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Executive Engineer Electricity Distribution Division vs Phool Mohammad And Another

High Court Of Judicature at Allahabad|25 October, 2021
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JUDGMENT / ORDER

Court No. - 19 Judgment reserved on 30.9.2021. Delivered on 25.10.2021.
Case :- WRIT - C No. - 5944 of 2021
Petitioner :- Executive Engineer Electricity Distribution Division Respondent :- Phool Mohammad And Another
Counsel for Petitioner :- Baleshwar Chaturvedi
Counsel for Respondent :- Kharag Singh,Surendra Kumar Chaubey
Hon'ble Saurabh Shyam Shamshery,J.
1. The Labour Court, Uttar Pradesh, Agra decided a reference by award dated 22.12.1995 in Industrial Disputes No.159/87 that the respondent no.1 be reinstated and he be paid all wages as paid to his equivalent workmen.
2. The challenge to the aforesaid award was rejected by this Court on 3.1.2006 and by Apex Court on 2.3.2007.
3. It appears that respondent neither filed any proceedings for execution of Award for reinstalment nor joined the services when it was offered on 6.11.2012 instead he filed Misc. Case No.96/2006 before the Labour Court under Section 33 ( C ) (2) of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (though it ought to be under Section 6 (H) (2) of the U.P. Industrial Disputes Act, 1947).
4. The Labour Court allowed the aforesaid application and directed the petitioner to pay amount as referred in the application to the respondent no.1. The findings of the order are mentioned hereinafter:
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5. Mata Prasad, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the application itself was filed under incorrect provisions of section 33 (C) (2) of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. In the State of U.P. there is no provision under Section 33 (C) (2) of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 and the correct provision would be section 6 (H) (2) of U.P. Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. The respondent no.1 has not joined the service despite it was offered. He had not taken any proceedings for execution of award for implementation of direction of reinstatement, therefore, application was not maintainable.
6. Counsel for the petitioner further submitted that respondent was working on Muster Roll and he was offered reinstatement on muster roll only and there was no direction for him to join as regular employee. When the respondent no.1 was removed from service, he along with his equivalent employees were working on muster roll only. The Labour Court has travelled beyond the award and wrongly decided the issue of calculation of payment of salary only on the basis of chart/calculator submitted by the respondent no.1.
7. Shri. Surendra Kumar Chaