvvic.vs by the Order dated1 13-6-91

is wholly illej/fll and unjustified,

3. The Train averments found in thr Counter statement

of the Resnof dent are as follow- ' Shri R Mohan Ihe re-

prescntntionist who inised 'he Tnriifslrial Disnute was ini-

tmllv HT/pointed a« Substitute Runcifow Tuscur bi1 Shri CSS.

Rnl.Tn then Denuty Chr-f IVfechnn'cal Fnpincer on 6-1-82

for ^r-vk-en in hh resirirnfe under the scheme authorisinp

the Ailminislrative Grarfe OfTiccrs in the Railwav to ancoint

'if theii chiv'ci*

It is only -<f(er comDlclion of 3 years con-

tinuous sejv''-e MS Subsoil Lite Buipalow T accar either with

the tame officer or more than one officer, individuals thus

enea"C(' will derive the riuht "s recularlv anDointed lascars/

Ponns,

A-j per the terms of his -"'pnoiTitment hi" service

u'liriri have bren terminated on the aftpinoon of 31-1-82.

However

a<, a ie=ult of inadvertancies. Sri R. Mohan was

eon(''nii«i1 in ••erM'ce withonf iirnncr set-h'on

Tmni'-diotel,

on (nm-'nK to knoi" oT the inccnl'ir < onli'vrince his seivices

iveh" ti-invn;i'n1 vi*b pff»ct from 12-9-R1 AN

As rjer the

Awid1 pi^rd on ffi-^.fiq, the Tribunal held thai the Order

of ffrffli'nfltjov] would be retrenched and allowed the annli-

ailidri on thr ground that thr nrocedurc laid down under

59 Gl/2001—6

230

THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : JANUARY TO, 2001/PAUSA 30, 1922

[PART II—SLC. 3(ii)|

Section 25F of the Industrial Dispute Act hos not been

followed.

Aggrieved by the above award, the Railway Ad-

ministration filed O.A. 678/89 before Madras Bench of the

Centra] Administrative ltibunul-

In the Judgement dated

27-11-89 from the Central Adminittiative Tribunal, Madras

it was held that substitute Bungalow Lascar is vvoikman and

therefore before tciminating the services the conditions men-

tioned in Section 25F of l.D. Act had to be followed.

In

compliance with the judgement dated 16-9-92 from the Cen-

tral Administrative Tribunal, Madras in O.A. No. 424/91

filed by him, he was later on paid back wages for the period

from 12-9-83 to 9-6-91 also,

His services were terminated

fiom 13-6-91 as per the terms of his appointment after

complying with the provisions of Section 25F of Industrial

Dispute Act on payment of retrenchment compensation and

notice period wages.

The claim of the petitionei that his

termination of services fiom 13-6-91 was against constitu-

tional provisions was held as without merit as per the judge-

ment dated 15-7-93 and 28-2-94 in O.A. No. 459/t>2 and

R.A. No. 88/93.

In the eiicumstances it is submitted that

there is no merit in the Claim of the petitions for lertnung

the ca.se for Arbitrations or further investigation in the mattci.

The petitioner prays to dismiss the above petition.

4. On behalf of petitioner/workman, Fxs. Wl to W7 were

marked by consent.

On behalf of respondent, Exs, Ml

to M4 were marked1 by consent. No witnesses were examin-

ed for both sides.

5. The Point for consideration is; Whether the action of

the management of the Southern Railway, Madras in the

services Of Sri R. Mohan an ex-peon while he was in con-

tinuous employment from 6-1-82 to 13-6-91 is just proper

and legal ?

If not. to what relief is the workman entitled

to?

6. The Point: Thiru R. Mohan, the petitioner was initially

appointed as Substitute Bungalow Luscar on 6-1-82 bv Sri

C. S.S. Rajan, the then Deputy Chief Mechanic U EnRineci.

The scheme of the Railway respondent provides that the

candidates thus appointed would be discharged if the officer1;

who appointed him retires from service within 3 ycais of

their appointment, and his successor officer does not require

the services of the individual within 3 years. Thin it is only

after 3 years contiguous service, the individual will derive

the right of rcgularisation. Anyway in paia. 4 of the Replv

statement of the respondent, it has been admitted that due

to inadvertence the petitioner was continued in service without

proper sanction, till lie was terminated on 12-9-83. After

knowinp this irregularity, he was icrminatc'd,

7. His termination order was marked as Ex. Wl, wherein

the following was found :

"The services of Sri R. Mohan, Bungalow

Luscar/

Rs. 196—232 is termlndk-d w.c f. 12-9 83 A.N."

Except these two linen no more reasons were found therein.

Therefore, an Industrial dismile wai raised in l.D. No,

117/1987, wherein an award was parsed on lfi-3-89, the

copy of which was marked as Fx. Ml. It was mentioned

therein as follows :

"While comine to conclusion, the Supreme Coiut also

considered section 25-F of the Industrial Disputes

Act and held that the termination in that case of

a workman would constitute retrenchment and for

not complying with the prc-coridilions lor valid

retrenchment the order of termination would be

illegal and valid. This decision is directly appliable

to the facts of this case and therefore it is binding

on this tribunal, 1989-1 LLN(SC) page 278 (Krishna

Kumar Lubev Vs. Uttar Pradesh State Food nnd

Fssential Commodities Corporation and another) is

the latest decision wherein Supreme Court has held

that when an employee continuously worked for

more than 240 days. hi= termination

of

service

without complying with the provisions of Section

25-F of the Industrial Disputes Act held illegal. It

cannot be contended by any stretch of irmiEination

on the basis of circulars issued u-ider Exs. Ml and

M2 that the appointment WHS only unW efrtain

conditions and that he enn be terminated without

following the procedurp laid down under section

25F of the Industrial Disputes Act. Those dicuiars

cannot tnke precedence over the statute, which

protects- any workman who worked continuously foi

not less than one year under any employer shall not

be retrenched

without

following

the

conditions

mentioned therein.

Point 1 : For these jeasons, the termination of the

petitioner is not legal and not justified and this

point is found in favour of the petitioner.

Point 2 ; In view of the finding in Point No. 1 the

petitioner

is entitled

to reinstatement and

the

respondent is directed to reinstate him without any

back wages but with continuity of service and other

attendant benefits."

8. Thus there was an award in favour of the petitioner

for reinstatement with continuity of service; but it was with-

out any backwages. Aggrieved over the same, the management

preferred O.A. No. 678/89 before the Central Administrative

Tribunal, and the award passed therein was marked as E\, M2,

wherein the following was held :

"The first respondent was appointed on 6-1-1982 by the

Assistant Personnel Officer as a substitute .Bungalow

Lascar to the Deputy Chief Mechanical Engineer,

The said officer retired on 31-1-1982 and the R. 1

continued to work. According to the applicants, R. 1

was permitted to work till 12-9-1983, when the

applicants realised that R. l's services should have

been terminated and terminated the service, of the

applicant with effect from 31-1-82, as per the leirns

of appointment. The Respondent No, 1 on receipt

of the termination order approached the Industrial

Tribunal. The Industrial Tribunal consideicd the

question and held that the order of termination

would

be a retrenchment

since the

conditions

mentioned in 25(F) was not followed, and allowed

the application.

This Bench had held in O.A. 32/89, that the

applicant

theiein, who is

similarly placed

as

Respondent No. I in this case, namely Bungalow

Lascar will be a 'workman' and therefore before

terminating him, the conditions mentioned in Src.

25F of Act had to be followed. One additional

fact that hod to be noticed is in the oiiler of the

Industrial Tribunal it is mentioned that there was

no dispute by the railways about the status of the

applicant as a 'workman*.

In view of the above, the application is dismissed.

However, we make it clear, that it will be open fry

the applicants to take appropriate steps in tt'ims of

l.D. Act, if so advised, and this decision will not

stand in the way of the applicants to take such a

step as per the l.D. Act."

9. Thus in order to comply with Section 25-F of Industrial

IXsnute Act, an opportunity was given to the management:

simultaneously holding that the erstwhile order of dismissal

is against Section 25F of l.D. Act and so invalid.

10. In pursuance of the awaid passed in l.D. No. 117/87

there was grievance for the management for the Order of

reinstatement mpdp ther°in and so the manai?|"ni''nt irrfi rr?d

O.A. No 678/89 mentioned above which ended in Ij.x. M2

aw-^rd. Simultaneously, as against the other pnrtion of the

result in l.D, No. 117/87 that the prHtioner shall not he paid

hackwaces. the later preferred O.A. 4*59/92 before the

Ontnii Administrative Tribunal wherein

an Order wos

passed hv Fx. Ml dated 15-7-93 and it was h.:ld therein thi't

thr apn1ic<rit will have to exhaust the remedy undei tl;e

Industrial Dispute Act aTid he cannot approach (he Ce-ntial

Administrative Tribunal without exhmistinc that remedy. Thus

on th- basis of inrisdictionpi point the petition O.A. 4S9/82

uns dicvnir=rd. Petitioner's Review netitinn No. 88'93 fiM

before thf Cen'rsi Administrative Tribunal was also dismissed

on 78-2-94 ind the copy of order of which was mnrkert n-.

FT. M4.

11. It was said in para. 6 of the Reply statement of the

management that in compliance of the Judgement

dated

16-9-92 of Central Administrative Tribunal, Madras in O A.

474/99 filed by the workman, h* was later on paid backwages

for the period from 12-9-83 to 9-6-91. He vvas also reinstated

on 10-6-91 through Ex, W2 order. This was made in com-

231

plunci; with the Award in I.D. No. 117/87 us confirmed by

the Central Admimsti alive Tribunal in O A. 678/89.

12. It was on 13-6-91 within 3 days, after hi3 reinstatement

the petitionci was again terminated. This lime they have

givm ihe compensation amount as determined in Seition ?5F

DI the Industrial Dispute Act. The copy of tci munition order

was maiked as hx. \V3 Ex. W4 was the leprescnttition nndc

by [he pctilioiiei, on which a paiawise comment was mad"

by the respondent through Ex, W5.

There was a failme

leport of Conciliation thuuigh Hx. W7 and the matter was

lifened hcic.

13. The Learned Counsel foi the Management now argued

that tiue it was that the petitioner was appointed as a Lascai

on 6-1-82; it was equally true that by inadveitance ol the

management, his seivices was continued till teimmatcd on

12-9-83. The dispute was refcried to this Tnhimal which

passed an award in ID. 117/87 mentioning that Section 251'

was not complied with and so the termination dated 12-9-83

was illegal and that theiefore an Order of reinstatement with

continuity oi service but without backwages was made. In

Paia. 6 of the Reply statement, the management conceded that

in OA No. 424/91 preferred hy the workm >n befote the

Ccntiaj AdmiTiistiative Tribunal, backwages WHS oidered and

accordingly the same was paid. Again O.A. No

459/92

preferred by the workman before the Central Administrative

Tubunal on other respects was dismissed OTI the giouild of

jurisdiction.

14 Therefore in compliance of an award passed in i D

No 117/87 and above noted OA. No. 678/89, the workman

was again reinstated on 10-6-91 through Ex. W2 order. This

was also after payment of backwages. Subsequently, lie was

tciminatcd on 13-6-91 thiough Fx. W3 older, of course afto

complying with Section 25F of TD. Act

15 Now the learned Counsel for the Wo'kinan aigueii

by vhtue of Awaid passed in I.D. No 117/87 which WJ,

confirmed in O A. No 678/89 befoie the Central Admini^tia-

tive Tribunal, the services of the woikman was continnoui

from the dale of appointment 6-1-82 till he was reinstated

on 10-6-91. Thus his services is of continuous period of

9-1/2 years During this period of 9-1/2 years, thpre would

have bcon humpty number of Luscars appointed by the

matryement

If such person1- ^ie b'ounht to litjht then it

must be that last person should be fiist retienched Tn this

connection, M.A. 202/99 was filed by the woiV.man which

WTS resisted bv the management and there was a Speaking

Order dated 11-4-7000 by this Tribunal wheicby the dcou-

mei-t- wcic ordered to he produi-sd or 2b-*-20(i0

Hut those

d icumenls havt» not been prodncrd It K idle for the itionace-

ment now to contend that the documents aic not available

There was no proceedings taken against the Older passed by

Ihis Tribunal in M A. No. 202799.

Therefore, we are

constiained lo take adveisc inference that such documents

arc available with the management and the non production

of the same will go to show that similar other lasrars arc

in service who were appointed later thun this pctitionci

Natural justice rcquiies thai the last person appointed diall

firsl be ictrenched. As this is not followed the lamination

is ilkgnl

and motivated

Theiefore, th-

Older of Termi-

nation is held as invalid and is set aside.

16 Tn the result, the Older of reinstatement is ordered

in favour of the petitioner with backwages continuity of

service and all other attendant benefits.

Award

passed

accordingly. No costs.

Dated nl Ch*nnai, this 27th day of November, 2000

S R. SIGHARAVELU, Indtuitial Tribun il

I.D. No 5/1997

WITNESSES EXAMINED

Foi Petitioner/Workman : None

For Respondent/Management: None

DOCUMENTS MARKED

Petilionci/Workman :

I

I.x. Wl 19-9-8^ Termination

oulei

issued

to

the

petitioner

Ex. W2 10-6-91 Older of re-lnstatement Issued to the

petitioner,

Ex. W3 13-6-91 Termination

order

Issued

lo

the

petitioner.

Ex, W4 18-4-94 Copy of the 2A petition filed by the

petitioner.

Ex W5 18-4-94 Remarks of the respondent, before the

Conciliation Officer.

Ex. W6 21-11-94

Rejoinder filed by the petitioner.

E\ W7 14-8-95 Failure report.

Management/Respondent:

I-x Ml

Award in I.D. No. 117/87.

Ex. M2 CAT Judgement in OA. No. 678/89.

hx. M3 CAT Judgement in O.A. No, 459/92.

Tx, M4 CAT Judgement in Review Petition No, 8S/93

in O.A. No. 459/92.

New Delhi, the 3id January, 2001

SO. 96.—In pursuance of Section 17 of the Industrial

Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), the Central Government

hereby publishes the Award of

the

Industrial

Tribunal

Chennai as shown in thc Annexure m the Industrial Dispute

between thc employers in relation to the management of

Integral Coach Factory, Madias and their workman, which

was teceivcd by tlie Cential Government on 2-1-2001.

[No. L-41012/5S/94-IR(B-I)i

AJAY KUMAR, Desk Officer

ANNEXURE

BEFORF THE INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL, TAMIL

NADU, CHENNAI

Wednesday, the 29(h day of November, 2000

PRESENT:

Thnu S. R. Singhaiavelu, B Sc, B L, Industiial Tribunal,

INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE No. 118 of 1997

(In thc mattci of the dispute foi adjudication under Section

10(1 )(d) of the Industnal Disputes Act, 1947 between the

WivVman and the Management of Integral Coach Factory

Madias-38)

BETWEEN

Shri Rnghavel,

Dr Ambedkar Slreet,

MaUnallathur village and Post,

Tiruvellore Taluk,

Cengai M.G.R. District-602004.

AND

Thc Management of hitcpi.il Coach Factory,

MaJr.is-600038

2

3

2

•

T

H

E

G

A

Z

E

T

T

E

O

F

I

N

D

I

A

:

J

A

N

U

A

R

Y

2

0

,

2

0

0

1

/

P

A

U

S

A

3

0

,

1

9

2

2

I

P

A

K

T

I

I

—

S

E

C

.

3

(

i

i

j

]

REFERENCE:

Older No. L-4L012|58|94-1RBI DL 3u-t> 95, Ministry

of

.Lauuur, uovi. ol luaiu. New Delhi.

ims umpute coining on iui iinm Hearing on Monday,

tne i / m u.iy Tol ivoVemoei, ZUW, uron i^-iusi.jg me ieie,eiii_c,

V-iuUii u n t i LOmiLoi oiitifc,in,ULi u i i u mi m i n i ' iiiiiL^iitii, iM|n,i'<

• ) i i

u

L

u

i

u

e

t

i

i

u

U

(

J

U

U

u

u

m

i

i

g

i

n

c

j

i

g

u

u

i

i

-

m

j

0

1

i

\

.

,

O

.

j

i

m

1 -

paianiujiiiuii uiia V. /ijoy tvno^t, /-uivuut-es appearing 101

uic yvoiKiiuiii uiiu -or

iiiiiu V.3.K, rl..iiiniauu, jtvuKa, /�vo-

Cuie ripjji-uuug ioi tne raunagt.ineiu unii LHI.S uispuie Having

stooa ovei uu inis any JOI t,uu->iui,raiioii, IJJIS 1i10m1.il m.ido

iiie lOiluwing

AWARD

ihe Govt. ol India nas rnuied tin. following 1 ,suc £01

aujuuicaiioii oy iMs inburui ;

"vvneiner we uuion 01 the imuidgemciit QL Integi.il

coacn jracioiy, IULKUUS 111 uisiiii^uig uu. bcivices 01

bll 1V1. KuJjuVOl, Oil BX-KUUl<ja4 W.e.j., iV-ll-ti^

JS

just iiiiu le^di / 11 noi, to wh.u 1 cilet is Hie wurKman

eiiiuieu to /

2. 1 he mam averments lomid in the I IJJIQ statement of the

peuiiunei ui>; Hi toilOWs ;

Ine peiiuonei joined m the scrvn.es ot the nitegial Cvuc.i

t-ULiufy on n-L-rj

as iviiamsi. i-ater tie waj piunujtcd us

Kiiauisi neipei, JUiie LL IUI unless ne was ITXA auie to pieseni

HilcimniLi.iiy between -1-MJ-o/ to /u-li od 101" ii^i Uiiys. inc

Assu. woitiS iviujiaijci muei.1 a Liiiiige iviLina Uutetl 5-/-bd

ajicging mai Jie Wcib umiuihoi iwaiy no^eut ior 11/

days

beLWeen 4-iU-S/ to Z6-j-en. biiice nis uiiiLbs s o t aggravaitJ

his (_ousin brotner at K.ani.hipuruiii took mm lo 111s house. He

tooK iitaimcnL irom uoaor i\ i^ofiandtnun, Oovcrniiient Hos-

pital. Karicnipui'uoi in between 2/-7-B8 to, ltt-/-by,

Atier

u^iinont at Kanclupuram ho joined dmy. Having pcimiitcii

him 10 join duty, the management should have oldered lor

another enquiry afresh setting asido the eaihei enquny, said

to have Dcen conducted against him. I he Worlo Manager

dismissed him lrom service by uu order duteu 2y-ll-89. Ine

Works LViauager is the disciplmaiy lUithoniy. But the Asst.

Works Manager issued the Cnarge Memo initialing tho disci-

plinary .1C110P, who has no jun^Uiction. Betoro passing the dis-

missal Older, the findings of tho enquiry officer was noi

given to him. The Dcpuiy Chief Mechanical Engineer rejected

his appeal by an order dated 5-4-90. Eui thtr by their original

mistake the petitioner was denied opporLijiiity to file revision

to the Chief Mechanical Engineer, since he was stated to have

been the appellate autlvoi ity originally and llie pelitionei was

not put on notice about his lighi to revision and the authority

for revision.

rlhe Depu.y Chief Mecbiinicul Engineer Is not

art appellate authoiity. Therefore ho has no jurisdiction li>

dispose of his appeal. As per the Board's letter dated 10-11-89

which wns admittedly received by the respondent on 15-11-91,

much pi ior to (he date of dismissal. Lhe respondent tiusht to

have issued second show cause notice end ;JSJ furnished the

enqu!;-][ proceedings and findings of the enquiry officer, gi\

ing the petitioner opportunity (O explain on ihi. findings and

also on tlio proposed punishment. Without adhering this ruli%

dismissing the petitioner straiclit invav b« an Order dated

29-11-91 without issuing second show cause notice nnd with-

imt fnrn *.!'ii)g the findings is totally depymj; opportunity to

tho prtftioiier and therefore illegal. The petitioner hclang to

Scheduled Caste.

He hails from ruMl ogri^ultiirnl coolie

fanuly fin was the fiict person who got nnplovmcnt 'hat too

in Crntnl Government Service. Hi* stuJii'd only upto 9th Std.

He is the only brend winner of his fimilv. Hf has his u^ed

mother, wife and 2 children. Inspite of "'aritiuj icpre|!''ntDlions

and 'inptaK' to provide him on opportunity to rehahihlatc

himself and his familv, he was denied the same. The pctlt:-~>ner

prays to pass an award holding tint iho icmo\al is not justi-

fied and direct tho respondent to icinstnfe th/ petitioner with

continiiitv of service, back waic's »nd o'hrr fittenibnt benfflts.

3. The main averments found in the Counter Statement of

the respondent are as follows :

Tho petitioner was appointed as f1 Mali on a Pay Scalp

of Rs 196-232

w e f. 17-2-1979, Ht v» is 'r.msfci nad

as

Khalasi on 28-4-1979 and later he wns protnoW -is Khalasi

Helper from 26-11-84 till his removal on 1-J2-R9 The ncti-

iioner t, a* n chron'c absentee and h.fd absented for a cumu-

lative period of 1223 dav<: in his 10 years of service. Though

his reply cljimed to have pioduced private medical ceitiiicate,

but 110 such ceitiiicates were enclosed or produced. Thereby

an inquiry was oidcred by the Oisciphn.iry authority and an

Inquiry Ollicer appointed 011 5-10-88. The Inquiry Order dated

5-to-bH and advices dated 2-S-89 and 20-6-89 hxing the

Inquiiy on 3Or5-89 and 11-7-89 respectively were sent by

rcgisieied post to the petitioners last known addicss given

in his service reccuds boln the notices wen. leturned

us

'not found', thereafter the inquiiy was proceeded with 'ex-

paitc' on 11-7-89. Based on the inquiry report the Discipli-

nary authority imposed the Older ot lemovnl from service'

w.ij.f. 1-12-89. Further the contention that the Asst. Works

Manager has no jurisdiction is not tenable, as the Officer who

appointed the petitioner as Mali was an Assistant Officer and

his transfer as Khnlasi was by Senior Scale Officer. T he Order

of removal from seivicc was under tho signature of the Works

Manager (Senior scale), who is the appointing authority.

Further the averment that the inquiiy report was noL made

available prior to the imposition of removal, the Apex Courts

decision after the 42nd Amendment of the Constitution of

India, an Inquiry report to the delinquent prior lo penalty

oider is not necessary.

Tho penalty order issued under the

signatuie of the Works Manager (Senior scale) had inadver-

tantly showed that an Appeal shall Jay to Chief Workshop

Engineer/Shell whereas the Appellate Au.horjty was the

Deputy Chief Mechanical Engineer/Shell.

Even though, the

petitioner had addressed his apped to C WE/Shell, the appeal

was considered by the appiopriutc authoiily i.e. the Dy. C ME/

Shell

and orders

passed,

Similarly the Revision petition

addressed to the CME Shell, was considered hy the Compe-

tent authorty i.o. the CWK Shell an.l rightly disposed oil. The

lespondent pravs thnt the termination of the petitioner who

was engaged as a Mali in terms and conditions to his appoint-

ment order is lcpol and the petitioner seeking for a direction

for reinstatement with backwagos

and continuity of service

and all other consequent in] benefits anJ costs is not entitled

foi the same.

-1. On behalf of petitioner, Ex. Wl t3 W19 were marked

liy Loarent. On behalf of respondent, Ex. Ml to M22 series

were maikcd by consent, No witnesses were examined for both

sides.

5, Tho Point for consideration is : Whether the action of

the miipapement of Integral Coach "Factory, Madias is dis-

missing the seivices of Sri M. Ragavcl, an cx-Khalasi w.e f.

29-11-89 is just and legal? If not, to what relief, ia the work-

man entitled to ?

b. The Point: The petitioner-Woikmun Mr M

Ra^jvel

was appointed as a Khalasi in the Integral Conch Fctory,

Madras on 17-2-79, Later he was promoted an Khalasi helper,

fiom 26-1 1T84 till his lemoval on. 1-12-89 for his unauthorised

absence for 112 days between 4-10-87 to 26-5-88.

A Charge

memo was issued and the sum© with acknowledgement was

marked as Ex. M2 (equivalent to I.x. Wl). His explanation

for the Chaige memo was marked as Ex. Ml. On 5-10-8R theie

was an Order to conduct enquiry and that order was marked

as Ex, M4. The covering letter for departmental enquiry und

the 1 etui red cover wcro respectively marked ps Px. M5 and

M6. Another covering letter for Departmental enquiry with

returned cover with A.D. forms were respectively marked as

1-k M7 and M8. Therefore, an expaitc enquiry was made and

the report of which was marked as Ex. \T9 dated 24-7 89.

There was a consequential order oi. teminaiion on 29-11 -84

and the same was marked as Ex. M10 (cquavalent to Ex.

W2),

It was served upon the petitioner through Ex. Ml]

acknowledgement card. The same was affixed on Notice

Board through Ex. M12. The nppi-al pieferred by the peti-

tioner w?v also dismissed on 5-4-90 through Ex. M16 (equi-

valent to Ex. W6).

7. At this stage, it is to be mentioned that according to the

1 epresentation of the petitioner through E^. M15 dated 8-2-90,

he fell i'l at Knnchipuram in his biother's, house and he was

takinff treatment for 'Polyneutitis and F.nterocolitis'

from

27-7-88 to 18-7-89. Altough it was said that Medical certifi-

cates were enclosed nothing was found actually enclosed. Thus

the appeal was dismissed. Subsequent reprscntftlioiv, of peti-

tioners

through

Ex.

W8

to

Chief

Mechanical

Rnpineer and to the Memhpr of Parliament through Ex. M*

went futile

Therefoie industrial dispute was raised through

Ex Wl] anil «i the cniirili;i1ioin foiled, the refcicnfc was

made to the Tiiluinal.

•!l

8. liuc ii .a tlui ihe Domestic enqiiny was lieiJ 'expand.

The mibconduct mitred was the

pcotionu s

unauthorised

absence fur 112 days between 4-10-8/ ai.d zfi-5-Sf, lnc t-xpU-

nutiou or tne petitioner v,as that Be was uUying ucatment at

KiQclTijAHuni IOI JJIS illness Uuung thai pemd, ho lai no

evidence showing his illness was producea. The fact tcmains

tnat twice announcement of Ucpaitnieaul enquuy was s.rii to

the petitumcr which wcie ictunxd

uiidelivued' by postal

authority, One sucii covering letter i>.~ llic m injgoinait win

dated 2-:> n'j through h\. Mi and momer was dated 2lM)-ti*

through Lt. JVI7, iioth were returned by postal amhoniy

'undciiveied'.

ihcrLloie. theie Was evciy jusLhcation

to

proceed wnh the eaquny 'expat te'. it is unpoitaut to mention

that under Ex, Mil Acknouledgcnujit card, lliu petitioner

had received the Older of termination dMe ,19-11-89 maike

as Ex. M10 ("W2). Evt:n flaw the netitionei has not pioucod

any evidence to ihow thtt he vvas ill dm ing the period of

absence.

9. At this juncture, an attt^npt was made un the pa it of the

management, to describe the petitioner as a habitual and

chronic absentee. In this connection, additional

document

through Ex. M22 was marked by consent whic'i would vividly

bhow his leave for 1200 days between 17-2-79 to 1-12-89.

During a decade, he was absent for 4 yt�s intermittently. He

was thus shown an absentee for almost 40 per c-Tit of (he s'lid

working days.

10. The Learned Counsel for the workman contended that

past record of servjeve which w.is not produced during the

domestic enquhy cannot be considered in this tn;iuiial. Tute

it is that this allegation of chronic air enter was nor mt.de in

the domestic eMiiiry, Had it been mentioned theie, an op-

poitimity would have been given to the petitioner to diftvd

himself which he is now fuck'ng. Wh itevrr it JS as pjo-

vided in 1990 I I.LJ 29S we have to consider the negation

of opportunity for petitionci for defendu1;' liinr.Mf against

the alleR^tioiii

the allegation of chionic u* cnteKr".

In

similai circumstances, it w,u held in the above cited case as

follows :

"When we view this question fium 'he r! PKT angle,

we cannot take exception to the opinion etpres'cd

by the learned single jndp,.1 '*iat when (here was an

omission on the part of the management lo put the

employee on notice of the move on the part of the

management to take into

coiT-'dPuitiou the

pa11

recoid of service of the emplovee in the mailer of

imposition of the punishment, there v as a viokit'on

of the principles of natural justice and the same

en or bad crepcte into the thinking on the part of

tlio Labour Court. The vilavotint factor was U,e

denial of rpportunity to the employee to cxpl.iin

the past record of service at 'he approphnte time.

'Hint has nullified the tcsultant action. Tbcreaftci

the matter has to be viwed unattained b/ the past

record of service."

11. By Kpplvinp the above

Jatio d'ecidendee,

we hold

that the past advf»i'e antecedents may not b" taken in'o con-

sideralion

at ptv<,ent, in the above citcumshnces

12. Now we hive to re-appiaise the e\id.-ncc in domestic

enquiry. Unduly absentee pmplovce1; will be pciennini head-

ache to the emrl'oyei and

if this mVl c'.t is ndontPd by

ofthe; fmrioyi-c QKO, then it will a(Toct the noinnl production

Of the InteRral Coach Fictnrv. Thpicfiiiv, the lonp nbRcntce

emplovee has to be ro'i-'^rd. nnovid^d 'f th<- procedure was

adopted correctly, nnd proof is uvail'ibli-1

13. The Leaimd r^unst?I for the W-.^.m-ii now" poirted

out that there wns a rirculnr tti tKe Railway R.iaid thi-ough

Ex, W3 dated 14-12-89 fas coiiertly mcitinm'd in the Tnclc\

to the Typed vt of P^pcr of workman) i\1i~r»bv it was le-

qiiircd that; copv jr lecott of enquir" 'hall b? supnlicd to ibe

delinquent worktn.in before evv, tlv; mmi^avent was im-

posed by tbe "Discipl'nary \\ithoritv nnd ("rppc'ially when the

enquiry officer is diffeient fiom the d'srirlinarv ;ailhor;ty.

14. The learned counsel for th^ \\o,knnr. C'V'iL-"d(id

that

tlie Circular wns dnted lO-lt-R'' so ^ lo civer 1I10 Tmpn"ned

Order of Termimtion dafd 22-11-R^.

A I\II.»FII1 r^^v.i of

Kx. W3 rircuiai would EO fo show tint <hc d.i*c 10-11-^0

Was-mentioned only in the reference of Rood's

letter and

tint actnallv (h* date of Circuhf issui-d by the Gennai

Manner's Offl^o r,f Ihf u-sponi1""t On tiv- rontnrv, (he

date of issue OF O'e f.In-Til.ir bv Hie n^'tcn! ^' >n "^r1. O<Tic

of the respondent was foumi only on 1 1-P-81 .•• mcmoiu-d

in the Index to the Typed iet of Papeis of the petitioiiei. This

makti the position cleai that the CircuKu- will not cover the

Order of Terminal,^ as the Cneulai is. later in time than

til. i of the Order ol tcimination.

15. The Learned Counsel for the VVoiknun tignui relied

upon 1994 I LLJ p. lhi and aiyued that the non-supply of

lupy ol biniuny Rcpoic befojc ovei ILe Discipiinary Autho-

rity imposed puiinlimeni will make the pioceduie iiiegulai.

Now VJJ nave to see what aUvuilly was obscivcd in 1994 I

LLJ ibl. H was held as follows :

"lloth admmisliathc reality and public inieicsis do nut,

therefore, require that the cidcis uf punishment

passed prior to tlie decision in Mohd. Ramzan

Khan's case without furnishing the repeoertc of the

liquny tJiucei should be drturlied and the diiCi-

plitiiiiy pioceedings which gave rise lo the said ord-

ers should be leopencd on that uicount.

. . The proposition of law thai flie tvvo richts were

inacpendent of each othtr and in laot belonged to

tv.o dilleient stages in the inquuy came into sharp

fqcus only after the 42 Amendment of the Consti-

tution which abolished the second stage oj

(he

inquiiy, viz., th© inquiry into thu nature of punish-

ment. It was for the flist time Li Mohd, Ramzan

Khan's case that the questiorj sqtiaiely fell for drci-

sion before this- Court, Hen:? till November 20,

1090 i.e. the day on which Mohd. Ram/an khan's

case was decided, the positron of 1 iu un (he subject

was not stitled by this C'Juit. Jt i& for t!tc fiist time

m Mohd. Ramzan Khan's case that this Court Jaid

down the law. That decision made the law laid down

there prospective in operation, I e., applicable to the

ordei/of punishment passed after

November

20,

1s>90. 'I he law laid dowo. was nnt applicable to the

oiders of punishment passed before (hat dote not-

withstanding the fact that the proceedings arising

out of the same were pending in courts a Per that

date. The said pioceedings had to he decided accord-

ina to the law prevalent piioi to the- said date which

did not lequiie the

authority *.> supply a copy of

the Inquiry Officci's report to the cnrploy:c. The

only exception to this wis whete iK- sc-vJcc rules

with repaid to thr disciplinaiv piocepilin^^ them-

selves made it obligatory to 'iipp'y cipy of the leport

ec by management.

N J , ' we h.ivc to si°e wbe'bci other eu-'T*ion clans: is

npplii'iiblc. The only execpfion was whert tli^ hcivicc Rules

themselves ntadc it obliKatqry for supply of copy nf llie

icport to the employee. But in this case, the Circular marked

through Rx. '•Vl was later in time than that of the Oid'r

of termination and s^ was not apphcab't id the aboirc domc--

(•c proceedings, as it was not also shown u- having retrc

ppctive effect.

Thus there is no .'tcenlion. Thti Order of

Termination w

prior to 20-11-90. Ilv-rrfo'c, the Old Law

nlonc wj?i applicable. The law laid ili.vn n Mohd. Ramzan's

cn^e is no( applicable as per the obseiwtinr made 'n

tbe

above cited case. Thus the rtrocedme is held correct. Thcie is

no ct'th'T irrenulaiitv found in the ori."i*dui» adopted in t'.c

domestic enquiry Thev-foif, the nid>-i- of teiminution is

valid.

If. In suppoit of our above view, ccrt'iin obscivations mode

in the strove ciled ca'c have also to be lr.! rd into ;ind it is

Bs1 follows :

"Htno to diiect rcinstatemenl of the employee

with

hackwufies in fill CPSCS is lo reduce the rules of

ivtice to a mechanical liti'ai.

The theory of leason-

-ible •opportunjiy and the principle; rt natural |ustice

Inve been evolved lo uphold the ui'e of hw ri'id to

assist the imiividual to vindicMi" his iuht rights They

nrc not incontations to b» invoked not ritfn to be

rcrformed on all and -undiy occ.i ions WheHiei in

fact, prejudice hn< been causi-d to the emnloyn* or

not on account of the dfnia] to him of the report,

has to be considered on the facts and circumstances

of each case, Whfre, therefore, even after the fur-

nishintr the report, no different consequence would

Vive followed, it would be a perversion of justice to

pcimit (be employee to resume duty and to pet all

(tie consequential benefits. It nmnunis to rewarding

the dishi.n, -I and tlv -uilly ami il.iis lo ;tt.Mcli,n- Hie

2.34

THE GAZETTE OF INDJA : JANUARY 20, 2(M>1,PAUSA 30, 1922

[PAW JI—SLC. 3(ii)]

concept of justice to illogical and exasperating limits.

Jt amounts to an 'unnatural expansion of natural

justice' which in itself is antithetical to jusitce ".

17 .Even in that case law, it was obwi ved that it should

also be established as to what was the piejudice caused to the

workman by the f»ihiie to supply the enquiiy lcport. In this

case, is no prejudice was alleged to hti\e been caused to the

woikman.

In fact he remained cxpaitc throuhg the domestic

cnquiiy.

When he want only evaded the service of the

enquiry date, thcie could be no grievance t<o him. It is also

not the case of the workman that ihe domestic cnquiiy was

want only made behind his back. If taut was tiuc he could

have asktJ llor ie-enquuy which' he never u iked for, Th|Ciefore,

viewed in afly angle, chronic absence will be a parenni.il hcad-

ncho to the Welfare of the administration and is liable to be

condemned effectively. Thus the Older of tcrminatioin is justi-

fied.

In the Jesuit, award passtd holding (hat the action of the

management of Integial COLICII Facfoiy, Madras in dismiss-

ing the services of Shri M. Ragavel, an cx-Khalasi wi<4i efFect

from 29-11-89 is justified.

No costs.

Cated at Chcnnai, this 29fh d-iy of November, 2000

S. R. SINGHARAVELU, Industrial Tribunal

T.D. No. 118/97

WITNFSSFS EXAMINED

For Petitions/Woikman : None.

Foi Rcspondent[M.inagcmont ; None.

DOCUMENTS MARKED

For Petitionci|Woikmtm :

Fx, WW1 5-7-88 ' Memorandum sent to the pt'litionci by

respondent.

Ex. W2 29-11-89 :Dismissal order issued to the petition-

er by hanagetnent.

Ex. W3 14-12-89 : Circtilat issued by the management.

Ex. W4

.,

: Mercy petition submitted before the

GM/ICF by the petitions .

Ex. W5 8-2-90 : Representation --cm by the petitionci W

the Chief Woikshop Engineer, l.C.F. Chennai

Ex. W6 5-4-90 : Order passed in the Appeal,

E\. W7 9-7-90 : Representation sent to Chief Woikshop

Engineer, Integral Coach Factory, Chennai.

Ex. W8 30-7-90 : Representation sent to Chief Mechani-

cal Engineer by the petitioner.

Ex. W9 23-10-91 : T etter addressed by Sri Era. Anbaiasu,

M.P. to the G.M. Integral Ci.ach Factory.

Ex. W10 Feb'92 Petitioner's leprcscnlation to Nilmal

Kanle.

Ex. Wll

14-10-92: I.D. laiscd before Ihe Asst, Labour

Commissioner by the petitioner.

Ex. W12 : 18-12-02 : Remarks filed by the respondent.

Fs. W13 31-3-93 ; Minutes of Conciliation proceedings.

Ex. W14 8-11-93 : Petitioner's letter to the Govt. of

India, Ministry of Labour to refer the dispute foi

adjudication.

Ex. W15 27-3.95 : Advocate notice srm to the Sccic-

tary, Ministiy of T abour, Delhi.

Ex. W16 7-7-95 : Advocate notice sent to the Secretary,

Ministiy of Labour. Delhi refiarding tr.Tinsfer of

the case from BmiRaloic to Madias.

Ex. W17 24-6-94 : Advocate notice sent to Central

Govt. Ministry of Labour.

Tt W18 27-8-S7 • Atlvocal? nnlice scnl to the Cc'ulnl

Govt. TndusiriMl Ttibunal, Rann^lorc.

EK. Wl!> 8-9-97 ; Reference tran\fenrig

the

dispute

iiom Bangaioie to Madras lor adjudication.

Documents for Management ;

Ex, Ml . . : Statement of Article^.

Ex. M2 5-7-88 : Charge

cheet

ana

Annexure

with

Acknowledgement,

Ex. |V|3 6-7-88 ; Explanation for Charge-memo.

E\. M t 5-10-89 : Order to conduct enquiry.

Ex. M5 2-5-89 : Coveiing leter for Depaitmental en-

quiry.

E\. M6 ..

: Returned cover.

Ex. M7 20-6-89 : Covering letter for Depaitmental en-

quiry,

T"x. M8 .. : Returned cover wi'h A.D. Foims.

Ex. M9 .. : Enquiry report with Covering letter dated

24-7-89.

Ex, MI0 29-11-H9 : Dismissal order.

Ex. Mil

. . : Acknowledgement card.

E\. M12 29-11-89 ; Order affixed on Notice Boaid.

Ex. M13 ..

: Certificate of Fitness.

Ex. M14 27-7-88 : Medical certificate for leave.

Ex, MI5 8-2-90 : Representation by petitioner.

F.\. M16 5-4-90 : Disposal of Appeal order.

Ex, M17 ..

: Acknowledgement Card.

Ex. M1S ..

: Mercy appeal by petitioner.

Ex, M19 2-7-90 : Disposal of appeal|order.

Ex. M20 27-7-90 : Order of tcmovavl from service with

acknowledgement.

Ex, M2l 30-7 90 : RepresenLntioi-i fiom petitioner.

Ex. 1V122 senes. 21-6-79 : Petitioner of scrvicve upto

27-7-90,

New Delhi, the 3id lanutuy, 2001

IJ.O. 97.—In puisuance of Section 17 of the Industrial

Dispute Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), the Central Government

hereby

publishes the Award of the Industrial

Tribunal,

Chennm as shown in the Annexiuc in the Industrial Dispute

between the employers in relation to the

management of

Standard1 Charteied Bank, Chcnnai and their workman, which

was icceived by tho Central Government on 2-1-2001.

[No. L-120ll/l8/99-IR(B-I)]

AJAY KUMAR, Desk Officer

ANNEXURH

BFFOR1"' THE INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL, TAMIL NADU,

CHBNNAM04

Monday, the 27th day of November, 2000

PRF.SFNT:

Tliim R. R. Sinvhai.ivclu, I! sk:.B L., fndnstii.il Tnbuniil.

Iniiustri'il Dispute No. 191 of 1999

^

[Iii the nialter o[ the dispute for adjudication under Sec-

tion 10(l)(d) of the InduMnal Disputes Act, 1947 between

the Wuikmen and Ihe Management of Standard ChmU'ed

Bank, Madias,]

B1TWEEN

The woikmen represented bv :

The Gencial Secretary,

AM India Standard Chnrleied Bai'k Fmployees

Federation,

58, Agmenian Street,

Chcnnai-600001.

AND

The Managing Director,

St.ind.ard Chained Bank.

58, Armenian Street,

Cheiuiai-600001

REFERL NCE :

Older

No. L-J20JI /18/99/IR(B-I)

dated

16-8-1999,

Ministry of Labour.

Government of India, New

Delhi.

This dispute coming on this day foi final disposal in the

picsence of Tvl. S. Uamasubramanirm and Aslo.utes, advo-

cates appearing for the Management, upon perusing the re-

ff"ience and oliier connected papers on recoid and the Wotk-

men beinij absent, this Tiibunal passed1 the following:

AWARD

This Goveinment of TndM has referred the following issue

for adjudication by this Tribunal:

"Whether the action of management of Standard Char-

tered Bank, Chcnnai in retrenching by introducing

early

separation

scheme

(voluntary

retiiemcnt

scheme) is uistificd oi not ?

If. not, justified, to

what rehtf Ihe woikmen suhjecled to VRS is en-

titled.

Whether the employer has contiovened1 pro-

vision of Section 13 of Industrial Dispute Act, 1947

by accepting the

application for VRS f'Om

the

employee dupng the pendency of proceed'nij bcTore

the Conciliation Officer against the VRS."

No representation for Petitioner. Paper publication check-

ed and effective,

Petitioner called absent.

Industrial dispute

dismissed for default.

Dated a1 Chennai, this 27th day of November, 7000.

S. R. S1NGI-1ARAVELU, Industrial Tribunal

New Delhi, the 4th January, 2001

S.O. 98.—Tn pursuance of Section 17 of the Industrial

Dispute Act, 19 17 114 of 1947), the Central Government

hciebv pub'ishes Ihe Award of the Ceniral Government In-

dustrial Tribunal/Labour Court, Jabalpur as shown in the

Anncxnrc in the Industrial Dispute between the employers

in i elation to the management of State Bank of Indoie and

their woikman, which was received by the Central Govern-

ment on 3-1 20DI.

[No, L-12012/737/B7-D-II-A]

AJAV KUMAR, Desk Officei

ANNbXTJRE

Bl FORE THE CENTRAL GOVFRNMCNT INDUSTRIAL

IRUHINAL-CUM-LABOUR COURT, JABALPUR (MP)

Case No. CGITA C/R/69/SK

Piesiding Officer : Shri k. M. Rai.

Sliri Anil Ku. Jain and

Shii Surendra Sinyh Rathore.

..Applicants.

Veisua

Slate Bank of Indoie,

Ehopal.

. .Non-applicant.

AWARD

Dehvcied on tliis 1st day of December, 2000

1. The Government of Tndia. Ministry of Labour vide

order No. L-I2012/737/87-D.lt(A) dated 13-7-88 has lefer-

red the following dispute for adjudication by this Uibunal—

2. The case foi the woikman Shri A. K. Jain is that he

was appointed in the State Bank of Indore, Ashok Nagai,

District Guna on H-12-82 in icguiar and peimanent vacancy

and was employed after due interview and selection by the

Bank. H'1 was not permitted to work w.e.i. 20-2-83 without

any reasons and any written ordei,

While terminating th-

services of the workman one Shri Kailash Chandra Jain who

was appointed on or above 16-12-83 was retained in seivice.

Likewise the juniois, weic retained in service and the seniois

ueic teiminafed by the bank. The management has violated

the provisions of Section 25-G ol the I.D. Act, 1947 in

teiminntinp the services of workman.

He was not cerved

v ilh r.utici; pnor to terminating his service. He is therefore

entitled to

leinst'itemcni willi all cor sequential

benefits

attached to this post.

3 The case for workman Shii Surendra. Singh Rathore

k tlkit he was employed1 on 3-4-R4 at JvfOyna branch by the

ban,-: alter a pioper selection in a. regular po't in a regular

m-'nrifr.

I-Tc was not permitted to woik w.e.f. 12-5-84 by

the Bank without givinq him any notice or order in writing

in respect thereof.

His seiv.ccs were terminated in cleaT

defence of the piovisiori" of Section 2S G of the I.D. Act,

19 17.

He iv thtreforc, cntiil^d to the leinstatement with

nlj conscquonti.il benefits attached to this post.

4 The c-iie for the mnnupement r= that both the workmen

Sliri A. K. lain and Shn" S. S. Rathore wcie appointed fis

fmpoi-tiy clerk for a limited penod of tune. Their services

came to an end with the efflux of time. At the very time

of npnointment workmen weie mnde known the terms and

conditions of their temporary appointment.

Their appoint-

ment was not accurdinc to the rules of recruitment pres-

oibed for the

appointment of cleiks in the Bank.

The

apioiiitmcnt of I he tempoiarv employee cannot exceed 75

days and therefore the workmen weic not given further

Epr\ii ltm^n',

Th'v never continuou'iv woiked for 240 days

in a c,ilpiKlii' 'v.r ,pj then, fore the rtoviMons of Section

25-H cf I.D. ^ct, 1947 nre not applieublc in this case. For

apyi.ititmeni

in

clerical

caJrf

of

the

H.inK. the

lecruitment nrc made through Banking Seivice Recruitment

:2(>

rJITL GX/J

i r r . OF INDIA : JANUARY JO, ;!001/TAUSA 30, 19.72

[PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]

HIM I'jWRegior'al Reciuitment Bo nils which

ndvcitise the

PUMS in all leading newspapers. The cmdidates are lcquiru]

U> fiicc v.iitien test and intcivl;:v\. Those candidate1, who are

dc-lared succes iul on (.lie basis ot their standing in the meiit

ZT\' oll'eied permanent employment in the bank. The woik

mm uevci availed iif tlie oppoiiunity ior appeal m^ in the

tiet etc.

5. rlhe Rank tin MILT alleges that the workmen wcic ncvfi

relii'nch'.'it.

1 hen temporary

appointment

automatically

u m t to un end alter the expiry of the period

The vmik

m-n h.t-.e

been kept oiit'u'e the .,copc of benefits of th«

awards in terra> of para \h-Q ot lJesai Award whLh reads

as mid-'I :

1 The State Bank of India has claimed that CEILUF.1 work-

ers and job workers should be excluded 1 om the

operation of this award. I have made no provision

in any pint of this award in connection vith them

and persons who ate casual employees or who aie

employed to do job work are excluded from the

operation of this Award,"

d, Another lelevnnt provision of Desai Award1 in para

23-19 is ft3 under:

'There is no merit in the demand that wheic daily-

rated and/or temporary hands remain in employ-

ment for aggregate period of 3 months during any

12 consecutive months they should be deemed to

he probationers and should he so covered and ab-

sp-hcil a.vunsl permanent

vacancies.

The said

demand is opposed by the Banks and the same is

iejected. As icgaids the demand that all employes,

working ior 3 months or more should he deemed

a", confnmtd, save as otheiv/i«c piovided in this

aunrd no dnections ate given."

7, In view of the afoicsaid facts, the management!, con-

tend that the workmen are no) entitled to any relief in the

rresent ease as claimed by them.

H. The sole point for rietei initiation in the caee is as to

whether the workmen are entitled to reinstatement with a!l

consequential beneiits,

9. It is admitted fads that the workmen were employed

as temporalv eleik for a period of less than 75 dais. Thero-

ufter they urver appeared in the test for the iccimtmrnt ot

clerks cciiidiK't'd bv the B.ml i'lR Services Recruitment Boj'd.

Thev hc'\e nlso ndm'tted thai thev never cleared any tesi.

r( hev have nt-vci cl \ii-ed1 the tet for recriutmcnt of i-leil.

in ihe Bank.

Without cleaiins Xhh tcsi, PO candidate should

rlairi foi the appointmcit as a cletk in the Bank aa per

j'ecruilment uile-i

Dcs!\i Awaid also debars the absorption

of cnsiul nr k-mpoiniy employres, who have worked foi 3

months in the hunl: as a regular employee of the Bank, 'the

woikman cannot be uiven pr'rmncnt employment through

bad- dour cniry as claimed by them. They mirt clear the,

rcqi'iieO lest conducted bv the Hanking Recmitment Boird

for [fie clerk in the bank

WifhoiN comnlying wi'h <hi-7

niovisinn, the workmen cannot claim the tegular employment

in Itie H:nk.

Id Tn view n[ tti"1 forepo'nr; rensons ibe workmen have

no richt to CITM-I reqular emjilovmcnt with back waffs anrf

' *hev cons'ioufntial Iv-n-fits attached to the post as claimed

bv tlvm in the present eise hence the reference is answeied

nc ilrrt the voikmcn and in favour of the management.

11. Copy of award br .sent to the MinHry of I.pbour,

G(-ntirnmcnt of Tndi'i ns per niles.

K. \f. RAI, HiCi'dfnp Officer

New Delhi, the 4th January, 2001

S.O. 99.^ln pursuance

of Section 17 of the

Industiia!

JJispute Act, 1947 U4 of JlJ47), thto Centrnl Government

hereby publishes the award of the Central G6vernmeni

Industrial Tribunal/Labour Court, Jabalpur as shown in ths

Atinexure in the Industrial Dispute between the employer;

in relation to the management of Central Railway,

Ajni.

Nagpur and their workman, which was received by the

Ccntial Goveinment on 3-1-2001.

[No. L-41O12/43/92-lRDU(B-l)]

AJAY KUMAR, Desk Office)

ANNEXURE

BIPORI. THK CENTRAL GOVERNMENT INDlrSTRIAL

TRIBUNAL-CLIM-LABOUR COURT, IABALPUR

Case No. CGIT/LC/R/150/93

{•residing Officer : Shri K. M. Rai

Shri D. V. Mcihram,

R/o Railway quarter,

Near Railway water tank,

Chandur railway,

Distt. Amrawati.

,

Applicant

Versus

The Chief Foreman,

Central Railway,

Ajni,

Nagpur.

,,

Non-applicant

AWARD

Delivered on this 15th day of December, 2000

1. The Government of India. Ministry of Labour vide

cider No. L-41012/43/92-1RDU has referred th- following

di pule for adjudication by this tribunal—

"Whtther the action of the management of Central

Railway, Ajni, Nagpur in terminating the services

of Shri D. V. Meshram Casual labour is legal and

justified ? If not, what relief be is entitled for ?"

2. The case for the workman is that he w^is appointed at

casual labour on 3-5-73 by the management and continued

till 25-9-85. Duting the course of employment, tie remained

«n m-dical leave w.e f. 26-9-85 to 19-11-85 on account of.

b'me injured on duty. Thereafter he was taken back in

'•ivice by the management. The Assistant F.neinee1; (TT)

Lential Railway Jhnnsi informed the applicant vide, letter

dated :'0-3-89 that thrr.c casual workers, who weie appointed

.iftcr IK-12-80 shall he issued service card wltn the consent

of (he Geneial Manaper and accordingly the applicant was

directed to present himself at Jhansi within 10 days of the

leceipt of the laid letter with the following information : —

(i) Passport size photo

(li) Service recoid, if any

(iii) Proof of date of birth

(iv) Educalioml qualifications

1. The rrfi.resaid letter was received by t'ic- applictint on

2S-1-H9. This letter was not applicable to him because he

W.T, employed in the year 1973, Thereafter a letter was

st-nt by the chief foieman track machine. Central Railway,

Api, Na«r»ir on 27-1-90 to the applicant that basically he

v. >••, iifinointec) on dailv wac;es and he will be considered for

rt-rni1 ir apnointmert when HHV vacancy would nn--e in fuluie.

Bv this Inter, he was asked to submit his willingness within

30 dnys if he wanted thf employment.

37

4. The applicant further alleges that he sent his willingness

on 31-1-90 which was acknowledged by the management on

8-2-90. Inspite of several reminders he was not considered

f"r employment by the management.

Shii Bhagirath, Shri

Rahul, Shri Naiesh, Shri Gangadhar, Shri Gvncjhwar Shii

Madhav Natlm and Shri Harprasad, who wi:rc inniois to

applicant, weic given regular employment bv the manaee-

mcut

and

the

applicant

was

never

considered

lor

the same. He had continuously woiked for moie than 240

days. Without giving any prior notice he was retrenched

by the management in violation of Section 25-F of the

l.D. Act. 1947. Hence he is entitled to reinstatement with

all consequential benefits.

5. The case for the management is that the applicant

was appointed as casual labour on daily wages on 19-3-85

and worked1 upto 25-9-85.

Thereafter he left the services

at his own sweet will. The applicant w;i- again re-employed

on 20-11-85 and worked upto 5-11-86. Thereafter again he

left his services on his own will. Initially the workman was

employed

as

casual

labour

on

1-5-73

under P\V'I(M)

Dhanungaon and worked in broken period upto

18-12-77

and he was never in seivice w.e.f. 18-12-77 to 2-12-84. The

applicant left (he service on his own will is he was not

regularly engaged in the employment of the Railway. He has

not continuously worked for more than 240 days, He is

therefore, nol entitled to any claim as alleged in the statement

of claim.

6. The following points are arising for determination hi

the present dispute—

1.

Whether the workman is entitled to reinstatement

with all consequential monetary benefits'?

2.

Relief and costs 7

7. Point No. 1 : The workman has contend'd that his

services were terminated by the Central Railway wilhout

complying with the provisions of Section 25-F cf (he Indusrtinl

Dispute Act 1947. According to him he had continuously

woiked for more than 240 days in the preceding year prior

lo termination of his services by the Railway. He has filed

the reco.d of his service Exhibit Wl in suoport of his

contention. This record shows that he was employed as casual

labour by the Central Railway on 3-5-73. He worked in this

capacity till 18-12-77. Thereafter he left this lob on his own

will. Again after the lapse of about 7 years, he was employed

as casual labour on 3-11-84 and worked till 26-9-85. Again

ho left the iob on his own sweet will. Thereartcr again he

woiked as casual labour w.e.f. 20-11-85 to 6-2-86,

This

service card clearly shows that the workman never continued

tci woik w.e.f. 7-2-86 According to tvm no orclc of termi-

nation from service was issued to him by the Central Railway

In the abijnrc of termination order it is Tiot possible to hold

that the mnnnucnr'nt had terminated the services of the

woikmnn w r.f. 7-2-86. On the contrary the service record

Ex. W-T indicates that the workman had himself left fhe

job on his own sweet will. In view of this fact the contention

of (he workman that the management had terminated his

seivVcs does not pet any snnnort from i^r rrol o>- do^'iTien-

t.iry evidence adduced bv him. He himself hfiil voluntarily

left the iob accordinR to his own convenience. If ths manaec-

nvnt hud not terminated the services of the wo^mnn then

the ai'c.t;on of complying with the provisions of Section 25-F

of the ID. Act does not arise at Ml.

8. The workman has filed the letfer dated 11-1-90 Fnhilit

W-4 issur-d bv the irMViacement. By this letter the workman

W.JS dircctfd lo "iibmit his willingness for gettine employment

as n caMinl labour within 30 davs from the date of the receipt

of t'ie lettT Tn this very letter it has been sfatpd fW the

workman hpd voluntarily left his nrevious iob The workman

hud nfvrr denied th» ".aid statement contained in Exhibit

W-4 dnied 11-1-90 This f.irt also eoe<; to r\ro\ii tbit Ibr

woiVnian hime'f bnd left the ]nh on his own uncord. His

mmf VM' T-pi'iii-^rlv maintained RS casual labour bv the Central

Fni1w>v -<rrl thnvefnrc he w;^ offi"-"(] thj> inh in future in

the cvr.-if of filiinc anv vneanev The workman never sent

his wi|liiirfnnSi; within r> neriod of 30 dnvs from the dnte of

ivc-int or thf "aid letter (FT W-4) All the's ciTpnitsunce1;

Infill tn r-onelnrlf thfit t'T1 wmkmnn had no Tntention to pet

emnini'incnt in the "R;ii]wnv OTI thp'e*"rp hr 1-nri i»ft the

icih w'l1"T't nnv reason pnd subsenurntiv also hp never senl

hi. wiliini»r"»<is iv'ttiin

tipn'1 to the

Railway for

petting

emn1ovmcnt in fi'liire whenever the vacancy arises.

9. In view of the foregoing discussions it becomes absolutely

clear that the workman was never terminated by the Railway.

On the contrary, it is proved beyond doubt that the workman

had himself left the job on his own .sweet will. He

;s

llit'icf'Mc,

not entitled to leinsuitement

with

an monetary

bwiehts, Point No. 1 is answered accordingly.

10. Point No. 2 : In view of my finding Riven on point

No 1 the workman is not entitled to any relief as claimed

by him.

11. On the reasons stated above, the applicant is not

entitled to reinstatement with monetary benefits. The reference

is accordingly answered in favour of the management a?id

against the workman.

12. Copy of award be sent to the Government of India,

Ministry of Labour as per rules.

K. M. RAI, Presiding Officer

New Delhi, the 3rd January, 2001

SO. 100.—In pursuance of Section 17 of the Industrial

Dispute Act, 1947 fl4 of 1947), the Central Government

hereby publishes the award of the Central Government

Industrial Tribunal /Labour Court, New Delhi, as shown in

the /uinexuie in the Industrial Depute between the em-

ployns in relation to the management of CPWD and their

workman, which was received by the Central Government

CM 2-1-2001.

[No. L-42012/92/97-IRfDU)]

N. P. KESAVAN, Desk Officer

50 Gl/i001--7

238

T H E G A / . L T I T (>V INI^A . JANUARY :(•„ '.'OQI/PAUSA 30, 1<T2

[ F A R - TI—SEP. 3(ii)l

"Whether the demand of the CTWD Mazdoor Union as

contained in the charier ot Dermnds

(Anueune

'A') is tergal and jmtiRod' if not to wlnt lehct iho

concerned workman i-, entitled?"

New Delhi, the 3rd January, 2001

Dispute " c r f t ^ o T S "947?^" '/ <* the '^tnal

hereby publishes the " J a S of,h c . £ u s ^ T' ^ ^ " " " e n t

as shown in the Annexurc ,.„ tH

£ S^'be^l

the tmployci J in relation to the nrmagemont cr Regional

SeiiculturM Resenrdi Station and their woikniuii, ulrch VMS

I "-CLIM-J. by ihi' rential (.I(,vinment on 2-1-2001.

[No. L-42011/43/99-IR(DUJ]

N. l\ KCSAVAN, Desk Officer

ANNFXURE

IN m i

tNDTlsTRIAL TRIBT1NM-, GUWAHATT, ASSAM

Rere,en~e No. 14(C) of 1949

PVESINT;

Shi; K. Surma, T.T..B..

Ti eliding Offii-fr,

Industrial Tiibunal, Guwahati.

In the m itter of an Industrial Dispute between :

T'ne Joint Diiector,

Repional Sniciii'imil Research Station,

C'cntial Silk Board, Jorhat.

Vt,,

Thcii workman Shri Biswanatli Miira and S'ni Plinnidhar

SaikiJ

Dak' of Awaid: 4-11-2000.

AWARD

Tlit; Government o£ India, Ministry of Labour, vide Order

No T -i;fll/43/99/IK(!Dli) dated 26-1'0-S9 has made this

left, nee to this Irihuml to tidiuflioate the dispn'e arising

bpti"c*cn \hc M.innficment of Refnoiml Sciicultural Research

St iiion, C'cnlral .Silk Hoard Joihat and their woikmen. Shi'i

Biwi^th Miirn find Shii Phanidhar Saiki-i out of alleccd

termination of their 'eivicc as Muster Roll workers on the

ground of irret>ul-ir ,'itiendance.

The referring authority has

fi mid the followiiiR i<"ive for Hdjndicition of the m;;tlci oi

conrroversy between the parties:

"Wbcthci the ac'fon of the manaccment o£ Regional

S<?riVii1fnral Rfseareh Station. Joibat in lemovint*

Shu Bisvvnriath Mura and Shri PhimicHiar Saikia

from scivice on the pround of low attendance with-

out followinp the prescribed procedure is ICJI'A and

justified '? If not. to whdt relief the workmen lire

entitled '.'"

On receipt of lefcience, this tribunal hat, registered this

e.ise md issued notices to both the parties calling upon them

to file their written statements ,ind add I written ,statem"VH

.ind il'Tuments. if any, in support of theii ense, in re'-'nonss

to wh'i-h, botb the parties have appeared and1 complied vviLh

it1-. A" ho(h the pities belong to Torhal District, case was

homd oi I hh and 15th October, 2om> at Jurhat Circuit

Hoiiie ft the request of the parties.

Thp

fact of the case, as reveals from materials on record

i1- ihat nv.naqemenl he;n<? a Cential Government Undcrlal-

ine;, under the name and style of Regional Sericullirral Re-

stai 'h SUi,t;on it Tiiibnt, original]!' stationed at Titabar c.^i

ri"d f-i'l rcse-ircli work in the filed of development of Mi:pa

cill l^dnstrv in Af'im

Wi'h this obicrt )n view tlr" ins*i-

Intinn imn'rincnl' orar tinr. IIDU.IJ schi'mc with ih; lijp at

(HfrPr"T>t proi-p of ". 'Enlist. To a«i«t the scientist in impli--

mentinc

tht1 scheme, management enpapes some

worker?,

some are Devmanently and ••otne nre ca'.ually.

The present

^vor1. ropn R MHTO ami Shri p. Saikia were cnfiped as r-'snal

Inbonr ruifly on temporalilv bush in fil^d Inbortoty, Titabar.

Rejjioml S'?ricu1lurnl Research Stalion Ht Torh;it w d

1-3 R5.

As contended by the matiacemrnt both th<" workmen were

veiv rn'ich irrcvilBi" in attendinc; their duties Cor which re-

>(ir-fi \\oik° of the in«titntion has wffered.

ft is also con-

tr-nc'cH tba1 the wort-men were not att"ndin£ the minimum

240 devs noil- in a year which an- requiremrnt foi- protre.

tion of casual 1ibour nntiT the p<-ovin'ori of Sretion ""il7

of 1 F1 A^t

The mampement contend that with a view

in immoving their p*((1n<Umce. thev have served a office

niejn'ii-l'iidiim on ?S-V>1 and 19-10-91 and accordinglv in-

"minij1 t'i i<r both the woiWmen have admitted th"ir irre-

i.iil ,>ii'^ in their f ftendanee, but ultimately it lemained as

it is

Both the workmen tinmelv B. Mura has discontinued

h;s worV w e f. 2-1-9"! and P. Sniki.i bus discontinued on and

from IP-1-02 «nd never reported their duty till 11-11-92 i.e.

239

at 1.1 a ff1 ot iO months

On afoicsaid date, tiie woikniv.ii

have strummed a nn.rnoiandi.iin suuiig nut tn._y could not

Jiiend tlji. duty du; to itiiu ilmes^

but Uvir (.viuv-niiuns

WLIL nut oUppuiiLv.' by ,ny medic tl ecitifieale

I\]a lament,

UitiUore

vvv-zrUid

ilu.ii

lepiescntacioii

lo tin-n

Jujjhci

uuihouly it Bangjioie who has disposed ilia same WHO a

HI i iiiimn Lo the management th.n ^dt MILI No L liS (j-l

(I ')/ V2 JbSv,lli) da ed /-a ;»„ i m yagement or eaaii.u iiboui

vwi^

banned

I he woikm-n, thercattei appioavtied

men

union who has uilimattiy appioaehecl the concern laboui

tiiiiiouy by misim, an Industum L) spme

As labour audio

nt> could not jeule the matter amicably miouhh concilia

tion, the matter wii leierred to .vpropnaie uo/tinmcnt

WHO lias ultimately made this icleieiiee to this tnbuiial tin

adjuclieal on Lhiough. utoies.ud issue

Ihe woikincn by hhni; d wnHen itatv.nn.ru contended mter-

ali.i Ilia

they were illegally itmovid tiom the i£iviLe b>

the niinigeme.it by obtaining then signaiuie un I lank p^n-i

out oi some uitcuoi motive witiiout comply ing v lth piov,-

s i n ot law [iiLsuib d m that [eh ill dnd fi< nee Ihcv ,ue

L KitJ.d loi leinstateiuent

13ut[i the woikmen have adduced th H own evidence ana

in ii oi the1 s-LieUiy of the union and management has add-

uced tVJaei, e of 4 witness

Aftri iceouiiiig evidence, 1

Ji tve he.ud the oitil <iij»nme.it advaii ed by the iepi<senianvc

oi Hit union appealed uii belmlf of me voiKmm

Ihj

learned advocate tor the management has submitted 20 pape

of long wlltten argument in support ol then cule

In \tew

en tlje jfoiesaid materials on iccoul

lei us s_e whether

man j^eiiicnt was justified in removing the vOiktiKx. Lorn

thcii service or not whicn is m nn r°irH in the is uc fiumcd

by the icfciiing authority.

Ine Jjist and foimost ccnleaUon ot the management is

thai—In the wnttcn statement th^ manij,ernv.nt has contended

that the inunaBemtiH being no a indusiy wilun the meaninu

of I O Acl but being a lcsjmeh pioject has no juiisdictiOn

to adjudicate the dispute

But L^copt tins contention in

puia 4 o{ the wnUen stateiment ne indiiatcin-.it has nit

uLimlled any nutwiials bcfoie as to hold that thr miinage

merit is not an Inuustiy

The teim Indu ti^ has been denned1

in Section 2(J; of the I t )

Act

whicn urns as iollows

' Induiiry" means any busmcsi, Uade, undciLdknii*, iuanu-

ficiuic tn culling ol i.mplo>ers

and includes

any caliini;,

scivjce, employment, handieiall oi indu-.tn.il oceti]iit tn oi

avoi Uion ol workmen ,"

Tilt, language of the stction makes it elcat that any undci

takiiifc cau>ing oitt an^ business Tiade oi vlanut 'ctuie wolk

eni^nging workman may be teinvd as indusii^

Ihc manaH1*-

meiit iiistuiition is a tfgionai Sciuiil ural kcscaivh St IILII

canying out the woik Muya Riseuch which leads to rm-

eJnction of Mu«d Silk by cnijagmg of idboui and hence u

is an Industiy

The management has

litcd the cntnc fact and cnetims-

tances of the case in then \ nuen clnt menL and these con-

LcnUrviiB were suppoiUd by t)i;n v'tness nrniily PWI fei v n

Uhekial Phukan, benior Research (Jrheer oL the m i > j^ement

Botli the workmen in then onl evidence have admtted the

fact of iiit(.ul"ily "I atten ling their dut\

Althobjih they

have contended in then deposition that management has ob

tuned then signature on a blank paper to remove them

fiom stivice, but this allegation has beui lebutted by the

evidence of m inai,ement

Fiom the materials on Rt-oid it

is not eftabhshed dmt manapement obtain"d the

ijjnatuie

of woikmen on blank mpci

On the othtirmil

manage

ment has seived oflice memoiandum on 21 H it md 21 9-91

which aie duly exhibited h^ the manapement in incoiii e of

(hen evidence

It rs also not established tint mamsemen'

has given any notices nt dischiife to the woikmen

On

the- oi he-hand th<-ie is simplr matenals on u ord incUiding

own Hdnii sion of voikmei1 in this dc| os.tion that thr\ are

v ly much mefmlar m attcndinp; thcr duly

In ihc cvidcire

on I'WI, Jecvan Dhekial Ptuikan, 1 find that E\t

2 is

th.- statement of attendance nf bolh the workmen ycaiwise

and monlbwise beRining from 198S to 1992 Maich

Tn

Ihe vcar 1989 worknun P Siikii was continuously ibsent

foi 4 months fiom Mai eh to June and in the month nf

lamimy and Fibiimv

he vis pesuit only foi ? md I

diys ic:repliv(*1v

Snnilnlv i" il»e month of Octobti he

\vi!. picrnU fni 7 diys and LKCLHII I loi

lH il lys ml in

the lest of ihe month, he was pu cjil 1-ir l2ih io Hill d yi

In the yt.u

I9B5, he was picsent for a total period Of

j/hi d.ys in 198b, 1/4-1/2 days, in 1987 loi 138-1/2 tliys,

and l^bd toi HB-1/2 da>s, m iys9 tot 72-1/2 days, in lUill)

foi 131 days, in 19'Ji, Ibl d.iya and 1992 upca Match, he

wus pic^ciU lor ]'i days

Simiiarl>, Mm JB Mura was present in the yeat 1985 foi

2bl days, in the year 198b for 107 1/2 day, in 1987, 104

dajs, in 1988, 140-1/2 days, in 1989 125 1/2 davi and was,

euinplcldy absent fiom ttie month of hebmury in 1990 In

said yeat, he was present foi 182 days, in 1991, 162 days,

lyyi he wa, piesem loi I day

In that yeai, B Mura was,

eompIetcK absent tiom 2-1 92 and P Saikiu was absent

liom 19v2 and theieaftei submitted memorandum for re-

wit ifv-n ent on 11-11 92 which ihe maiugemcnl has, sent ta

th ii hightt authonty and the iate of which is alicudy men-

lioiied heiein above

"this being the entne mateuals on

lecnid 1 iind tint the management has not discharged the

woikmen tiom their duty illegally oi without complying wilh

tliL j mvision of law Ju J down in Section 23F of ID Acl

iiut man iL'cmtni bcinf sympathein. to these poor woikmen

has Joiwaidcd tiicu ti.picsevilalii.v to higher authority tub-

nuticd aftei long 10 months of absent stating the firound of

lJlntss without iny medical ccitiTicatc, but higher authouy

also chj not cosmdei the same due to ban on recngagement

o, L.i u il v orker vide letter No CHS 6:i(l9>/92-hS(UI) dt.

7 8 (J2

1 10m the mutciials on leeoid 1 find that the woik-

ini n could not aii-ruc their light afiainst termination by the

jiiu.iapemeni by not attending a petiod of 240 days m a

y il li om the verj beginning of their engagement It is true

Lhtat even a d til> iatcd woilmen who has completed 240

d iys of work in a ycor can not be teiminated without ccm-

plimg with Section 25h ot I D Act

But in the instant

case it is appaicnt from the materials reflected hercmabove

that none ol the uoikmcn has completed 240 days of work

m i ye il siiue ttvit engagement ai casual worker and hence

ihey can not claim pioteetion under Section 25F of ID,

Act

Fiom whalevei angle the case is judged it is clear

tha b<nh the woikman wcrt v;ry very nregtrlar m attending

tht.ii \,oil

ind ultimately they have di^ontinucd for the

leasons be it known to them and hence manuj|pment can not

It* blamed foi lei initialing the wotkmen illegally fiom the

sen ice as contended by them

In view of my afoiesaid discussion on materials on leeoid,

I

nswei the lefeiencc m favour of the manaj/rnient

l!ui\e\ri

consideiin;. pooi economic condition of work-

man, 1 hcicby

otdei that the management

shall icconsider

th-ii tdse of leengaqement a flesh if fannutf imposed by

the h.phei authority is lifted and if the wpikmen approach

them actordinglj

Picp le an award accordingly

K ^ARMA, Presiding Officer

New Delhi the 3rd January, 2001

SO

102—In pmsiinnec of Section 17 of the

Indifstnal

Dispult- Act

1947 (14 of 1947) the Cential Government

hen by publish'^ the Awiid of the Cential Government In-

di mil rubunil f hiiulipi.ih is ^lln^^n m the Annovutt? JQ

240

THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : JANUARY 20, 2001/PAUSA 30, 1922

[PART II—SCC. 3(ii)J

the Industrial Dispute between the empio>crs in iclutiun to

the management of F.CI. and their workman, which was

received by (he Central Goveinment on 2-1-2001.

[No. L-22012/286/99-lR(C-Il>]

N, P. KESAVAN, Desk Officei

ANNF.XURH

BEFORE SHR[ B. L. JATAV, PRhSIDING OFHCER,

CENTRAL GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL-

CIJM-LABOUR COURT. CHANDIGARH

Case No. ID 255/2000

Union through the State Secietaiv,

FCl Class-IV Employees Union,

48, Industrial Area, Phase-1.

Chandigarh

. .Woikmen.

Vs.

Senior Regional Manager,

FCl, Punjab Region, Section 34-A,

Chandigarh.

- • • • Manascment.

REPRESEN l'ATTVES :

For the workman : Shri Tapan Moitra.

Pui the manaetment : None.

AWARD

Dated, 15th of November, 2000

The Central Goveinment vide gazette notification No, L-

22012 /286/99/lR(CM-II) dated 7th of June, 2000 has refei-

red the following dispute to this Tribunal for adjudication :—

"Whether the action of the Sr. Regional Manager, FCl

(Punjab) Chandigarh and District Manager, FCl

Chandigarh in denying the demand1 of FCl Clnss-IV

Employees Union, Chandigarh for absorption of

81 Security Guards engaged by FCl in their Re-

gional Office, Chandigarh (Punjab) and

vunous

others depot godown under Distnet Manager, FCl,

Chandigarh is just and legal ?

If not, to what

relief these HI secuiity guaids arc entitled V"

2. Today (he case was fixed for filling of claim statement

on behalf of the workmen.

The General Secretary ot the

Union appeared and made the following statement;

"A writ petition No. 5108/99 is pending in High Court

of Punjab and Haryana relating to the services of the

petitioners of (his Industrial Disputes.

The peti-

tion has been filed by us in which the names of

the applicants of this case hss been mentioned1. Thus

all the applicants has been made party in that peti-

tion.

I am iepresenting all the applicants of this

industrial disputes.

We do not want to proceed

with this reference,

The same may be returned as

withdrawn."

3. In v)ow of the above recoided statement of the rep.

of (he workman the present reference is returned to the

Ministry

as

withdrawn.

Appropriate

Government

be

informed.

Ch.indigarh,

15-11-2000

B. L. JATAV, Presiding Officei

New Delhi, the 3rd January, 2001

S.O. 103.-—Tn puisuancc of Section 17 of

the Industrial

Dispute Act, iy47 (14 ot 1947), tho Cential Government

hereby publishes the Award of (he Labour Court, Pune, as

shown in the Auncxurc in the Industrial Dispute between

the employers in relation to the management of Artificial

Limb Centre, Pune and their workman, which was leceived

by the Central Government on 2-1-2001.

fNo. L-14012|4l|99-IR(DU)]

N. P. KhSAVAN, Desk Officer

ANNEXURE

BEFORE SMT. S. V. SUVARNA, PRESIDING OFFICER,

II LABOUR COURT, PUNE

REK l.D. No. 169 of 1999

The Commandant,

AUificial Limb Centre, Warrowari,

Pune-411040.

I Party

AND

The President,

Artificial Limb Centic Employees Union,

73, Wanowri Bazar, Pune-411040.

..

U Party

CORAM : Smt. S. V. Suvarna.

APPEARANCE :

S'.nt. Iyer Advocate foi I party.

Mr, A, N. Kulkarni Advocate for II party.

AWARD

This icference is moved to this Court by the Government

•ot India, New Delhi under Clause (d) of Sub. Sec. (1) and

Sub Sec. 2(A) of Sec. 10 of the Industrial Disputes Act

1947 (14 of 19^7) for adjudication in icspect of the matter

specified in the Schedule hereto mentioned £>s undei: —

SCHEDULE

"Whether the action of the management of Artificial

Limb Centre, Pune in engaging Smt. Tresa Swamy,

as a Composer for 18 years on a consolidated wag-

es of Rs. 750 per month without regularising

in

service and thereafter terminating her services

is

legal and justified ? If not, to what lclief the said

workman is entitled to '?"

2, In brief the case of the second party who has raised1

her demand is that she has been working with the Fhst party

ns a Composer for 18 years on consolidated wages of Rs. 750

p.m. and she is a workman within the meaning of Sec. 2(A)

of tho I.D. Act, 1947 and the activities of the Artificial Limb

Centre and tie Printing Press falls within the definition of

'Industry' u/s 2(j1 of the I.D. Act J947. It is also the case

of the Second party that she has been continuously working

wilh the first party and she asked for regulurisation

vide

lettei dated 6-1-98, but the Commandunl, Artificial Limb

Centre, Pune after reading the representation got wild and

tc-niin.ited1 her services by Order No. ALC/NT/50605/A/Rcg.

Emp|CE dated 20-1-1998 illegally and wrongfully, It is fur-

ther submitted that during the entire service she has not

received any memo or warning, but her work was appreciated

by giving her certificate dt. 25-10-1982, It is also submitted

that the workman has studied upto 10th Standard. She can

read, write

and speak cnglish and in support of this she

has filed a School Leaving Certificate, issued hy the Princi-

pal, St. Joseph's Girl*; High School, Kainatnka.

The Me

dical Rcpou hy the Jloard of Medical

Experts of

the

241

Sa.soon General Hospital Pune is also filed to show that

the is fit to woik as Telephone Operator.

h is ulso sub-

mi I ted thai the workman has pointed oul the cider

of

Central Ciovernment Industiml Tnbunal No. 1 MiJnbai in

Reference No. CG1T-I/5 of 1993 in the case of Employee

where an order came to be passed by the Hon'hle High

Court and the workman was regularised in service and there-

fore the second paity is also entitled lo lCguiarisc in seivicc.

It is further submitted that the judicial decision ot the Sup-

leme Com I of India is the law declaied by the Supreme

Court and it is binding on the

parlies and ihercioie the

decision of the Supreme Court equally applies to the present

reference also. It is also submitted that the Aitifkiai Limb

Crime Pime has I'JO beded Hospital loi amputee patient

and it h:is work shop foi manufactuiing Artificial Limb and

also Aitificial Limb Centre's Punting Piess. To carry out

it's functions thjc following categoi ics of workmen

are

employed

like

Swccpeis,

Chowkidars, Messengers,

Ward

Boys, Mali, Mazdoor Female Nuising Asstl. Cooko, Cinema

Operator etc. It is further submitted that the abi,vj catego-

ries comprises more than 140 workmen including punting

press and the

present

workmen are

repi esenting in

the

works committee constituted

as per Sec. 3 of the I.U. Act

j947.

It is further submitted that the second parly is oitho-

pedieally handicapped having leserved post m the Artificial

Limb Centre as a Composer and accoiding to Govt. of India

Oilice Memorandum No. 39O16/2O/8O-Estl(c) dt. 30-12-1980

she is eligible to get relaxation upto 10 \cars for the appoint-

ment to the post in Artificial Limb Centie. It is also strbmit-

ted that she has registered her name in the Employment

Exchange in the year 1980 and she was also sent to Sasoon

General Hospital and she was lit for the post of 'lelephonc

Operatoi and accordingly she was appointed. Thus she has

prayer) that the order of the Commajidant teiminatiiiR hei

services should be quashed and set aside and appropriate relief,

should be granted1 to her.

3. The fust party have filed theii wntlen statement at

hx. 11 and havo contended1 that the second paily was ap-

pointed temporarily as a part time employee in the Printing

Press of the Artificial Limb Centre on humanitarian grounds

as she is orthopedically handicapped since birlh

The first

parly have denied that the Aitilicj.il Limb Centie falls within

the definition of 'industry'. Accoiding to the fiist party the

centre is a Hospital Tor rehabilitation of disabled

military

personnel and the press was cieated from out of ihe non-

governmental funds such as Donations thercloic, it is not

an 'Industry' as held by the Hon. Supreme Court in AIR-

1971-SC-1259. It is also the case of the first party that the

second party was over age at the time of inception for Gov-

ernment service and she was paid monthly honoiaritim lang-

ing between Rs. 160 to Rs 750 during her pait time emp-

loyment.

They have denied I hat she was illegally tcimina-

te'l fioin sci vice. According to the first party she was only

a tempoiaiy casual employee and not acainst any post or

vacancy. In spite of knowing this, she insisted on being regu-

larised, which was not possible as theic was no post

of

composer vacancy and she was over ago on the date of her

appointment as temporary hand.

She was nppojnied purely

on humanitarian grounds, and at the time of taking in emp-

loyment she was made awaic. The first partv has demVd the

other contentions in (he statement of claim and submitted

that the reference should be dismissed1 on the ground thai

there is no post authorised for composer. The applicant has

not sponsoied by the Employment Exchange and was not

within the ace limit prescribed 'foi Government service

and

she is not found fit medically for the job of ( omposer by

the Medical Board held1 at Sasoon General

Hospilal

and

lastly she does not have necessary qualification for the jobs.

4, The following issues have been framed after

going

through the pleadings of the parties at Ex. 18.

Issuo

Findings

1. Does the second party prove that

Yes

the termination is illegal and improper?

2. Does the second party prove that she is

Yes

entitled for the reliefs claimed

7

3. What awaid

.

ag below.

(REASONS

5. The advocate for the second paity union 1K:S filed

a

purshis at Ex. 20 stating that the union does not willi to lead

any oiul evidence in the above refeience,

Issue No. 1.—The Central Government by its oidei No.

14012/41/98/JR/DU dated Ui-2-9'J has lcfciicd the Indust-

rial Dispute to this Hoifble Couit for

adjudication.

To

decide whcthei the action of the management of Aitificial

Limb Centie, Pune m engaging 6mt. Tiessa Swamy for 18

years as a Composei without regulating her in seivice and1

thereafter terminating her .service is legal and justified. To

consider Ihis dispute, it is fir't ncccssaiy to ic^ei to the letter

of teiniination, which is being given to the second parly Smt,

Tiesta Swamy due to which the cause of action has aiisen.

II is aslo settled position that once -the termination letter is

given the Court will have to sec whether the reasons men-

tioned in the termination letler aie proper and legal and that

the action of termination is piopei or not? Theieioie, I am

quoting below (he contents of the teimination letter:—

'Termination of services :—

il) You aie hereby informed that join- seivRe «s a

Composer for Printing Press in this Centie is no

longer required.

2. Your service will therefore be

terminated

vv.ef.

20-1-1998,

3. One month pay in advance is being p.'id to you in

lieu of notice.

4. Please acknowledge leceipt of the letter.

Di : 2(1-1-98.

Sd/- S. K.. Jain

Brig Commandant."

6. I d.Adv A.N.

kulkarni appealing for the second paity

i.e. Aitidcial Limb Centre Mnployces Union on beh.lf of

Smt. Titssa Swamy in his synopsis of oral arguments ai Ex.

30 has submitted that as pel the teimination letter the atconu

pany woikman was working as a Composer for Ptmting

Press and therefoic when her services are terminaled after

pulling in 18 years of

seivice without any leason as men-

tioned1" in the termination letter, the teimination

is illegal

and malalidc. According to Mr. Kulkarni Advocate the only

n-Asoii for teiminating the services of the second party is that

she is no longer required. This reason without any

valid

ground appears to be by way of a victimisation and unfaii

labour practice. In reply in the written synopsis filed by the

fust part}—Vtiiicial Limb Centic, it is contended that the

Pmt> No. 2 is a handicapped person and on account

of

humanitaiian giounds she was engaged on citsu.il day to day

basis in the Printing Press, which is i un v ith (he said regimen

tal hinds and that on the date of joining i.e 9-2-1980 as per

the School Leaving Certificate produced by the second paity-

Smt. Tiessa Swumy she was over aged to be employed1 in

any post, in the Paid post be older than 28 years and she is

;'!so not otherwise qualified for the suid job being a non-

jnatiic. Secondly, only the peisons sponsored by the Emp-

loyment Exchange are employed in Printing Pi ess and Mis,

Swamy has not come fiom Fmployment E\chnnge as shr has

got herself registered after joining the Piniting Piets. Ciicu-

lar of the Ministry of Home Affairs Deptt. dated y-2-81 is

lelieJ upon by them to show that of the post resetved fo>

physir ,1Iy handicapped

should be filled in tin ouch ljmp-

loyment Pxchange. It is also contended that there is no post

of Composer. Tt is also submitted

in the written synopsis

by the first paily that the report of Ihe medical boaid is

dited 21-8-81 and the second party joined piior to that and

ihe medical renort states that a second paity is lit for Tele-

phone operator or \ssembly Line Job onlv and therefore

she is not entitled to take undue advantage of the letler issued

to hei by the then Commandant

Therefore, the action in

terminating her services is legal valid and binding on the

employer.

7. Beloic T proceed to consider the submissions of both

the pdi-lirs in their written synopsis, I cannot tiaversc be-

yond Ihe pleadings of the parties. In the statement of claim

Hi" en*'* of the workman k thai she has been appointed hv

ilk' Commandant, AviificTnl Limb Cenlre on 9-2-1 lJRO and

the was woikiny under ihe supetvNon and control of the

142

THE GAZE FIB OF Il^DfA : JANUARY 20, 2(H)L/TAUSA 30, 1922

|PAKI II—Src. 3(iiJ]

Commandant Artificial l.imb Cenlic for rnoic itun US yc.i1..

61ie lias also pleaded ihai on t>-l-v'U sue made repiesenuiLiuii

to the ( ommaiuiaiH loi

rcgu>aiis,;uon or seiVico .aid

loi

grant of appropriate pay scale svnd wiUi a request to consi-

uer hei msc lavuuiuoiy.

novvevet, me munauemeiK auei

leading hei representation got wild and leimitmed hci ••er-

viccs. Sht has also pleaded that one Mr. SLinkam hulp.ijjJi

was wurkmjj m the Aiuhual Limb Lemie, jfuutmjj riwb

and he has been initialised accoidnj£ to me vcidici ol tne

Central (joveinmem, industrial

Jnounal and Die piesent

woiknun also apptais lo same calcgoiy and winking Mr.uv

l9iiO.

Sht has alao pleaded thjL nun"^ hci scivice penod

she has not received any memo or waimni; and her woik.

was uppieciated and she win, issued a certificate dt. 25-JO-lVMi.

She has studied upro lUih Standaid.

She lias also ple^ued

I lint tne Sasoun ueneral Huspuai uas declined hei lit to

d<> Ulephone Operator Job and assembly line job. Jjhc li.is

also lehect upon the judgement of the rion Die Hign Loun

HI W.K No. 402 ot yo and iinlhei pleaded (hat tiic Aititicial

Limb Ccnuc has 19o bcileil hospital loi amputee pattern

and vv<ik shop and aLo Aildiuiil Lunb Luuiu i'r.ulMi;

J'.CBLI to uniy out its funcuon.

The vanous woumen aie

emploicd lull time such as ^weepers, diowk:dar, JViajdoor

etc.

It is also pleaded thai the second paity is oithopcdi-

CJIIV.

S handicapped having rcsciv-d the post in Aitilicial

Limb Centie as a Gomposci and according to Government

of India memorandum dated 30-12-80 she is entitle-d to net

relaxation of age upto 10 >ears and her name is also iegis-

lercd with the employment exchange in (lie year ly80 and

she is also medically (if [oi woik and accoidmgly sue v, j ,

appointed and theretoie Die complainant's ci.se is tnat hei

te.inni.ilion is illegal and she hns continuously worked foi

18 >ears and theiewns no reason lui teiminahng her seivices.

In iopl> the case of the tiist paity is that the Artificial

Limb Gentre is nol au 'indii-Jiy' within the meaning ot Sec-

tion HI) of the ID. Act,

With regaul1 to this jiurdietion

poini c\iept the pleadings there is no evidence brought on

recnid by the Hist party to put the first paity out of the

definition of 'industry'.

In the written synopsis filed by

the illst paiLy, they have not taken up this ai;jument.

Sec-

ondij, in view ol the Bangalore Water Supply ease wheie

theie is a systematic activity .ind the leimionship of an

employer employee exist the In si party will fall within tilt-

deiimtion of 'industiy'.

'llieictoie this piehminaiy conten-

tion is ovei ruled

The second contention in tli; wnlten

sialcmcnf is that the concerned1 workman was ov^r aped at

the time of joining the scivice and she was only tempoiaiy

cn«unl employee and not against any po>t or vacancy and

despite nothing.

This w.'is invsted Jor refiulaiisntion which

WHS not possible as there was no post of Composer or

vaeani-y und as she W.IT over aged and she was appointed

puidy en humaniUuian ground inid that she has not coine

from Lmployment I'vchange.

The fir'-t paily in the W.S.

has stated that the case of Mr. Fulpafjar is not applicable

to the case of the second1 paitv concerned ;is lie was medi-

cally fit and he was within the a^e limit.

It is further

pleaded th.it there is no post of Composci in the Punting

Pie-.b.

It is further submitted that as pai the medical cei-

tiliLatc of Saloon General Hospital the second paitv wns fit

for Telfhore Operator and Arsemhly Line job.

In the last,

parn uf the W.S. Ihe first paity has stated that the claim

and the application of the '•econd paity Ms Treta Swumy

should be dismissed on lie following grounds :—

(a) There is no post airthoiiscd for 'Composer,

(b) The name of appleumt (Ms. Tresn Kvvamy) hnd not

been sponsored by the Employment Exchange.

(o She was not within the Age Limit prcciibed for

Government service at the time of appointment.

(d) She is not foun'1 fit medically f'Jr the job of Com-

poser bv the Medical Board hHd at Sasoon Geneial

Hospital.

(e) She does not have the neecsaiy qualification for the

said job.

Therefore eonsidciing the ihovc H''ounds and the icasons

mentioned in the letter of leiminatlla it appears to me

ihnt the f'ist party has di-v.-loned new i'are and bioufht our

v.iriruN new reas'oiv; fo< ifirniinilin" 11n™ ieiviv-C of the siv-

oitd pmty liy way oL' .in afin thnnnjit in iheii wnilen vtfltc-

jiiiciii.

If the ktici of ti;rmin.ition and tlie W.S. aie lead

icjjtinL., 1 ti.id i.iJt tne leaions aie muring.

LetLCi oi

lekiniiiaiion says iiiuL tne second punys aervi^gs nre termi-

iimcd aa iiei StiVices as> a L-Oinposei ior I'nntmg Press is

no IOL^CI lcquueti.

ilie k-iLe! m ic.initiation does nol sel

out ine vauous itasous pleaded m the Vv.S. at puia-Jia, b,

v., d and e set out above,

o. J d. Adi. kulkanu ui h.s million

ubuiission has cate-

gi iitftuy

mentioned thiii. hie letUi ol ie* mi nation

nseit

intncioiTi thut she was woikmg as a LOmposur in Piinting

lJicss in me Aitiiiciai Limb Centre and octoic teiniinaung.

licr services she was not medically examined.

He also

lercued to tne evidtncc oi tne management vV.mcss wiio has

admitted tnat Srat. Tresy.i Swamy was working in tho Printing

Picss. lhcietoic the comentiou ol the rust piUly in their

written synopsis that since the medical ceuilic.ite issued by

Hie sasoon Hospital certiiied the second paity fit to work

as a- Telephone Operator or Assembly Line iob only, is not

coned 'letaiiie wnen the management witness is eunfiimins

ihc appo,utnn.nt ol ihe second party in the XJiIILLJIIS Picsa

the submission ot the advocaie lor the first pauy mat the

appointment oi the second party was not made in the Printing

Picss, but hhc was only to fit to woik as a. Telephone Opcia-

toi" oi Assembly Line job is n c acceptable ,md the submis-

sions m.'oc ni the wriu^n s>nopsu lit paui-7 aie not correct.

Consideiing the evidence of the management witness Mr.

Hajcwa and his admission that Smt. 'Iresa Swamy was woikmg

in me Fuming Picss tun by the first paity union the witness1

has tried to improve upon his evidence by saying that Smt.

Swamv was. helping in the press and she was not appointed

in a particular post. Mi. Bajawa also stated that Smt. Swamy

was over aged at the time of joining for iegalar employ-

ment and she did not come from Employment Exchange.

Sue was not phj-iically fit for employment, She is handicapped

in upper iiijib and she cannot employed as a Composer i.e.

handicapped. lie has also clarified that she was employed

lo help out on humanitarian grounds and ihe ennnot be taken

back, in employment on the post as there is no such post,

On going through the W.S. filed by the first purty and on

going thruugh the evidence given by the witness of the

ilrst party 1 find that there arc lot of contradictions and

tiic \VS. i1 very vague. It docs not mention what work the

.second paity was exactly doing. In the W.S. it is merely

ittcniioniJ that second party was employed on part time.

She was a tempoiaiy casual employee and there was no

POJI of Composer of vacancy. It has also been mentioned

in para-4 of the W.S. that Ihe has been appointed puiely

in humanitaiian grounds. In tho entire W.S. it has no whero

been mentioned that what particular kind of work the second

paily was doing wheieas in the evidence the management

witness has confiimed that Smt. Tresa Swamy was working

in tl't Printing Picss and aicording to this witness she was

only helping in the press and she was not employed ap a

Composer. In tho cross examination the witness admits that

the second party was working in the Printing Pi ess but

ikuicd tho suggestion that she was giving composing work,

Rut, he htf, also admitted that the press it working till today.

The wlt.iess further admitted after looking to the document

at Si. NO. 3 of Ex. 8 that the second party was fit for

vniking as a Telephone Operator

or Assembly Line

job.

Theiefore, on going thiough the averments in the W.S. and

the deposition of the management witness one thinR has

been made clear that there was a unit in the fir^t paitv I.e.

Prilinq Press The only controveisy which requires to be

looked into in this case is whether the second party was

Jo'nj' the work of a Composer because the W.S. filed bv

the liist party in para-12(A) says that there is1 no post

authorised for Composer. It io pertinent to note that the

termination letter issued to the workman clearly mentions

that her service as a Composer for the Printing Press Is no

innR.M- required This letter has been issued by S. K. Jain,

Bii? Commandant of the flr.t party. Secondly, there is also

one document issurd lo the s*:ond party by the office of the

firs'

partv

signed

by Brig. I. C. Narang

Professor

ot

OrthriTvedic', (ARMC) Commandant Artificial Limb Centie

dt. 2^-10-1982 where ii has been clearly mentioned that the

second party has joined the Printing Press Comv)o>-ing Section

in 1980. Therefore theso two documents, which are filed on

reeeord hv the second party proves that the second party

wns wnrkinp in the Composition Section ;is fi Composer.

JV, i!i<"f doiiunent', -nc ijivcn hv Ihe Bri;;adi:r CommnncUirif

it ihe first pmtv bud Itiost1 documruis fire not denied bv thi-

:43

fin>t paj-ty their only contention in the willten statement it,

that the applicant was given employment on humuniUuan

giounds and the management witness in the cio'is examination

has stated that the Commandant

Artificial

Limb

Lcitlie

appomled hcic. He has also filmed thul aithon/h tlide w, s

no post but she was working. Quoted below is ilu «.i.atemi:pt

oi the management witness Mi. Bujawa:—

"The Commandant Artificial Limb Centre feppoiuied hei.

It i', 11 nc that there was no post, but she was

working."

It can also be seen from the pleadings in the application at

pura-8 that the second party has specifically pleaded that

she has been issued a ceilificato by the Commandant dt,

25-10-1982 appieciating her work. Tn the writlen statement

the first party denied the issuance of this cerLlfieitc at para-9

and they

have merely answered the

said pleading

a-,

under:—

"The ceitilicate mentioned in pata-R was given in favour

of the applicant/party No. 2 in oidei to help her

secure employment elsewhere and at Iici request

it may b.; noted I hut il ha> been i .sued in j<-)82."

Therefore from this leply, it can be seen th.it tlf,eic is no

denial about the issuance of the suid certificate. Therefore

the contents of the said certificate are required to be con-

sidered by this Court for drawing the conclusion that the

second party though physically handicapped she ioinecl the

Prilling Press in the Composing Section in 1980 and het

work was good therefore, 171 view of the rcjwons mentioned

in the teifnination lettei and the co'Tienls of the certificate

cle;.ily go to show that there was work of composer in ihe_

first piiitv and (hat the second party was woikinc in the'

Printing Press about which theie is no dispute. The first

party have failed to bung any cogent evidence before the

Court to move that the second party was helping in the

Printing Picss and not domp any composing work They have

not examined any LO-woiker to piove that the work of the

second pai-iy was only to help in the Printing Press. On the

other hiwid th,• termination letter and the certificate jiiven

bv the first party support the case of the second party that

she was worHini; as a compost-i in the Printing Press. Hence

The fir-t conlenlinn of the first party that the application

should be dismissed as there is no post

authorised

for

Composer requires to be rejected. It is pertinent to virite that

offer the ••"•renments have been over the fiist party has pro-

duced bcfoio the court the list of various cale^ories and

the post in the li.st party to show that there was nu post of

Owwovi'i,

It is r^'f!nrnt to note that the tnanapernent w'tnrss

him-Hf h'<<- rtalod that the sec-ond nartv was workini' in the

Panting Press and he has also stated that although there

was no post, vet the second party was doirir» the work

ThnufoTC considering the statement, on record Mii-e theie is

n Printing Pir^s theie is bound to he comnosition, woik

aid 0 Comwcr is ieqii!ird to work

in Print in q Press.

Thcrrfur^ in ihe fncts and cimimrtances of the case as Ihe

leimmatiTi letter and the certificate given by th* '"nmrnavi-

dnnt Artificial Limb Centre clearly mentioned that the second

P1 rtv v :r- vork'nc as ,1 '"Ym-r.'-ev, Hii-cg c'nei TT'nts wriHi

air produced on record do not help the case of the fiist

pmtv that (Vie was TIO post authorised for comooser.

8. Cominc to the 'ecand contention of the first pa>lv that

ihe secid n"rtv Mi pot r-een sp("-nso-"d bv lh" Eni'ilovm-nf

r\ch 'lie: and hence her appointment

is not

local

and

ihcrcfoii'

ilie first partv y, not required to foi'ow Ihe

pro'^t'O'iv "f Imv Tn th it respect, T d. Adv. Kulkarni has

Mitimitlcd t'nt fhp worVnvin h,is produced on iecord of the

Point the rmplovment Fvchange Recitation letter at Sr.

No ^ with V- R issued in t'v- veir 1 "5ST rind the ^eron<l

pjitv bid ic-istrred herts'f with the FmrOnvmerf Exchan"e

ami Mr. Knlkai ni Adv. aim relied unon the following two

iiidt'Tnfnt17 in Mmooit oT his argument that even othoiwisc

r T n i J o v m P ' i t

l ' \ e | i r n t i p

Ae|

1Q^4

\

n o t

w n l i V » H j

n

t h e

ntesent rasr benusp what is rontcmolafed in the soul Act

i<- th- minr'fpmfi1 has t 0 notify the vjicnrC'Cs 'ind rail for

the li't of cand'datf" and it >'s nisn TIO( necewai" tl'rit the

'-rip lneiupni I? bnnnd tn <;.-V-.-f []T- r,ir''i.Hi^ frnm

ihr 11st

hni

ih'1 i m m i i c m e n t

c,"n

select

i.nv

"ul'-idi'i. T o

'•linoorl

this

Mihmi iior\

lb»

iiid"Pinftit

,-.f

M P

H C

jfnnvt.Tl

in

1400-1 TTN-P-inifi is relied vhete it has bfcn held tlut.

"The Act docs not oblige any employer tu employ those

persons only w)io have been sponsored

by the

hmployment iAchange locally 01 outside."

'Ihe next judgement ot the Hon. S.C. reponcd in I9i>7-1

LU. page 5b 1, l-ull Bencn, where u has hd-ii held that—

'•Sckttion

of LdnUidatefj

should, be tcatneied lo the

candidates sponsoied by tn^- kinployniu.u i^Acnangc

aioae

department 01 undeuakuig or estabLsiii-

ment should call lor the names by publication in

news

papers navmg wider cu dilation

and also

display on their om.ee notice boaids or tAiuounco

on radio, television and employment news bulletirjs

and then consider the cases ot all the candidates

lor appointment to posts trader State—Such pro-

t'ecluie would be fair and would satisly "test of

equality of opportunity". Therefore in view of the

documents filed on record by the second patty em-

ployee at Sr. No, 3 of the list dt Ex. 8. it is

pnma facie established that she had applied for the

Employment Exchange and she registered herself

as per the pi of 01 ma tiled with Ex. S and in view

ot the judgement of the Hon. Supiemc Court Ihe

contention o± the first paity that since she has not

been rcci uited through the Employment Exchange

her appointment was riot proper, cannot be accepted

and further it also heeds to be mentioned hcjc that

ihe lirst party has allowed the second party to

remain in employment for more than IK years. This

itself shows that they had waived the condition for

sponsorship by the Employment Exchange in the

case of the second party-Workman,

The third

condition for dismissing the application is that the

second party was riot Within the age limit prescribed

foi Government seivice and she w.is not found fit

medically foi the job of Compsoer by the Medical

Bojrd held at the Sasoon General Hospital. These

2 conditions are also not proved by the first party

because the second party has relied upon the riles

of the Government alongwith list Ex, 8 at Sr. No. 4

for the handicapped persons, and as pt*r this lule

oi the Government

the physically

handicapped

persons are entitled to relaxation of upper age limit

upto

10 years for the purpose of appointment to

Group lC and 'D' posts. As per the date of birth

mentioned in the School leaving Certificate the

second party WBI borne- in December 1949 therefore

on the date of her appointment 117 service with the

first parly in lySO here age at that relevant time

was 31 years. The first party in their written state-

ment have not mentioned the required age for the

appointment of the second party and the burden

was on the liist parly to prove what was the light

ace fixed by the Government to gtt employment

\\ ftfi the fiist parly at Ihe relevant time. Since the

first pally has come up with the contention in their

vtiitten s!s(ement that she was not within the age

liiri't it was for the first party to discharge the burden

and in that respect Ld, Adv. Kulkarni has submitted

in his written submission that as per the deposition

of the management witness that she was over aged

at the time of joining for regular employment is a

bold lie and it is also submitted that there is diffe-

rence between pleadings and proof and nothing has

been moved by the management. It is further sub-

mitted in the written arguments that the date of

hfrth of thi" workman is 31-12-1949, which means

her (ige is 51 vears as on today and she enn continue

till the ape of (SO years. Therefore, considering the

submissions of Ld. Adv. Kulkarni and since the

first party has not discharged his buiden of proving

that the second party was over ai;ed at the lime of

inception for Government service they have also

not disnuted Ihe Government Rules piodurcd on

record hv the second partv to show that relaxation

of 10 year1- in ace is given to the candidnte. who

are physically handicapped and the pleadings at

rnrn-13 rcpaidinir ob'-ervations hv ITon

Supreme

Court are -"of defied or disputed in the written

statement. Then-fun- the L-ontention nf the first p;irtv

that she WHS not within the auc Jim;t and therefore

she was not qualified for servfi-e and as this tround

is also not proved therefore the application enrmot

?44

THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : JANUARY 20, 7001/PAUSA 30, 1922

[PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]

be dismissed on account oi the contention of iJic

lust paity in Clause 12(c) of the VV.S. that the

second patty was over aged."

Coming to the next ground Clause 12-D in the written

statement wheie it hus been mentioned that the claim appli-

cation should be dismissed on the ground that the second

paity was not fit medically for the post of Composer by the

Medical Board held at Sasoon General Hospital and Jhc

iloes not have necessary qualification for the said job as per

Clause 12-H, both these grounds are taken together as the>

both dealt with the qualification for doing the job of Com-

poser and (he expeiicnce. It is pertinent to note that the

fiist paity has not brought any evidence on record to show

that the second party became medically unfit today for the

job of Composer. 'Ihey have also not bi ought any indepen-

dent evidene before the Court setting out the qualification

or Composer as it is the case of the first party that she

is not fit medically for the job of Composer and she does

not hove necessary qualification, the burden was on the first

parly to discharge the said contention. The management

witness who is examined before the Court in respect of u,i-

fitness of the second party has deposed that the second puity

cannot be employed as a Composer with her handicapped m

upper limb, The witness has not stated anything in the chief

examination about the qualification, which aie required for

thc appointment of a Composer. In the cross-examination the

management witness admitted that they have not made recent

medical examination

befoie

terminating second

party's

.services. He has also admitted in the cioss-examn, that he

cLiunot say anything about the qualification required for the

jnh ,i, there is no post.

Fiom the statements on lecord, it

can be infencd that before leiminating the services of the

second paity on the ground that she was not fit medically

for the job of Composer has not been pioved. This is evident

fiom the evidence of the management witness nnd in my view

without oblaining the opinion of a person duly qualified

to see v\ hether the personal was physically fit or unfit for

woik the management should not have come to the con-

dition that the second party is not fit medically. The manage-

ment must give reasons for their view that the second party

is not fil medically for the job of Composer because thev

must cct forth the observed data and then Inference must

b" drawn based on such observation. Ld. Adv. Tyer, in her

v.iitten syhopsis has submitted that the medical board ol

Sasoon General Hospital has certified that she cf.n work as

a Telephone Operator or Assembly line job. Therefore the

second party was not fit to woik as a Composer. However,

this Court cannot over look the letter of termination and

Ihe service certificate produced on record by the workman,

which clenrlv mentions that the second party was doing the

wurk of ComDoscr in the Printing Press. Therefore, although

the Sasoon General Hospital certificate has stated that she

could do thf woik of Telenhone Operator but the manage-

ment witness rdmittcd in the Chief Examination thnt there

was no post, but she was working

Which

means

1hfit,

nlfhrwuh the work of telephone operator was not being done

bv the second party, she was doing the work of Composer

for all these 1R years and the miMiaeement witness has also

shiled thar she was wnrkine in the Printing Press, che was

or'v helpjntt Apart from this statement there is no other

evidence bioucht on record to show that second party was

doing only hHni'T work in the Printing P/e^s. Whereas the

ilr rumen's

of

the first party i.e. termination letlev i-uid

tV certificate of service mentions that Ihe second partv WHS

denn" work of Composer So therefore this ii a rtrniradv-toi v

'1. fotnen1. whirti is aeainst the documents nroriured of the

fiiit nnrtv which urecs mr to discard the oral evidence pi\m

hv ilit* infir ••'emert wi<nees intf recent the documents viz

term;nntinn Mter H ^\ the •Jcrvice cerHfirnte to hold that the

•fciTiii nm-tv wao doinir Comnnser work cn<l that oVie wis

Pf to do Ihe •vor''

is tV minaffemrnt failed to latisfv thf

Comt how thev hv> fnimed the opinion that the second1

p.ilv was not fit medically for the job of Composer.

Theiefore on consideration of the facts of the present

ca'e, the rontcntio'i of Ihe first party that there was no post

mithoriofd for Composer a-ntl that the second party was not

fil medicallv tn do the work of Composer, requires to bo

rrjce1?i1 '•nd the rontention of the first parlv i«i malafide

bei-»"<K» the document viz termination letter and the service

fwtificife f'vtn by th- officer of the first nnrlv shows that

fin- second p:irty wns doing the work of Composer and the

contention in the W.S. arc taken only with an intention to

defeat the claim of the second party. Therefore, I have conic

ttj the conclusion that the termination of services of the

second pJi ty-workman is illegal and malafide and therefoie

the second paity-Smt. Tresa Swamy is entitled to all the

iihcCs claimed in the application because as the employee

has put in 18 years continuous service and thereafter her

NCI\ices aie terminated illegally and today it will be very

difficult lor her to get employment with her handicape and

she has gained sufficient expeiience while working with the

uVst party therefore the service of (he second party requires

to be protected against the wrongful dismissal and so the

normal rule is of reinstatement on her Original post with

immediate effect nnd with full backwages on the basis of

her last diawn salaiy. Accordingly, I am inclined to allow

tlic icfere'iice and pass the following award.

AWARD

(J) The lcference is allowed.

(2) The first party is dilected to reinstate the second

paity-workman Smt. Tresa Swamy on her original post and

giy< her full backwages on the basis of her last drawn wages

wiih continuity of service.

SlvfT. S V. SUVARNA, Presiding Officer

Date: 14-11-2000

New Delhi, the 4th January, 2001

S.C\ 104.—In pursuance of Section 17 of the In-

dustrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), the Cent-

ral Government hereby publishes the Award of the

Central

Government

Industrial

Tribunal'Labour

Court, Calcutta, as shown in the Annexurc in

the

Industrial Dispute between the employers in relation

ta the management of Coal India Ltd. and their

workman, which was received by the Central Gov-

ernment on 3-1-2001.

[No. L-22012|452|96-TR(C-II)l

N. P. KESAVAN, Desk Officer

ANNEXURC

CENTRAL GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL

TRIBUNAL AT CALCUTTA

Reference No. 36 of 1997

PARTIES :

Employers in relation to the management nf

Dankuni Coal Complex

AND

Then Wcfrkmen.

245

PRESENT :

Mr. Justice B. P. Sharma, Presiding Officer.

APPEARANCE:

On behalf of Management.—Mr. K. Bandopa-

dhya, Advocate with Mr. S.

Mukherjee,

Advocate.

On behalf of Workmen.—Mr. A. Bhadury, rep-

rsentative of the Union.

STATE : West Bengal.

INDUSTRY : Coal.

AWARD

By Order No. L-22012|452|96-IR(C.II)

dated

29-8-1997 the Cemral Government in exercise

of

its powers under section 10(1 )(d) and (2A) of (he

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 referred the following

dispute to this Tribunal for adjudication .

"'Whether the action of the management

of

Dankurti Coal

Complex

of

Coal India

Limited in fixing the

pay of Shri

Ram

Chandra Makal in Tech.

Grade 'F'

less

than his junior Shri Partha Dasj is legal and

justified ?

If not, to

what relief

is Shii

Makal entitled and from which date?"

2. The matter under reference is very simple. The

effected workman Shri Ram CTiandre Makal raised

a grievance that his pay was fixed at a lower stage

than another workman, Shri Partha Das. though the

said Fartha Das was junior to him. When the master

could not

be settled by representation to the mana-

gement by the union arid also during conciliation

proceeding before the Labour Commissioner, it has

been referred to this Tribunal.

The question to be

decided is whether the action of the Dankuni

Coal

Complex in fixing the pay of the effective workman

Ram Chandra Makal, at a lower stage than that of

Partha Das is legal and justified.

3. The facts of the case are admitted. The Dankuni

Coal Complex

(D.C.C. in short) is

a

subsidiary

Company of Coal India Ltd., in short, known

as

C I.L. and it is a factory within the definition nf the

Industrial Dispufes Act, 1947. It is also admitted that

the employees of the Company arc governed by

the

National

Coal Wage Agreement, in

short, NCVVA

and at the material point of time NCWA-1H was in

force. There arc some bipartite and tripartite; settle-

ments ftom time to time between the Company and

its employees and these settlement

confer

certain

facilities, privileges and

benefits to the

employees.

The union which sponsors the cause of the effected

workman was established in 1085.

Th-J

concerned

workman was appointed on 2-3-19RP, iG Operator—

IV (Topmani in the T & SR in the t-ale of Rs. 1050-

27-1428

In 1980 he pot an increment and li:s pay

was fixed at Rs. 1077. 'Thereafter, an internal adver-

tisement was made asking for the options of

the

persons of th"s grade to be absorbed in Grade- F . He

was then in

Grade-'C. The

concerned

workman

applied for the same. He -,vas alto interviewed and

was selected for appointment in the higher grade wi'Ii

effect from

14-2-1990 in

the

scale of

pay

of

Rs 1075-30-1495. Since his basic pay was Rs. 1077

at the time of promotion, his next pay was fixed at

Rs. 1105 and after getting an increment of Rs.

30,

his pay was fixed at Rs. 1135 in 1991. On the other

liand, the said Partha

Das joined on 21-3-1988 as

Opera.or-lV (Bottom manj in the scale of Rs. 1050-

2/-1428. However, the nature of job of both

the

concerned workman

and' Partha

Das were

same,

ihough nomenclature were different. However,

the

pay of Shri Das was fixed at Rs. 1050 on the date of

his appointment and

he got one increment in 1989

and hJS basic pay became Rs. 1077. Accordingly, in

the next year i.e. in the year 1990 his basic pay come

lo be Rs. 1104 and it become Rs. 1131 in

1991.

Then, he was promoted to Grade-F with effect from

9-4-1991 and his basic pay was fixed accordingly at

Rs. 1155. The grievance of the concerned workman

is ihi't though he was getting Rs. 1135 in the year 91,

a pjL'3cn junior to him, namely, Partha Das was getting

Rs, 11'65. h has been contended on behalf of

the

workman that since the nature of job of both the

persons was the same, they were en'itled to the same

pay and similar treatment and there has been discri-

mination in fixation of pay of the concerned workman

by keeping him at a lever stape in the mat'er

or

fixation of pay than the person junior to him.

The

matter was accordingly raised and the dispire arose.

4. Facts arc no" being den'ed and challenged1 by the

management, but, it has been contended on behalf of

the management that at the time when the concerned

workman Ram Chandra Makal op'cd for Grade-F,

the said workman Partha Das did not opt and he re-

mained in the same grade. So, according to the prin-

c'fle of fixation on his promotion, his pay was fixed.

But, subsequently the ^aid Partha Das was also con-

sidered for promotion in regular course to Grade-F

and at that time since his pay was higher, his pay was

fixed at a rrcher level and it is only because of the

wstem of fixation of pay that the anomaly has tnl;cn

place.

Therefore. *hi* management denies that there

}<: PO Tnnift^r of discrimination or nnvthW unfair has

V n Hnip bv *W mfltwMnrnt so far ?s thf* concerned

worl-mnn !•-, conrernM.

5. Evidence, oral as well as documentary has been

laid by both the paries. The documents, arc also

pracicrlly unchallenged. So far as Ext. W-l is con-

cerned, it is minutes of the meeting held on different

dates between the management of D.C.C. and D.C.C.

Employees' Union concluded on 11-1-1994.

From

this, paper it appears that at Serial No. 9 the case of

the concerned workman had been discussed

and it

appears that the management of D.C.C. had recom-

mended the case ot the concerned workman to

the

Head Ouarlers of C.I.L. lor favourable

considera-

tion.

But the proposal did not find favour with the

Head Quarters of the C.I.L. and it was turned down.

Rxt. W-° is a pap~r which lays down the principles

of fkiron or pay of the employees. Ext. W-3 is the

copy of afn order of the Hon'ble High Court at Calcutta

dated 29th August, 19S0 in case of Prafulla Prakash

Chowdhury and Ors., V. Sta*e of West Bengal and

Ors. Sinrlar matter arose there and it was held by

the Hon'ble High Court that the pay of a senior, if

fixed at a sface less lhan junior, should be compen-

sated.

Ext. W-4 is the representation of the effect-

ed workman to the General Manager regarding ano-

maly in his pav and Ext. W-5 is also a similar Je+ter

dated 16-12-1991, On the other hand1, Ext. M-l is the

59 GX/2001—«

246

THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : JANUARY 20, 2001/PAUSA 36, 1922

[PART U—SEC. 3(ii)]

appointment letter of Partha Das. Ext. M-2 is the

appointment lel.ci of the concerned workman. Ram

Chandra Mdkal. ExL, M-3 is the chart showing the

d eol

ppontnrn , basic pay and date of increment

ot -+.e concerned workman and others. Ext. M-4 is

ihj. order ot promotion of Shri Partha Das to Grade-

F. Ex . M 5 ,s the

chart

giving

details of

.h- fi�tijn of pay and date ot next increment. Ext.

M 6 s

letter ssued by D.C.C. under C.I.L. regard-

, g o'ec ion nd pfecment through interview

on

li gh

p s n Wh ch detailed chart of the promoted

perils ;< < ftac'icd which finds the name

of the

concerned workman also and it appears that his pro-

mot'on was effected on 14-2-1990.

6. The union examined the concerned workman as

\VW-1 and Anup Ghosh, General Secretary of the

union as WW-2. On the other hand, the manage-

ment examined Sukhendu Bikash

Das

Mahapafra,

Personnel Manager of D.C.C, as its sole witness. So

far as the witnesses for the union are concerned, they

hove simply stated facts as stated above and have

taised a grievance that the concerned workman had

joined earlier in the same grade in which Partha Das

joined later. Th» concerned workman was

senior

tQ Partha Das and the Grade-F to which both of

them were subsequently promoted is also the same

grade having same nature of work, the pay fixed in

favour of fhc concerned workman should not have

been less than Partha Das. The witness

for

the

management has also admitted all these facts

and

has Stated that thj pay of the concerned

workman

was fixed as per rules governing selection, while the

ense of Paitha Das> was considered by fixing his pay

in terms of the promotional policy. Therefore, ac

coiding to him there was no discrimination, nor any-

thing illegal was done. However, this witness

ad-

mitted in his cross-examination that the nature of

work of both the workmen happen to be the same

pnd ii has al*o been stated that subsequently both the

posts of Topmnn and Bottomman have been merged

'n the same cadre.

7 In this context it has b=en submitted on behalf

of the urpon that since both the workmen concern-

ed, i.e.. Ram Chandra Makal and Partha Das were

appirnted in the same grade and since Ram Chandra

Makal was senior to Partha Dae in the matter of

trvnuiP, U appears to be unfair that his pay has been

fixed at a lower stage than that of Partha Das. How-

ever, it has been contended on behalf of the mana-

<rm-m that the comparative chart attached

with

the;r written statement will clearly show that there

hv teei n^'thei any unfair treatment, nor any iUe-

snl'tv in fixing the nay of both the workmen by the

Comrvnv

It has been pointed out that it is true

trnt both the persons were appointed as Operator-

TV in Technical Grade-G, but the cadres were diffe-

Ten< ns the concerned

workman^ Ram Chandra

Miknt w=>s appointed in

Grade-C as Operator-IV

ToDmans while Partha Das was appointed in Tech-

nical Grade-G as Operator-IV Bottomman.

It has

b=-cn ro;n!ed out that

originally both the persons

were in the same scale i.e. Rs. 1050-27-1428 and

the bTic mv of the

concerned

workman. Ram

„Chandra Makal .on 2-3-1988 was Rs. 1050. His next

date of increment was 1-3-1989 and on that date

his pay *vas fixed at Rs. 1077. His second date of

increment happened to be on 1-3-1990, but, in the

meanwhile he opted fpr appointment tq .Qpsrator-IH

Bottomman in Technical Grade-F in the scale

,qf

Rs. 1075-30-1495 and he was found fit and

was

appointed in Technical Grade-F with effect

from

14-24990

and on the

basis of his basic pay of

Rs. 1077, h'i pay was fixed at Rs. 1105. The next

date ot his increment now became l-2rl991 and on

that date his pay was fixed at Rs. 1135* On

the

other hand, Partha Das was appointed and his basic

pay was fixed at Rs. 1050 and his next date of incre-

ment was 1-44989

when his

basic pay became

Rs. 1077. His next increment date was 1-4-1990

on which date his basic pay became Rs. 1104. There-

after, the next datt of increment being 1-4-195*h his

bisic pay became Rs. 1131, Then he was prompt-

ed to the post of Bottornman, Operator-IH in Tecb-

nic 1 Grad:-F on 9-4-1991 and oa the basis o£ tus

baic pay of Rs. H31 his pay was fixed at Rs, 1165

in the .scale of Rs. 1075-30-1495. It i$, therefore,

contended on behalf of the management that actually

neither anything unfair has been done to the concern-

ed workman Ram Chandra Makal,, nor any favour

has been shown to Partha Das; Rather,Jt is a kind

of peculiar situation in which both the persons were

piomoted to the higher grade that there has been

difference in the matter of pay. It has been pointed

out on behalf of the management that though

the

management was sympathetic to the, concerned work-

man and recommended for consideration to the Htad

Quarters of CI.L., his case was turned d0Wn and

therefore

the concerned workman has no rigfet _to

claim parity in the pay with Partha Das and it can-

not be treated as an industrial dispute.

8. On behalf of the workman it has been contend-

ed that this principle has been ,laid dow-n fcw the

various High Courts and also by the

Hon^>le

Supreme Court that there should be equal pay for

equal work., Two cases have been cited in this con-

nection. The first case is of Dhirendra Chamoli &

Anr. v. State of U.R, reported in 1986-T-LLJ-134.

In this cast their Lordships of the Hon'ble Supreme

Court have hrld that the employees engaged as casual

workers on daily wage basis who were not getting

similar pay as Class-IV employees of the manage-

ment were entitled to the same pay as they

were

doing

the

same kind of work. Another ca&$ is

P. S^vita & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.. reported

in 1986-M-.LJ-79. In this casjt their Lordships of

the Hon'ble Supreme Court held that bifercatfon of

a particular cadre in two cadrqs and fixing the pay

of one cadre at a hieher scale than another was ille-

gal and improper.

In this view of the matter, it has

bden submitted on behalf of the union that since both

the workmen arc in the same grade and were dis-

claiming ''ame kind duties, fixation of pay of the

concerned workman, Ram Chandra Makal at a lower

sta«e than that of Partha Das, a junior to him, was

improper and

illegal and therefore the reference

should be decided in favour of the workman.

9 On the other hand., it has been submitted on

behalf of the management that the principle of equal

pay for equnl work as laid down by their Lordships

of the Hon'ble; Supreme Court do not applv pn the

present case, brcause sea): of pay of bath the work-

men is the same and considering the simjfar rjature

of work of both the cadres they hsv been rne'rged

into one, but the fixation of pay of tfie ' \Jon<S!<Srned

247

workman is not arbitrary of discriminatory. Katner,

It is on the basis ot lhe policy or fixation of pay on

prombuon.

it has been

submitted that since the

concerned workman Ram Chandra Makal opted for

nis promotion by applying in an internal advertise-

mem, his pay on ths higher post was fixed on the

basis of stage of pay on which be was on that date

and his next daie ot increment had not then arrived.

On thp other hand, Shri Das was promoted in due

course subiequentiy and his pay was fixed in the

higher scale on the basis of the pay he was getting

fn the lower scale on that date. Therefore,

it is

submitted that there is no question of any illegality

or impropriety in fixation of pay of tne concerned

workman by the management. Further, It has been

submitted that the matter could relate to the princi-

ple of equity and equality and a Tribenal beiflg not

a court oi equity, the mattef cannot b2 decided on

this principle before this Tribunal. In this regard a

decision cf Full Bench oi

Central

Adffljaistiative

Tribunal at Hyderabad has been produced in which

a similar matter arose and the reference was made

to the Full Bench. The Full Bench decided

the

matter after "considering several decisions in this

regard that the Tribunal having no power to adjudi-

cate on the basis of equity, the matter cannot be

decided on this basis.

It has been pointed

out

that the I full Bench of the Administrative Tribunal

has very clearly decided in the case under reference,

namely, ,B. L. Somayajulu & Ors. v. Telecom Com-

mission & Ors., reported in (1997) 35 Administra-

tive Tribunals Cases 26 (FB) that there

may

be

variety ol cases where disparity arise due to special

circumstances or even due to error. So, these have

to be viewed with reference to the facts of the case

and it has been held by the Full Bench that disparity

in fixation of pay can be challenged only in the cir-

cumstance where there is provision of law in

that

bthalf and" on the basis of legal right and not on

pervassive notion of equity and equality.

10, It is, therefore, clear that though the concern-

ed workman might have a case on the basis of prin-

ciple

of

equity, within

scope of this reference,

thero is no question of his grievance being redfessed

by this Tribunal. The claim of the workman, there-

fore, has to be rejected and accordingly the reference

is decided in terms that the action of the manage-

ment of Dankuni Coal Complex of Coal India Ltd.

in fixing the pay of Ram Chandra Makal in Techni-

cal Gradc-F is neither illegal, nor unjustified.

J l . The reference accordingly stands disposed of.

B. P. SHARMA, Presiding Officer

Dated, Calcutta,

The 7th December, 2000.

New Delhi, the 4th January, 2001

S.O. 105.—In pursuance of

Section 17 of *2.

Industrial Dispute

Act, 1947 (14 ol 1947), the

Central Government hereby publishes the award o'

the Central Government

Industrial TribunaI|Laboui

Court, Jabalpur, as shown in the Annexure in the

Indus'rial Dispute betwten the employers m relatior

to ttu man igement of F.C.I. . and their workmai.

which was received by the Centtal Government oi

3-1-2001.

[No. L-22012|112|2|91-IR(C-II)

N. P. KESAVAN, Desk Office

ANNEXURE

BEFORE THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

INDUSTRIAL TR1BUNAL-CUM-LABOUR

COURT, JABALPUR

Case No. R|137|9l

Ku. Gauri Iyer,

C|O Shri P. V. Mahahngam

Rohinipuram Colony,

Post R.S.U.,

Raipur.

•—Appl'can

Versus

The District Manager,

Food Coiporation of India,

Engg. Wing,

Raipur.

—Non-applicar

AWARD

Passed on this 1 lth day of December, 2000

1. The Government of India, Ministry of Laboi

vide order No. L-22012|112|2|91-IR C.II dt. 29-7-f

has

referred the following dispute for adjudicatic

by this tribunal,—

"Whether the

action of the

management

Food Corporation of India District Offic

Kapa Raipur (MP) in terminating the s

vices of Ku. Gouri Iyer Job typist w.e

2-7-89 is legal and justified?

If not,

what relief the workman is entitled to«

2. The case foi the workman is that on 25-9-;

she was appointed as job typist by the managem

on verbal orders, She contmuou'ly worked

for

years, 9 months and 7 days. Her services were *

m'nated orally by the management on 2-7-89.

was regularly doing the typ'ng work in the office

the manag-ment on the office typewriter itself. P

lo terminating her service?, no notice was given

her by the management. She has also not been p

any retrenchment compensation by the managem

In this way, the management has failed to con-

with the provisions of Sec-25-F (a) and (b) of

248

THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : JANUARY 20, 2001/PAUSA 30, 1922

[PART H—SEC. 3GD1

Industrial Dispute Act, 3947. In view of this fact,

the terit'ination of workman from service is illegal

which deserves to be set-aside. The workman is en-

titled to the regularisation in service with all conse-

quential benefits.

3. The case for ihe management is that the work-

man was nevsr employed as job typist by the mana-

gement,

The

relationship of master and servant

never existed between

tb; patties. The workman

was running typing institute of her own and there-

fore typing work was given to her by the manage-

ment at the rate mentioned hereinafter—

(a) For typing statements,

0.85 paise per copy

schedules and stencils.

(b) For letters, telegram

0.60 paise pir copy

etc.

4. The entire typing work given to her, was done

by the workman in her own typing institute far which

she was submitting bills and the payment was made

to her by the FC1 as per this bill. She never work-

ed in the office of FCI nor any fixed hours of duty

were allotted to her. She was neither given the

benefu of any leave nor she ever applied

for any

leave. In this way the workman cannot be said to

be an employee of FCI.

5. The manag:ment further alleges that for the

appointment of cltos-M employee, the recruitment

rules had to be followed.

The vacancies are notifi-

ed and the applications arc invited for the same.

The names arc also sponsored by the employment

exchange. In the present case, no such formality

for the workman's appointment as job typist

was

followed.

At the same time, the District Manager

has no authority to appoint any class HI employee.

Such

appointment is done only by the Regional

Manager at Bhopal In view of all these facts, the

workman is not entitled to get any employment as

claimed by her.

6. The paints for determination in the case arc as,

under.

1.

Whether the workman is entitled to emp-

loyment as claimed by her ?

2.

Relief and costs ?

7. Point No. 1.—The workman contents that she

was employed by the FCI on the basis of

verbal

orders. She has not deposed any where in her state-

ment that sh - was getting a fixed amount of salary

or on the basis of daily wages

prescribed by the

management.

Her name was never sponsored

through the Employment Exchange. She

has not

been able to establish that her appointment was done

by the competent Authority of FCI after complying

with the mandatory provisions of recruitment rules

According to her, she was employed as job typist.

For the appointment to this job, the recruitment rules

must be followed.

In no office on the basis of ver-

bal order, any appointment of Class III employee is

done as alleged by the workman. The employment

can be effected only by way of written order which

should be issued by the competent authority. In this

case, no such formality has

been

observed. The

workman has tried to get the employment through

back door entry which cannot be allowed under law.

8. The workman has filed the bills submitted by

her to the management regarding typing work done

by hir en the basis of prescribed rate. She had been

"paid the typing charges by the management as well.

These bills will not go to prove that the

workman

was appointed as job typist by the FCI. It can only

be presumed that she had done the typing job pri-

vately for which the prescribed remuneration

was

paid to "her. f Such'payment will not create any right

to the wc.kman foi getting employment in the ofBce

of FC1. This is nothing but an attempt to get the

employment through back door entry which is high-

ly improper.

9. Jn view of the foregoing reasons, it becomes

abaadontly clear that the workman was never

ap-

pointed by the FCI as job typist to carry on the typ-

ing wj^rk in the office as an employee hence she is

not entitled to gef any employment in the FCI as

claimed by her. Point No.rl is answered according-

ly-

10. Point No. 2.—In view of my finding given on

point No. 1, the workman is not entitled to any re-

lit--f as claimed in the present case as no employer-

employee relationship exists between the parties.

11 On the reasons stated above, it is held that

ihe workman is not entitled to any relief as claimed

by her. The reference is accordingly answered in

tho favour of the management and against the work-

man. Parties shall bear their own cost.

12. Copy of the award be sent to the Government

of India, Ministry of Labour as per rules.

K. M. RAJ, Presiding Officer.

New Delhi, the 4th January, 2001

S.O. 106.—In pursuance of Section 17 of

the

Industrial Disputes Act,

1947 (14 of 1947), the

Centrj{ Government hereby publishes the Award of

iuC Central Government Industrial Tribunal|Labour

Court. Jabalpur, as shown in the Annexure in the

Industrial Dispute bstween the employers in relation

fo the management of Rajnagar Open Cast Project of

SECL snd their workman, which was received

by

the Central Government on 3-1-2001.

rNo. L-22012|231f96-IR(C-H)J

N. P. KESAVAN, Desk Officer

249

ANNEXURE

BEFORE THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL-CUM-LABOUK

COURT, JABALPUR

Case Nc CGIT|LC|R|34[96

Presiding Officer : Shn K. M. Rai.

Shri N. R. Malik,

CIO B. M. Siugh,

Vice President.

N.C.W.F.

Post Rajnagar Colliery,

Distt. Shahdol.

—Applicant

Versus

The Sub-Area Manager,

Rajnagar Open Cast Project,

Post Dola,

Distt. Shahdol.

-^-Non-applicant.

AWARD

Passed on this 12th day of December, 2000

1 The Government of India, Ministry of Labour

vide order No. L-22012|23l|96-IR(C-II),

dated

30-1-96 has referred the following dispute for adju-

dication by this tribunal—

"Whether the

action of the Agent| Sub-Area

Manager, Rajnagar Opencast Project

of

SECL Hasdeo Area in dismissing Shri N. R.

Malik electrical supervisor, Grade-A Raj-

nagar Opencast Project w.e.f. 1-10-94

is

legal and justified ? If not, what relief

the worksnan is entitled?"

2. The case for the workman is that he was work-

ing as electrical supervisor in the employment

of

SECL. His duty was of supervisory nature.

He

was drawing salary at the rate of more than Rs. 1600

per month. He was served with a chargesheet dated

3-6-94 for committing alleged misconduct.

He re-

plied to the chargesheet on 12-6-94. The Depart-

mental Enquiry was

conducted

against him and

Shri B. N. Tripathi was appointed as Enquiry Officer

vide order dated 25-2616 [93. The charges levelled

against him were false and concerned. The DE for

the alleged misconduct was initiated by the manage-

ment against the workman with an ulterior motive to

punish him by throwing out of the employment. The

action of the management was malafide.

3. The workman further alleges that he had en-

gaged Shri

Sndevati,

President of MP Shramik

Koyla Sabha|Sangb to defend him during the en-

quiry proceedings. Shri Sudevan was to" attend the

meeting at Bhopal c>n 15-7-94 and therefore

the

workman had sought an adjournment in the Depart-

mental Enquiry requesting to fix the next date

of

hearing after 20-7-94. The Enquiry Officer never

looked into the request and proceeded expartc against

him. The sufficient opportunity was not given

to

him to defend himielf during the enquiry proceed-

ings. Ultimately the order of dismissal dt. 1-10-94

was passed against hint

The Enquiry Officer had

exonerated him from all charges but th« Disciplinary

Authority without giving any opportunity of hearing

him personally he disagreed with the hndrng ol en-

quiry officer and passed the impugned dismissal order

on 1-10-94 which is absolutely illegal. He preferred

an appeal against the order of dismissal but to no

effect.

The dismissal

order was passed

without

assigning any cogent reasons. In view of all these

facts, the dismissal order deserves to be set aside.

The workman is entitled to reinstatement with back

wages and other consequential monetary benefits.

4. The case for the management is that during the

Disciplinary Enquiry, the Enquiry Officer had given

the ample opportunity to the workmen for engaging

the co-worker to defend him and sufficient opportu-

nity was made available to him to defend him pro-

perly during the enquiry

proceedings. The work-

man requested for adjournment on 15-7-94 for which

no sufficient cause was explained by him. He did

it with intend to delay the

enquiry

proceedings.

Taking this fact into consideration, the Enquiry Offi-

cer proceeded exparte against the workman.

The

management had rully proved the charges

against

the workman and the order of dismissal passed by

the Disciplinary Authority is perfectly valid

and

legal which does not require any interference. The

workman had failed to produce the defence witness

though he was given ample opportunity by the En-

quiry Officer in iesp.-ct thereof. TVe workman deli-

berately kept himself away from participating in the

Enquiry proceedings. The management therefore

cannot be blamed for the said conduct of the work-

man.

The enquiry was properly conducted against

the workman and the principle of natural

justice

was followed.

The management had no malafides

to punish the workman by serving him with a false

chargesheet. The allegation of workman in this res-

pect is baseless and far from truth. The punishment

awarded by the management is proportionate to the

misconduct and therefore the workman is not entitl-

ed to be reinstated with all back wages as claimed

by him.

5. The points for determination in the case arc as

under :

1.

Whether the Disciplinary Enquiry conduct-

ed ngainst the workman was just and pro-

per?

2. Whether the management is entitled to lead

evidence to prove the alleged misconduct

of workman 7

3.

Whether the punishment awarded

by the

management is just and proper?

4.

Relief and costs ?

6. Point Nos. 1 & 2.—Admittedly the workman

was served with a chargesheet for alleged misconduct

and the DE was conducted against him, during the

course of enquiry, the workman had applied for ad-

journment as his defence Assistant was not available

on the date of hearing. The Enquiry Officer

did

not think it proper to adjourn the proceedings any

further and accordingly he proceeded with the en-

quiry. After carefully assessing the evidence adduc-

ed by the management during the Enquiry Proceed-

ing, the Enquiry Officer held the charges not prov-

ed e^alnst the workman. He submitted his enquiry

report to the Dfsdplioary Authority who disagreed

250

THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : JANUARY 20, 2001/PAUSA 30, 1922

[PART It—SEC. 3(ii)]

with the findings of Enquiry Officer and passed the

dismissal order against the workman without giving

him the opportunity of hearing before recording his

conclusions. The Disciplinary Authority was found

to hear the delinquent before arriving at the different

conclusions. It is surprising to note that he did not

thinly it proper to afford the opportunity to the work-

man to put up his CJSC prior to tlje passing of dis-

missal order. In <uch a situation, the order of dis-

missal passed by the Disciplinary Authority is found

absolutely illegal which cannot be sustained- Please

see AlR-1998-SC-2713-Punjab National Bank

and

others versus Kunj Behari Misra with Chief Person-

nel (Disciplinary Authority), Punjab National Bank

and others versus Shanti Prasad Goel.

7. In view of the aforesaid pronouncement by the

Supreme Court, the order of dismissal passed by the

management against the workman is held illegal. The

Departmental Enquiry conducted against the work-

man is improper. Point No. 1 is answered accord-

ingly.

8. As far as the question of adducing evidence by

the management to prove the alleged misconduct of

the workman is concerned, it shall be improper if

the

management is

allowed to open the enquiry

against the workman on the same charges

which

have been held to be not proved by the

Enquiry

Officer.

It shall hardij be justified in allowing the

management to lead evidence to prove the alleged

misconduct of the workman before this tribunal in

the light of the aforesaid pronouncement

of

the

Supreme Court. Hence the management is not en-

titled to lead evidence to prove the misconduct of the

workman,

9. Point No. 3.^In view of my finding given on

point No. l, the punishment of dismissal awarded b^

the management against the workman is illegal which

deserves to be set aside as laid down in AIR-1998-

SC-2713. This point is answered accordingly.

10 Point No. 4.—Jn the light of foregoing reasons,

the dismissal order

passed by the

management

against the workman is hereby set aside. It is order-

ed that the workman shall be reinstated with all back

wages and other monetar> benefits. In the circum-

stances of the case, parties shall bear their own cost.

11. Copy of award be sent to Government of

India, Ministry of Labour as per rules

K. M. RAI, Presiding Officer.

New Delhi, the 4th January, 2001

S.O. 107.—In pursuance of Section 17 of the In-

dustrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), the Central

Government herey publishes the Award of the Central

Government Industrial Tribunal, Jabalpur as shown in

the Annexur.e in the Industrial Dispute between the

employers in relaion to the management of SECL and

their workman, which was received by the Central

Government on 3-1-2001.

[No. L-22012|398|91-}R(C-II)]

N. P. KESAVAN, Efcsk Officer

ANNEXUR^E

BEFORE

THE

CENTRAL

GOVERNMENT

INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL CUM-LABOUR

COURT, JABALPUR

Case No. CGIT|LC|R|38|92

presiding Officer : Shri K. M. Raj.

General Manager,

Jamuna and Kotma Areas of SECL,

PO Jamuna Colliery,

Dis,tt. Shahdol

—Applicant,

Versus

Mohd. Ajamaluddha,

S.o Mohd, Alias,

R|o Village Lahusai,

PO Kotma,

Djst. Shahdol (MF)

—Non-applicant

AWARD

Passed on this 8th day of J3ecenjb£r-200O

1. The Government of India, Ministry pf Labour

vide order pb, I^22pi2|358[9l-THCTlt dated 12^2-92

has referred the |tpjlowing dispute for adjudication by

this tribunal:—

"Whether the action

of the jQeneral Manager,

Jamuna and K^otrrui areas of "SECL, J*. O.

Jamuna Colliery, District Shahdol in ter-

minating the services of Mohd. Ajamatystdin

Badli-workman of

Govinda colliery w.e.f.

25-2-99 is legal and justified ?" Jf'not,

what relief is the workman entitled to ?"

2. The case for the workman is tfyat he applied for

appointment to the post of worked as category' I maz-

door and after the interview and comitation he was

selected for the same by the management, Thereafter

the malnagement sent him for vocational training of

badli worker as category-! mazdoor vide order dated

8-7-89. Thereafter his appointment was further ex-

tended for a perjod of 90 days vide order dated 1-9-89.

In the meantime the management wanted to acquire

the applicant's father's land in respect of a plot no. 938

area-4.4 acres and an agreement in this respect was

signed! by the parties. After this agreement, the appli-

cants order for appointment

was approved by the

Dv. Manager Jamuna and Kotma Area vide order da*ed

15-1-90. His Appointment- wa$ approved for a further

period of 30 days and was allowed to perform his

duties. Thereafter ftcwas flowed to, wrjrk for a week

vide ^rder dated 17-2-50. Thereafter the now of

251

the workman was struck off and he was slopped irom

attending his duty. The workman fufthe'r alleged that

no enquiry Was conducted prior to the order of dls-

continueing his services by the management. He was

disallowed from the work because of a case with regard

to acquisition of land which was pending before the

commissioned, ReWa and he did not persuade to with-

draw the case and entered into an agreement with the

management.

His

termination is against the

pro-

visions of standing Orders.

After completing 155 days

tjis services could not be terminated as he became a

pefrh'anent

workman.

The junior persons, who were

appointed along wjfh the applicant were regained in

the ^rvices by the management. The titanination of

workman amounts; to ah unfair labour practice. His

termination also amounts to retrenchment and it could

not be done without complying with the provisions

of Sec. 25-F of I.D. Act. i947» In view of all thijse

facts, he is entitled to reinstatement with all conse-

quential monetary benefits.

3. The case for tile management is that the appli-

cant was appointed1 as a badli workman for 90 days

on temporary basis vidf order dated 18-7-89.

His

services canie to an end automatically after the ex-

piry of the period stipulated in the appointment order.

The appointment was given to the workman because

land measuring 4.40 acres

under Khasra no. 938

situated in villaue Lahsui teh. Kotma was required for

mirung operation,

Th^ management was informed

that the said land belonged to one Shti Mohd. Idris

and he was in direct possession of the same. Shri Mohd

Idris requested the management for giving employment

to his son applicant Mohd.

Ajmuludin in lieu of

acquiring the land for mining operation. Accordingly

the management jta^e the temporary appointment for

90 davs to the alpplic:in\ Tn rje«ninncr- of ihe temm-

rary appointmen* order, the applicant joined his duly

on 2-9-89. While working so lie was granted further

extcntinn far ^0 cTavs we.f. 16-1-90 and on the exrvrv

of 10 davs his services WPTC tennina'ed w e f 17-2-Q0

because in the meanwhile it was reported that the

land Hid not heionp to 1hTi Mohd Tdris bu* it ac-

tnMlv belonged t0 MJS ACC

Ompinv and

t n s

dilute was n1«r» n»ndin<* b-forp the CnmnvViowr.

Rpwti fnr sdii'd'cwtinn After the nationalisation

of

fh/- fol1''»Ti^n +h<- oivTi^"!'h'n of the ^flid land vested in

the m-m^enr-nt of SET..

,

4. The management further alleged that Shri Mohd.

Idrs had riven false information to the management

and on this basis he secured temporary emplovttient

for the applicant.

The SECL was the real owner of

the snid land.

The services of the applicant were

terminai'ed as per the stipulation in the contract

of

service.

His appointment came to an end automati-

cally on 17-2-90.

His termination is therefore just

and proper which does not call for any interference.

ID the instant case, no enquiry was reauircd prior to

termination of the applicant's services. The prov's'dns

of Scc-25-F of I.D. Act, 1947 has not been violated

by the manaPement. Hi? termination does not amount

to retrenchment. The applicant is not entitled to any

relief as claimed by him,

5. The points for the termination in the case are

as under:

1. Whether the workman is entitled to reinstate-

ment

with

all consequential

monetary

benefits?

2. Relief and costs?

6. Point No. 1—

It is an admitted fact that the workman was

ap-

pointed by the management of SECL, Jamuna

and

Kotma after his name was sponsored through

the

employment exchange Shahdol and he was properly

interviewed as per rules. He was employed as badli

workman on temporary basis for a period of 90 days

vide order dated 18-7-89. This appointment was done

under the National Coal Wage Agreement No. 3 with

a condi ion that his absorption in the company's ser-

vice shall be considered after the satisfactory perlor-

mance report. He was directed to report for duties to

Sub Area Manager, Govinda colliery. In persuance of

this appointment order, the workman reported for duly

to Sub Area Manager, Govinda on 25-7-89. On that

very day he was relieved for training at Mjnes Voca-

tional Training Centre, Jamuna and Kotma. The appli-

cant undertone training, w.e.f. 26-7-89 to 16-8-89

for performing duty in the underground coal mines.

The certificafc in this respect Ex. P-2 was also issued

to him by the training centre.

He received! salary |

watrcs for a period of 22 days when he was undergoing

trainina: at the Vocational

Training

Centre. After

successfully completing the vocational training he re-

ported for his regular posting and the General Mana-

ger gave him the regular posting order on 1-9-89 Exhi-

bit P-3. This appointment was for a period of 90 days.

He was allotcd Token No. B|5367 and his name was

entered in form-B register also.

This rcgis er is nothing

but the service record of the workman.

7. The applicant joined his duty on 2-9-89

after

receiving the regular posting order. He continued

to

work from 2-9-89 to 30-11-89. Thereafter he

was

continued in the service till 16-1-90. Again his peiiod

of employment was extended for a period of 30 days

vide order dated 17-1-90 and he continued to woik

upto 16-2-90. Thereafter again his period was extended

from 17-2-90 to 14-3-90. In +his way the workman

con'inuously worked in the employment of SECL foi

a period of 198 days as required under Sec-25 (b)

(ii)(a)(i) of the I.D. Act, 1947. The management

witness Shri Hargave has admitted that the workmnn

\Vas no1 Served with any notice nor paid any retrench-

ment compensation before the termination of his ser-

vice.

The workman was working, in the underground

mine 'and therefore a requisite perod of service is 190

days as per Sec.-25(b)(iiXaKi) of the I.D. Act, 1947,

v,as fulfiled by him. In such a circumstonc™, the pro-

visions of Sec-25-F wilt be applicable in this cacc ai

the workman has continuously worked for a' perod of

198 days. He was therefor© required to be noticed

and paid compensation prior to the terminaion of his

service.

8. The management has tried to impress that

trie

apjxvn'mcnt of the Workman was in lieu of the la:nd

of the workmen's father required *o be acquired for

" purposes of ftiinintf operation" by the' SECL. One Mohd.

Idris had claimed to be the real owner of the said

252

THE GAZETTE OF INJ3IA : JANUARY 20, 2001/PAUSA 3p, 1922

PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]

land. The name of the workman's father is Mohd,

Hias and not Mohd. ldris, Mohd. Hias was neither

owner of the said land nor he had applied in a pres-

cribed profonna to the SECL for the appointment ot

his son applicant in lieu of his land to be acquired by

the management. Mohd. Hias was in no way connected

with the land in dispute. In view of this fact, the claim

of the management is entirely baseless that the work-

man's in lieu of his land to be acquired by the SECL.

This plea in no manner can help the management in

the instant case as it has no bearing with the dispute.

Their own witness the then General Manager Shri S. K.

Juneja has admitted in his statement that the workman

was never given appointment under the quota of land

ouster nor his|her father's land was acquired by the

SECL. He has also admitted that the services of the

workman were not terminated on the ground1 that he

was given appointment under the employment of the

land ouster in lieu of acquiring the land of his father

Mohd. Tdris and the land was really owned by the

SECL Company. The workman had no relationship

with Mohd. ldris at all. According to Shri Juneja, the

real dispute of the land1 was between +he management

and Mohd. ldris and not with the father of the appli-

cant Mohd. Dias. In view of the managemenfs own

evidence, their claim remains unes+ablished a& far as

the reason for terminating the workman's service is

concerned. They have failed to prove that the work-

man was terminated because the land of his father was

found *o be disputed and therefore it could not be

acquired for mining purposes of SECL.

9. The vorkman had legally completed the conti-

nuous service of 198 days working in the underground

mines of SECL.

As laid down

by the provisions

of

Sec-25(b)<ii)(a)(i)

of

I.D.

Act,

1947.

He

was neither given atny notice nor any retrenchment com-

pensation prior to terminating his services. This termi-

nation is therefore illegal and deserves to be quashed,

the workman is perfectly entitled to re-instatement with

aJl back wages. Point No. 1 is answered accordingly.

10. Point No. 2 : In view of the findings given on

point no. 1, the workman is entitled to reinstatement

with all back vcages and other consequential monetary

benefits.

>'

11. On the reasons stated above, the termination

order of the workman bv the manaeement is hereby

quashed. It is ordered that the workman be rein-

sta ed with all back wares and he be paid all the conse-

oiv-niial monetarv benefits as if he were never dis-

m'oyd from service. The period of ousfer from ser-

V1y-. -hill N> deemed *o be treated on duty and this

period shall be treated as continu'tv in service for the

tvinws of all wnsionarv benefits. In the c;rcumstances

of ilvs cse paries shall bear their own cost.

1?. rvrnv of award be sent to the Government of

Tnd:a, Ministry of Labour as per rules.

K. M. RAI, Presiding Officer

New Delhi, the 5th January, 2001

S.O. 108.—In pursuance of Section 17 of the In-

dustrial Dispu.es Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), the Central

Government hereby publishes the Award of the In-

dustrial

Tribunal Godavarikhani, as shown in the

Annexure in the Industrial Dispute between the em-

ployers in relation to the management of S.CC.L and

their workman, which was received by the

Central

Government on 4-1-2001.

[No. L-22025|25|200O(C-II)]

N. P. KESAVAN, Desk Officer

ANNEXURE

BEFORE

THE

CHAIRMAN,

INDUSTRIAL

TRIBUNAL, CUM-LABOUR COURT,

GODAVARIKHANI

PRESENT :

Sri. P. Gurunadha Rao, B.Sc, B.L., Chairman-

cum-Presiding Officer.

Monday, the 23rd Day of October, 2000

Industrial Dispu+e No. 8 of 1996

BETWEEN

K. Chandramouli, Ex.-Ward Boy,

C|o. T.F.T.U. Office, D-576,

Gardhjnai?ar, Near Labour Court,

Godavarikhani, Dist. Karimnagar.

—Pefi ioner.

AND

1, The General Manager,

Singareni Collieries Co. Ltd.,

Ramagund am-Area-III,

Godavarikhani, Dist., Karimnagar.

2, Med'cnl Superintendent,

SCCL Area Hospital,

Ramagundam,

—Respondents.

This petition com'nc before me for final hearing in

fhf rvwenop nf Sri K Srtdr<R|kar Reddv & Sr.

K.

Vasudcva Reddy, Advocates for the petftforter fln(j of

Sri C. Satyanarayana Reddy, Advocate for the respon-

dents 3Tid havine stood over for consideration till this

date, the court passed fhe following :—

AWARD

1. This is a Reference by the Cenra!l Government.

Thr reference is "Whether the action of *he manaee-

ment of Area Hospital, Godavarikhnni, S.C.Co. L+d. in

tprrrunntinff the services of Sri K. Chandra Mouli is

IPCTJII ^nd in^'ficd. if not, what relief the concerned

workman is entitled1 to".

TV clamant Chandrnmouh' filed c'aim statement

stafing that he was appointed as General Mazdoor in

253

the year, 1981. A chaige-sheet was issued to

the

petitioner on 10-11-'->3 stating that he refused to

do

lJre-opa'u1 A'c

preparation for the case which

was

posted on 10-11-93. He was suspended for 10 days

w.c.f. 10-1J-93 to

20 11-93.

Domestic

enquiry

\> is conducted and the petitioner was dismisses i w

th-1 fjrvict; without issuing show-cause notice.

2. Respondents filed counter stating that the peti-

tioner was dismissed from tlio

service on proved

charges pursuant to domestic enquiry w.e.f. 4-8-95.

It is further stated that on 9-11-93, 'he petitioner

while on duly refused to follow the lawful and reason-

able instructions of his superior. The petitioner was

cha'rge-sheeted for such dis-obe6"icncc. La'er on, dis-

ciplinary action was initiated against the petitioner.

3. WW-1 to WW-3 arc examined and Ex. W-l to

Ex. W-6 are marked.

MW-1 and MW-2 arc examined and Ev. M-I to

Fx. M-9 u're marked,

4. Heard both sides.

5. The point for consideration is whether the termi-

nation of the services of the petitioner is legal

and

justified1.

6. POINT : WW-1 is V. Jayalaxmi, She is working

as Stall' Nurse >n the Area Hospital, Godavar'khnni.

She deposes that there arc two barbers in thi: Area

Hrsnkai.

They -work under the supervision of

staff

nurse and doctors.

She furihev deposes that she docs not

know the

duties of barbers an ward-boys.

She fuither deposes th;<t she deposed in favour of

the management in the domestic enquiry.

She docs not depose anything in favour of the peti-

tioner,

7. WW-2 is V. Kanakaiah. He is working as barber

in the Area Hospital, GodavariMiani. He was oiigi-

nallv appointed as General Mazdoor. He aoplicd

for

barber post bein? a1 ha'ber by profession. He was ap-

pointed as barber v'n tr>» Area Hosp;U>l.

There ire

t\'o barbers" posts in the Area Hospital. The barbers

v\ill attend lo shaving work like shaving of beard and

culling of h;iir as in barber shop.

He further deposes that he used to attend to cleaning

?.nd shav;ng work prior to operation.

He further deposes thnt he refused to work

when

'he other higher d'cd1.

FHire the work was entrusted

Ui the ward boys.

TI's cvif'pnf''* shows that the wnrd bovs are attending

to *ha work of cip'inintj and shaving nrior to operation.

8 WW-3 is' petitioner

He deposes *hnt he

\v:is

vnrkinp ^s ward bov in the Arei Hor-nitn(l. CJndnvan-

Vrnni.

He demises that h'"- >v-is not inf™-iiied of the

dvt;f*s to ^

pet-formed bv him ns Ward Bov.

H^ further (Ti-nnse1; that on Q-11-Q3. he was asked

lo attend to barber work for rja'^rt prior to onevai-

tion

H" refn«ijd <o do it because it was not his duty.

He further deposes that if it is emergency case, he

would attend to the shaving work for a patient before

operation.

If it is not emergency case, he would not

do it.

9. The evidence of the petitioner shows that

he

refused to attend to shaving work for a patient prior

to operation because it was not emergency.

The evidence of WW-1 shows that she gave evi-

dence in favour of the management in the depart-

mental enquiry against the pe:itioner, that means, the

ward boys were attending to pre-epcrative work of

patients.

The evidence of WW-2 shows that Ward Boys were

attending to pre operative work of patients.

10. MW-1 is Doctor K. Satya Vara Prasad, Medical

Superintendent,

Area Hospital, Godavarikhani.

He

deposes that the petitioner was wcrkinj; as Geneial

Mazdoor.

He was promoted as Ward Boy,

He was

given six months training.

He further cfe-poses that the duties of word boys in

the hospital are:—

1. Transportation of patients.

2. Dusting of the ward.

3. Preparation of patients for Surgery including

shaving of the particular part of the body.

He further deposes that ward bovs will attend to

male patients.

Ayahs will alt'end to female patients.

He further deposes that the duty of a barber in the

hospital is to cuttin? hair and shaving beard of

the

patients in the hospital.

He further deposes that it U not *hr- dutv of barbc>-

in the hospital to prepare patients for surgevv.

His evidence clearly shows that the ward1 boys are

a'tendinr to rjre-on^rativo work of the patients parti-

cuiailv shavintr of the nfirtiruiar pmrt of the body.

11. Counsel for <he rjctiturner nrrued that it is not

the dutv of 'he wn^rd bctvs to n'tend to nre-nnegative

work of the patients nartici'lf-lv shTvin<! of the parti-

cular p?rt of the body.

He further arnued flr't ns 'ho nWitioner was Union

leader, he was removed from the service.

T> The evidence on record rieirlv shows thnf it is

the dutv of rlio ward bovs to attend to nre-onmtiye

wotk of ni'irni nnrMmlnriv shaving of the particular

part of The body.

The rv*t>|ion<*r refund to fTo Mint ioh. i.e . nrc-nnpra-

tlvr wrr]r HI,-- ihnvin? of mrticular part of the body.

>^-

13. Cmmcl foi- th^ petitioner renuestcd for decid'ne

tii^ point whether it is flip dntv of wird bovs tn attend

to pre-onemtive work like shaving of particular part

of 'he bndv.

Tt has lo be decided with reference td tlic evidence

on record.

59 OF/2001—o

?54

TJll. G A / r T T r OF TNDTA : TANUARV M :nni,PAUSA 30, 19"22

[PARI II—SEC. 3(ii)]

The evidence on record clearly shows that it is the

duty of the ward boys to attend to pre-operative work

like shaving of particular part of the body.

WW-1 herself supported the management in the

domestic enquiry.

It shov, s thai it is the duty of the ward boys to

attend to shaving work for patients before operation.

WW-2 who is a barber himself deposes that the ward

boys were attending to the shaving and cleaning work

of the patienls before operation.

MW-1 who is no other than the Medical Superinten-

dent of (he Area Hospi'al. Godavarikhani, deposes that

it is the duty of the ward boys to attend to cleaning

and shaving work for patients before operation.

I, therefore, consider that it is the duty of the waid

boys to attend to prc-operative work for patients parti-

cularaly shaving of particular part of the body rc-

quiied to be operated,

The petitioner a Fused to at'end to do the woik en-

trusted to him.

The petitioner wilfully refused to do the work con-

tending that it is not the duty of the ward boys to

attend to pre-operatiive work like shaving of particular

part of the body.

It is wilful disobedience of lawful duty.

The petitioner has no defence.

1, therefore, consider that the termination of Ihe

services of the petitioner is legal and justified,

14. Counsel for the petitioner requested for exer-

cising power U|s. 11-A of the Industrial Disputes Act.

For exercising power u/s. ll-A of the Indusfrial

Disputes Act, there is limit, i.e., maintenance of Indus-

trial peace between workers and manageme.it.

Tf the exercise of power u[s. ll-A results in breach

of peace between workers and management, certainly

it is limit and power should not be exercised.

In the present case, the petitioner is betit upon asser-

ting that it is not the duty of ward boys to attend

to pre-operativc work particularly shaving of parti-

cular part of the body of patient.

If the petitioner is reinstated into service, he will

not attend1 to that work.

The other ward boys may also follow him. Then,

there is breath of Industrial peace between workers

and management

I, therefore,

consider that the petitioner

cannot

be reinstated into service, because Industrial

peace

shall lie maintained between workmen and manage-

ment.

Hence, T answer the point accordingly.

In the result, the reference is answered against the

claimant as "the termination of the services of the

claimant is leeal and iustified". Each party do bear

their own costs.

Typed to my dictation, corrected and prounounced

by me in fh» open court

on this, 23rd day of

Oif,V"T 7000,

P GURUNADHA RAO, rhairmnn-cum- Presiding

Officer

Appendix of Evidence

Witnesses-examined

For workman:—

WW-1 — V. Ja<ya Laxtni, Sr. Staff

Nurse,

Area Hospital.

WW-2 — V. Kanakaiab, Barber, Area Hos-

pital, Godavarikhani.

WW-3 — K. Chandramouli, petitioner.

For Management:—

MW-1 — Dr. K. Saltyavara Prasad, Superin-

dent, Area Hospital, S. S. Co, Ltd.

MW-2 — M. Kumaraswamy, Sr

Personnel

Officer, SCCL. RG-III.

Exhibits

For workman:—

Ex. W-l 6K 20-3-92 : Proceedings of the en-

quiry.

Ex. W-2 dt. 24-9-93 : Copy of report of duty

doctor.

Ex, W-3 dt. 11-9 93 : Letter

addressed

to

Mr. Kanakaiah (Barber) by the D.M.O.,

Area Hospital,

Ex. W-4 dt. 23-3-93 : Report of over-time list

in Area Hospital.

Ex. W-5 dt. 24-2-95 : Minutes of conciliation

proceedings of the management and the

Joint Action Committee.

Ex. W-6 dt. 25-7-97 : Report of Asst.

Labour

Commissioner, ("Central), Manchcrifil.

For Management:—

Ex. M-l dt. 13-12-93 : Writ petition No. 14283 of

1993 Judgement ctfpy (xerox).

Ex, M-2 dt. 10-11-93 : Charge-sheet.

Ex. M-3 dt. 13-3-94 : Enquiry call letter.

Ex. M-4 dt

,—

: Enquiry

report of tfie

Enquiry Officer.

Ex. M-5 dt, 15-3-94 : Enquiry proceedings.

Ex. M-6 dt, 3-8-94 : Dismissal order,

Ex. M-7 dt. ?6-6-94 : Show-catase notice.

Ex. M-R dt. 20-7-94 : Reply to show-cnuse

notice.

Ex. M-9 dl. 1 S-Q-81 : Copy of promotion orJcr

as Ward-Bov.

255

New Delhi, the 5th January, 2001

S.O 109.—In pursuance of Section 17 of the In-

dustrial Dispute Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), the Central

Government hereby publishes the Award of the In-

dustrial Tribunal Godavarikhani

as shown

in the

Annexure in the

Industrial

Dispute between the

employers in relation to the management of S.C.C.L.

and their workman, which was received by the Central

Government on 4-1-2001.

[No. L-22025|25|2000-C.IJ

N. P. KESAVAN, Desk Officer

ANNEXURE

BEFORE

THE

CHAIRMAN,

INDUSTRIAL

TRIBUNAL, CUM-LABAUR COURT,

GODAVARIKHANI

PRESENT ;

Sri. P. Gurunadha Rao, B.Sc, B.L. Chairman,.

cum-Presiding Officer.

Wednesday, the 25th Day of October, 2000

Industrial Dispute No. 113 of 1997

BETWEEN

Byri Rajesh, S|o. B. Kumaraiah,

Aged 30yrs. R|o Bellampally,

Adilabad Dist.

Presently residing at Arenda (village),

Mandal : Manthani, Dist. Karimnagar.

—Petitioner,

AND

The Chairman & Managing Director,

The Singareni Collieries Co. Ltd.,

Kothagudam, Khammani Dist.

—Respondei i

This petition coming before me for final hearing in

the presence of Sri, K. Sudhakar Reddy,

Advocate

for the petitioner and of Sri, C. SatyanaTayana Reddy,

Advocate for the respondent and having stood for con-

sideration till this date, the court passed the following:

AWARD

1. This is a petition filed U|s. 2-A(2) of the Indus-

trial Disputes Act, 1947, as amended by A.F., Amend-

ment Act, 1987.

Facts of the case briefly are ais follows ;—

The petitioner was

appointed as

badli-filler on

20-12-1988

on compassionate grounds. He worked

upto 29-12-89.

He was not permitted to work w.e.f.

30-12-89. The petitioner got issued a notice to

the

respondents. The respondents issued proceedings dt,

11-1-97 denying reinstatement. He was terminated from

the service on the ground1 that he was not the son of

Bairi Komuraiah.

2. Respondent filed

counter stating that the pe i-

tioner was appointed on compassionate grounds due to

death of his father Bairi Komuraiah. The petitioner

falsely claimed himself as sou of the deceased

Bairi

Komuraiah.

Hairi Rajesh and Bairi Laxmaiah working in the res-

pondent company lodged1 complaint against the peti-

tioner stated that he Mas not the- son of Bairi Komu-

raiah.

Further, il was complained that flu1 wife of

the deceased Komuraiah by accepting illegal gratifi-

cation from the petitioner submitted application for

employment to the petitioner.

The management con-

ducted enquiry and recorded statements of co-workers

of Bairi Komuraiah.

It was revealed that the peti-

tioner was

not

the

son

of the

deceased Bairi

Komuraiah.

The petitioner did not participate in the enquny

intentionally.

Ihc petitioner did not file any docu-

ment to show that he was the son of Baivi Komu-

raiah.

Hence, the petitioner was terminated from

the service on 3-4-1989.

3. Ex. W-l is marked on behalf of the petitioner.

Ex. M-l to Ex. M-3 arc marked on behalf of the

respondent,

4. Heard both sides.

5. The point for consideration is whether

the

termination of the petitioner

from the

service

is

illegal, if so, whether the petitioner can be reinstated

into service.

6. POINT : Ex. W-l is reply notice dt. 2-1-97 re-

jecting ihc request of the petitioner for reinstatement.

Ex. M-l is letter dt. 3-4-89 removing the petitioner

from the service.

The reason for removing the petitioner from the ser-

vice was not given in this letter.

But the petitioner knew that he was removed from

the service because, he was not the son of

Bairi

Komuraiah.

The respondent made enquiry with regard to the peti-

tioner whether he was the son of Bairi Komuraiah or

not.

The respondent came to know that the peti-

tioner was an imposter.

The wife of Bairi Komuraiah

accepted illegal gratification a'nd recommended employ-

ment to the petitioner as if he was the son of

Bairi

Komuraiah.

The pelitioner did not produce any

documentary

evidence to show that he was the son of Bairi Komu-

raiah and he was not an impostor.

7. The petitioner ought to have examined himself

as a witness in this case and ought to have proved that

he was the son of Bairi Komuraiah and he was

not

impostor.

The petitioner did not examine himself as a wit-

ness to prove that he was the son of Bairi Komuraiah.

The petitioner cannot claim reinstatement

unless

he is the son of Bairi Komuraiah.

If he is not the

son of Bairi Komuraiah, he is an impostor. He cannot

be reinstated into service.

8, There is no need to frame charge against

the

petitioner and there is no need to conduct regular de-

partmental enquiry against the petitioner because it was

not a misconduct during the course of employment,

The very basis of appointment of the petitioner was

that he was the son of Bairi Komuraiah. If that was

false, the petitioner would not have been appointed at

all.

Since the petitioner did not make any effort

to

prove that lie was the son of I ate Bairi Komumiah,

ho u;is lemovcd from the service.

9 «

TUP. GAZETTE OF TNOIA : JANUARY 20, 200LPAUSA 30, 1922

[PART IT—SF.C. 3(ii)J

The petitioner has not made any effort to prove

that he is the son of Late Komuruiah atleasc by exa-

mining himself as a v* itness in tliis court.

I, therefore, consider that the petitioner is an

im-

postor and he is not the son of Bairi Komuraiah. His

termination from the service is legal.

He cannot be

rcmsta.ed into service.

Hence, I answer the

pmnt

accordingly.

In the result, this petition is dismissed. The order of

removal of the petitioner from service is confirmed.

Each party to bear their own costs.

Typed to my dictation, corrected and pronounced by

me in the open court on this, 25th day of October,

2U00.

P. GURUNADHA RAO, Chairman-cum-Presiding

Officer

Appendix of Evidence

Witnesses-examined1

For workman:—

For Management:—

—Nil—

—Nil—

Exhibits

For workman:—•

Ex. W-l dt. 2\ 11-1-97 : Reply

to notice

clt.

12-12-96 letter addressed to Sri. K, Vasu-

deva Reddy, Adv., Remkote, Hyderabad by

the General Manager, Bellampalh (P)3.

For Management:—

Ex. M-l dt. 3-4-89 : Termination letter issued to

the petitioner.

Ex. M-2 dt. 6| 10-3-90 : Letter addressed to the

General

Manager

(P), Beliampally

by

Superintendent of Mines, Shantikhani.

Ex. M-3 dt. 10-3-90 : Enquuy report.

New Delhi, the Mh January, 2001

S.O. 110.—In

pursuance of Section 17 of

the

Industrial Dispute Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), the Cen-

tral Government hereby publishes the award of tlhe

Industrial Tribunal, Hyderabad as shown in the An-

nexure in the Industrial Dispute between the em-

ployers in relation to the management of Indian Air-

lines Ltid. and their workman, which was received by

the Central Government on 3-1-2001.

[No. L- 11O12|31 (99 IR(C-T)]

S. S. GUPTA, Uinln- Secy.

ANNEXURH

BEFORE 1HE INDUSTRIAL

IR1BUNAL-1 AT

HYDERABAD

PRESENT ;

Sri Syed Abdullah, B.ScB.L., Industiiai Tri-

bunal-1.

Dated: 5th day of December, 2000

Industrial Dispute No. 54 of J 999

BETWEEN

Sri Mirza Rchaman Baig S/o M S. Eaig,

7-2-49,5/59, DNM Coluny, Sanathnagar,

Hyderabad-50O 018.

. -. Petitioner

AND

The Chief Engineering Manager,

Indian Airlines Limned, Southern Region,

Begumpet, Hyderabad.

. . .Respondent

APPEARANCES :

Sri K. V. Rao, Advocate—for the Petitioner

M/s. K. Siinivasa Murlhy and A. Vijay Sekhar

Reddy, Advocates—for the Respondent.

AWARD

The Government of India,

Ministry ot Labour,

New Delhi by its order No. L-l 1012/3 l/99-JR(C-I)

dated 18-8-1999 referred the

following

Industrial

Dispute under Section 10(lJ(cI) and sub-section (2A)

of t'ne Industrial Disputes Act, 1948 for adjudication

to tlhis Tribunal:

"Whether the punishment of djsmiss.il from ser-

vice awarded to Shri Mirza Rjehaman Baig,

by the Management of Indian Airlines is

just, proper as per Rules and in proposi-

tion to his guilt / If not, to what relief is

the workman entiiled 7"

Both parties appeared and filed their respective plead-

ings.

2. The petitioner—workman filed tlhe claim state-

ment and in brief the averments are as under: The

petitioner was appointed as Helper on 7-8-1984 on

compassionate grounds consequent! to the death of

his father. During the

year 1990 he iell sick and

could not attend the duties properly. So he was im-

posed with penalty of reduction in basic pay by one

stage

with cumulative

effect

by an order dated

27-1-1992.

A charge sheet

dated 14-7-1992 was

issued tor absenting from duty • without permission

alleging tfiaf "he remained absent without leave and

also without prior intimation or pcimission whatso-

ever for 183 days on 19 occasions in the year 1991".

It constitutes misconduct as per Standing Orders, The

petitioner submitted his explanation and t'hereaiter

the enquiry was conducted on 8-7-1993 in violation

of principles of natural justice, by not affording any

reasonable opportunity. The petitioner was suggested

that the enquiry would be nominal and further ad-

vised that if Ihe pleads guilty, he would be exonerated

from charge by a lesser punishment.

Believing the

version of the Officers, the petitioner admitted

the

same. The Enquiry Officer

without considering the

record and medical certificates

submitted by him,

submitted his report

proving the

charge levelled

against the petitioner. The management' without appli-

cation of its mind, issued a show cause notice pro-

posing dismissal from service

with pre-determined

mind. Finally the punishment was1 imposed dismissing

him from service which U excessive, harsh and cjis-

1,/

propon'ionate to Lhc charge levelled against him. The

petitioner is a lay man and not acquainted with the

legal pioceedings and so he CL.U1J iiot make proper

representation in the National

Jndust'rial Tribunal

while it was pending there. All the whiL Hie petitio-

ner could not secure any eniplo)..i..nt' in ipitc ol his

best eftnrts. The petitioner i> a poor man having the

responsibility and is depended by a laige family. He

is now aged about 35 years and he i.i not* in a posi-

tjon to secure any other employment anywhere. Hence

prayed to set aside the dismissal order dt. 24-12~iy93

and tc order reinstatement

wiih continuity of ser-

vice, increments and other attendant beneiits.

3. Tn brief, the reply filed by the management is

as under: The petitioner was not regular to his duties

and within a short period of his joining the sen ice.

He started remaining absent unauthonsedly and he

was initially issued a 'caution Memo1 for his absence

for 4 days in the year 1987. He failed to -how any

improvement in

attending the

duty legularly and

starting absent for longer periods. He remained ab-

sent for 125 days on lfi occasions in 1989 and for

72 days on 4 occasions from 1-1-90 to 31-3-90. So

he was issued with a charge slheet dated Hi-4-1990

and an enquiry was conducted into the changes. Tn-

spitte of taking charge sheet and departmental enquiry

thereto, there was no progress in attending the dutk-s.

But he again remained absent for 184 days on 16

occasions during the period from Apnl to Decem-

ber, 1990. Tlhe petitioner war, found guilty of the

earlier charges-. The competent authority U ok a lenient

view and the punishment of 'reduce .n in basic pay

by one inrcment for one year' was imposed. He was

further charge sheeted vide Memo dated 15-5-9 V for

his absenteeism during the period from April to De-

cember, 1990 which was also pioved in the domes-

tic enquiry. The petitioner was punisht J by way of

reduction in basic pay by one stage with cumulafhe

effect vide letter dated 27-1-199..', It can be observ-

ed that the petitioner was very casual towards em-

ployment and also

there was no improvement in

attending the duties and *.o which WCK" found to be

mosi' unsatisfactory, He .igain lcmaincd absent lor

183 days on 19 occasions in the \car 1991 and he

was issued a charge sheet dated 14-7-1992, 'J hough

he received the said charge sheet, he failed to submit

his explanation for it. An enquiry was conducted by

giving him opportunity. The allegation that n was

violative of principles of natural justice is not cor-

rect. The petitioner himself declined to f ike assist-

ance during the enquiry. He pleaded 'guilty' ot the

charges on his own free will and volition. The peti-

tioner hns not filed anv material dncurwnis nr medi-

cal certificates and he failed to explain for Ibis ab-

sence. _ It is not correct1 to state that the competent

authority has mssed the impugned order of dismissal

mechanically. The Natioml Industrial Tribunal after

hearing both

sides, delivered

the

judgment on

12-4-1994 upholding flic action of the management.

Hence praved to confirm (he impugned order of dis-

missal by dismissing the claim of the petitioner.

4. The point for

adjudication

i\ whether tfr

punishment of dismissal awai led fo Mr.

Mirza

Rehman B»ig by the Mana,<ronvm i? HK< -ind proper

as per rules and in pnipm-tron fr» hiq nU� ? Tf rmT to

what relief the woilcman is entitled to ?

5. The petitioner filed a memo stating tiiat he i»

not disputmg the validity of domestic enquiry and

that the matter may be decided on merits considu-

mg the facts on record and as to the proportionality

ot punishment that was imposed by the Management.

b. On me date ot hearing, on the side ol the manage-

ment, the enquiry recoid was marked as hxs. Ml te»

1VI10 and proceeded with,

/, Li, Ml is iiic enaige aheci in which the vork-

man iieiein Was chuigea mat he remained absent lor

i6j Utiys (.i.e. on ry occasions in ihe year lyyj ) with-

out leave anu wnnout piior pel mission which amounts

to misconduct as per clause z8 and 28(1.^ ol Con-

cluci Kiucs, so he was asked to submit his explanation

aiiu to siate whether he desires to be heard, in person

or in case he wishes to examine or cross-exunine the

witnesses. Fuisuani to issue of the charge sheet Ex. M2

inclination was issued about appointment of the En-

quuy Olaccr asking him to attend before him and

lake assistance ot a co-employee of the Department

to defend himself, Followed by it, the Enquiry Oilicer

sent mtimauon Ex. Mj to the workman to aticnd the

enquiry on 28-5-93 and since he did not attend to

the hearing, it was leposted on 8-7-93 as per Ex. M4

intimation. On the date of heanng, Ex, M5 questionairo

was given by the enquiry ofiicer to the workman asking

him to answer the questions therein. The questions that

were put to workman were (1) whether he can read

and write hnghsh (2) whether he understood the con-

Icnts of the charge sheet (3) whether he pleads guilty

of the charges levelled against him or that he requires

any assisianee to defend himself. For which the answcis

given bv the workman are said to be positive. Further

the OHice Superintendent was requested to produce the

muster io!l for the year 1991 asking the workman to

pei use the muster roll and1 if he feels necessary he may

cross-examine the concerned

Superintendent. As the

workman has declined to cross-examine the witness

underneath the proceedings and signatures of the En-

quiry Officer, the Office Superintendent and the delin-

quent were taken. The statement of the workman wis

d\=o taken to (he effect that since he was threatened

by the ma'Crnal uncles not allowing him to attend foi

c'uty and so he was irregular in attending to the office

s'nee J 989, If a chance is given, he is pi epared to woi k

eithei at CTE or any place away from Hyderabad,

Further the statement was recorded about

seeking

p.irdon for the lapse that he maty be permitted 1o earn

livelihood to imintain his family.

Basin> on the said

'liiiCtiicnt of workman, the Enquiiy Officer submitted

B\ M6 Enquiry Report to the employer and in pur-

suance of it, the management has issued show cause

notice Ex. M7 calling him to submit his explanation

why he should not be imposed punishment for the

proved

misconduct.

Tn

Ex. M8

th^ vorR-

man

leitcratcd

his

stand

and

pleaded for

lrsercv

However

Ex. M9

order

was passed

di'niif'ri"

h;m from

service. The management

also fi>d Ex. MIC) application under Sc-+imi 33(2)

of the T.D Act seekine approval of the National Tn-

dustnnl Tribunal for the said dismissal imposed by

ihe Management Ex Mil is the order nwcT bv *he

Nitvmal Tndustml Trihnnal annrovin^ the simc bv

r^iectino th- oVn raisorl bv the workman

Further

Fxs W P tn Ml 5 are fi'od bv the mannciTnen* fo show

that on fi'Uer *wn orrn^ion1- the v.'nrVmnn vis im-

r

o

"

"

(

1

i

v

M

t

v

i

n

i

i

r

i

i

p

T

^

i

i

1

1

M

'

r

r

d

•

f

i

i

i

<

T

}

i

j

'

n

,

t

^

v

f

,

H

l

i

i

q

Tinnilioii' ""d iihrL'ivn(' (hnine tlie

y e : i r

1()SO

aTid

1990,

Z5ii

IHE GAZETIL Ul' INDIA : JANUARY 20, 2UU1,1'AUbA 30, 1922

LIAKI

H - ^ L C . 3(ii/|

8. On the basis oi tlio lecoid, the management has

swongiy puiiouii its cuac that die woikman is noj. en-

tnl^a lor ieiiisia.cniL.nt as tlie services oi the woikman

are uonimeuiai to tiic interests ot he esaibhshmcnt,

9. un Uie oUicr nand tne snong hold contention ot

the workman is uiat uie enquiry was couuuctcu! as a

ionnaiiiy tinu he uemg au niiieia<.o was given an nn-

pujsiiua likii ii JK "umus Ihe charges, tne punismnent

wiu ix leinicnt.

mus he was nidu^ a scape goat to

utimit the cnarges without examining the concerned

witnesses and marking the uocuments, l-uriher it is

argued ai at even ji the J i iDunai holds that the charges

arc proved s^iii oy virtue oi Section 11A of I.D. Act,

he may seek projection pointing out lhaL the punish-

ment is shocking and disproportionate to the charges.

Ihe petitioner nas cited ihe lollowing decisions in

support oi the principle laid und'er Section 11-A of the

I.D. Act emphasizing that the Iribunal is required to

interfere with the impugned order when the punishment

is shockingly disproportionate to the gravity of the

charges.

(1) 199b (2) ALD 595 (High. Court oJ A . P . j - -

A. Vankaat Karnana Vs. Chairman, indus-

trial Tribunal-Labour Court, industrial Dis-

putes Act, 1947-SecUon 1 I-A Labour Court

approving the order oi dismissal of driver

tor entering into the room ol Irailic Superin-

tendent and attempting to assult him-Labour

Court failed to consider whether the punish-

ment imposed is commensurate with the gra-

vity of the misconduci-High Court found' the

punishment to beharsh and ordered reinstate-

ment without backwages.

(2) 1996 (4) ALD 1009 (High Court of A.P.)—

T, B. Singh vs. Industrial Tribunal-cum-

Labour Court, Godavarikhani.

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947—Section ] 1A—

Quantum of punishment Conductor of bus

removed

from

service lor failing to issue

tickets to passengers—Not a case of collec-

ting fairs but not issuing tickofs—Punish-

ment of removal from service quite dis-

propi-rtionate to the gravity of the offence—

Denial of back-wages while reinstating him

would be a deterrent punishment.

(3) 1996 (4) ALD 618 (High Court of A.P.)-

Samiullakhan Vs. Labour Court, Godavari-

khani.

Industrial

Disputes

Act, 1947—Section

11-A-—Labour Court confirmed the findings

of the Enquiry Officer that the petitioner has

driven the bus in a drunken state and detained

the vehicle causing inconvenience to the

passengers and also the punishment removal

of service inflicted on the petitioner—-Writ

Petition filed questioning Ihc punishment im-

posed—Act of petitioner being a solitary and

inflicting the extreme punishment is not of

proportion to the Rravity of offences—Pes-

v indent directed to reinstate the petitioner

without back-wages and defer tw o increments

with cumulative effect.

(4) 1999(5) ALT 45.—rHiph Court of A P.V—

Divl

M'lirH'H,

APSRTC Vs. V. Rmv-i

Reddy.

Inuustriui Disputes Act, Section

11-A—in-

icipiuituioii ui. povvcis oi .Lauoui

Couil|in-

uusiuui liiuuii^i uiiuci SCCLIOH ll-A—Kc-

niovdi oi woiKinan ^COHUUCLOIJ uy Ai'SRlC

toi lrusconuiict aiiei noiomg Disciplinary en-

quiij' oiuu uiuiicngea Dy woiKinan in La-

oour L-ourt—r'ower oi Laoour Uouri is akin

to tnat ot appellate couit—Laoour Court has

power ana jurisdiction to icappreuate the

evidence- auuuceri in the domestic enquny

ana suusaiuie us own nndings even in cases

wnere workman conceuea tne validity of

domestic enquiry. It can reverse the hndings

or Disciplinary Authority Even if findings oa

misconduct are justified, Labour Court has

poMcr to hold dismissal as unjustified and

award' appropriate and lesser pumshmtnt in

the cucumstances of a particular case.

iu. it it, auc thai, ihe empioyci nad applied to the

iNauuUdi inuustiiai liiuuiiLu uuoer Section JJ(zJ ot

uie I.U. Act io) appiovai oi tne puiiisnmenL lniposed

ana u was eoiuitincu oy tne saw inounai, luespce-

nve oi LTte older

parsed unaer section

i>.-ii,2) of

i.i-i, /ACi coveieu oy jtx. M i l approving the dismissal

oi me woikman Horn seiviec tor me piovcd m<scon-

auct, uie workman nas a statutory ngnt under 6ecuon

ii-A ot I.D. Act to question tne punishment, as

jfiockingiy disproponionatc and also seek tor review

oi me miuings ot the Enquiry Umcer as the Act is a

welfare legislation intended to protect the interests of

Hie workman and to have industrial peace. No doubt

the management has conducted the enquiry rnancu-

luusiy to piove the charges of the workman by ap-

pointing an Enquiry Orhcer. As, seen from the record,

die Enquiry Ofhcer has noi examined any of the man-

agement witnesses except giving questionnaire Ex. M5

to the workman to give reply either 'Yes' or 'No' to

his questions. It is not the case of the management

thai, the workman is a fully a literate person. His ad-

mission i;> that he coulct read and write English and

uiderstood the contents of the charge sheet.

Mere

obtaining of his signature on th© questionnaire is not a

foolproof method of conducting the enquiry. The work-

man facing charges in a departmental enquiry is in the

position of a delinquent as such the initial burden is

on the management to prove the charges by producing

necessary witnesses and1 the records but not to put ques-

tions to the delinquent asking him whether he pleads

guilty or not and whether the records placed before

him tire tme or not. Though strict rules of the Evi-

dence Act need not be applied in the departmental

enquiry. Yet 1,he principles of natural justice are to be

followed.

Even though Ex. Mil order was passed

by the National Industrial Tribunal approving the

pimishment imposed by the employer, still it is not a

bar for the Labour Court or Industrial Tribunal for

ndjudicating the dispute under Section 10 of the I.D.

Act. The Enquiry Officer has not at all examined the

management's witnesses to speak out the facts relating

to the charges with reference to the documents. After

all the workman was holding Class IV Post of Engi-

neer-helper who requires no educational qualification

except primary education. If that is the case it is hard

to expect that the w orkman had admitted that he knows

rcadinp and writing Enciish that he understood HIP

f.'imUMi's of the chai'p'. Oieef IMVI thereby has waived

m rHit lo be defended by a friend or co vvorVer. As

J^

1)

seen from the record the Enquiry was not done in a

fair manner. Despite provision to Section 11A of I.D.

Act, the workman has a right to urge the grounds re-

guiding disciplinary proceedings as al whole and if

he feels he may let in evidence in regard to the same.

The

workman's

right

was

recognised

even

under

the

pre-existing

law

and!

the same

is

retained

under

new

Section

11-A of

I D . Act. Vjde in the casi

of Java India Private

Limited vs. Madan Mohan [1972(1) L U Page 360].

Even though the workman has not disputed the dis-

ciplinary proceedings, still the Labour Court or In-

dustrial Tribunal has the power to review the entire

evidence obtained at the Departmental Enquiry.

It

can interfere even in case where- it feels

that

the

punishment is disproportionate

to the misconduct

committed by the worker. It! may also award lesser

punishment in lieu of discharge or dismissal which

it could not du under the pre-existing law. In respect

of proceedings under Section 33(2) of the I.D. Act,

the benefit? of Section ll-A

was not extended.

By

means of amended

Act, 1971 introducing Section

11-A, the powers of Labour Court of Tribunal are

enlarged to review the evidence obtained before the

Domestic Enquiry which came into force with effect

from 15-12-1971. Thus the amendment has empower-

ed the Labour Court or Industrial Tribunal or Natio-

nal Industrial Tribunal to sit over the decision of rhe

employer (dismissing or discharging

the workman

from service and set aside the discharge or dismissal

effected by the employer, and to award relief of re-

instatement or any lesser punishment1 in lieu of dis-

charge or dismissal depending

upon the facts and

circutastances of elach case. Further bv means of

this power the Tribunal may interfere with the quan-

tum of punishment even if the discharge or dismissal

was justified. When in a particular case the Labour

Court or Industrial Tribunal, on the facts and cir-

cumstances of the case, comes to the conclusion that!

a lesser punishment in lieu of dismissal or discharge

from service would be sufficient.

11. Thus on an over all consideration of the fact-

ual and legal aspects, it is reasonable to hold that

the punishment of dismissal of the workman herein

as imposed by tflie employer covered by Ex. M9 is

shockingly disproportionate

to the gravity of the

charges of misconduct1 committed by the workman,

for absenting himself from duty. It is a lit case to

give a chance to the workman to be more loyal and

sincere to his service in future. If such an opportunitv

is not given fhe entire family of the workman would

face severe crisis and conuequence<r. It is iust nnd

reasonable to set aside the impugned order of dis-

missal.

12. In the result, an award is passed setting aside

the impugned order of dismissal E^ MO bv ordering

reinstatement1 the workman Mirza Rehmnn Bare into

service within 30 days from the date of publication

of this award. He i^ not entitled for any back wages

on the principle of 'no

work no pay' during the

period. As a measure of punishment for the miscon-

duct, he is imposed punishment bv stopping me in-

cement without any cumulative eScc'-.

Dictated to the Stenn-tvpist. transcribed bv him,

corrected by me and given under my hand and the

seal of thr, Tiib^i .1 on this the 5th day of Decem-

ber, 2000,

SYJ3D ABDULLAH, Industrial Tribunal-l

Appendix of Evideice

No oral evidence is adduced by both parties.

Documents marked tor trj'j Petitioner:

NIL.

Document's marked for the Respondent by con-

sent :

Ex. Ml—Charge Sheet dated 14-7-1992.

Ex. M2—Letter dated 22-1-1993 communicat-

ed to the petitioner about the appointment

of Enquiry Officer and conducting tihe en-

quiry.

Ex. M3—Lxtter dated 13-5-1993 'of ihc En-

quiry Officer fixing the enquiry as 28-5-93.

Ex. M4—Letter dated 22-tVQ.i of the Enquiry

Officer fixing the enquiry as 8-7-1993.

Ex. M5—Proceedings of the Enquiry Officer.

Ex. M6--Enquiry report dated 13-7-1993.

Ex. M7—Show cause nolica dated 23-8-93.

Ex. M8—Reply dated 1-9-93 submitted by the

petitioner to Ex. M7.

fix. M9—Letter dated 24-12-93 imposing the

punishment of dismissal on the petitioner.

t X M10—Application filed by the management

before the National Industrial Tribunal for

seeking approval of tho action taken by tihe

Management in dismissing the

workman

from service.

Ex. Mil—Order of the National Industrial Tri-

bunal dated 12-4-1994.

E.\. Ml2—Caution letter given To petitioner for

his absence.

Ex. M13—Charge sheet dated 16-4-1990 issued

to the petitioner for

his absence for 125

days on 16 occasions in the year 1989 and

72 days on 4 occasions

during the year

1990.

Ex. Ml4—Letter daie.1 28-12-1990

imposing

the punishment of reduction in basic pay

by one increment for a period of one year

with effect from 1-1-1991.

Ex. Ml5—Charge Sheet dated 15-5-1991 issu-

ed to the petitioner for his absence for 104

days from April to December, 1990.

Ex. Ml 6—Utter dated 27 1-1992 issued to the

petitioner imposing the punishment of re-

duction in basic pay

by one stage with

cumulative effect with effect from 1-2-1992.

"(iO

11IL OAZl".l"lJ-_ <_>! 1KD1A . JAUUAK'i ZU

iriUl/I'AU.jA 30, 1922

UWru 11—SEC. 3(ii)]

New Delhi, the Mh January, 2001

S.O. 111.—Tn pursuance of Section 17

of

the

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), the Cen-

tral Government hereby publishes the award of flie

Central Government Industrial Tribunal, Calcutta as

shown in the Annexurc in the Industrial Dispute bet-

ween Che employers in relation to the management

of M/s. H.P.C. Ltd., ana their workman, which was

received by the Central Government on 26-12-2000.

[No. L-30012|135I0 7-IR(C-1)

S. S. GUPTA, Under Secy.

ANNEXURE

CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

INDUSTRIAL TRI-

BUNAL AT CALCUTTA

Reference No. 30 of 1993

PARTIES :

Employers tn relation to the

management of

Hindusthan Petroleum Corporation Limit-

ed

AND

Their Workmen.

PRESENT :

Mr. Justice B. P. Sharma, Presiding Officer.

APPEARANCE:

On

behalf

of

Management—-Mr.

P.

B.

Chowdhury, Advocate.

On behalf of Workmen—None.

STATE : West Bengal.

INDUSTRY : Petroleum.

AWARD

By Order

No.

L-3OOI2/135/97-IR(C-T)

dated

9-11-1998 the Central Government in exercise of its

[lowers under section I0C1 )(d) and 2(A) of the In-

dustrial Disputes Acf, 19*17

referred the following

dispute to this Tribunal for adjudication :

"Whether tihe action

of the

management of

H.P.C.L. in denying

regularisdiion

and

equality wifh their regular

employees to

Bnburam

YadaV

Babul Ch. Das,

Balai

Jana, Ansti Kr. Das, Rajkuinar Routh is

justified ? Tf not, to what relief they are

entitled ?"

2. When thu case is calk-d out I'oday, management

is represented by its Advocate. None appears foi the

union and no step is taken on its behalf to proived

with tihe case. If appears from In.' record that no one

ever appeared on behalf of the union and no step

was taken on its behalf

in this case, even though

several adjournments were allowed for the same. Tt

is accordingly clear thai1 the union is no longer in-

terested to proceed with the present reference.

Mr.

Chowdiiury, Advocate for the management st'ates that

the present be disposed of by passing a "Mo Dispute'1

Award.

3. In the above circumstances, m the absence of

any material what-so-ever for any decision in respect

of the schedule under reference, fhis Tribunal has no

other alternative but to dispose of the present refer-

ence by passing a "No Dispute" Award.

4. A "No Dispute" Award is accordingly passed

and the reference is disposed of.

Dated, Calcutta,

The 5llh December, 2000.

B. P. SHARMA, Presiding Officer

New Delhi, the I Ith January, 2U01

S.O. II2.—Tn exercise of the powers

conferred

by Section 4 of the Employees' State Insurance Act,

1948 (34 of 1948), the Central Government' hereby

makes the following amendments in the notification

of the Government of India in the Ministry of Labour

No. S.O. 32(E), dated the 4tin January, 2000 pub-

lished in the Gnzette of India, Extraordinary Part Tl,

Section 3(ii) dated the 11 th January, 2000 ;

In the said notification under the heading "Ap-

pointed by the Central Government under clause (g) of

Section (4) in consultation with the organizations of

employees recognized by the Central Government for

the purposes" against Serial No, 40, tihe following

entries shall be substituted, namely:—

"Sh. Ram Kifhore Trjpathy,

Secretary,

Hind Mazdoor Sabha (U.P. State),

12K/239-K. Block, Kidwai Nagar,

Kan pur, Utfar PraiJesh..

[No. U-16012/1/98-SS11

L. H, RUOLNGUL, Under Secy.

1'iintcJ

by the Manager,

Govt. 01 India

Piosh, Run; Komi. New

IDellii-l KllKi-l

•m.l I'lJblMuM bv ihc C n.jTiolK-i uf I'ubheittiniis, rvlhi-l 1005 I, 2001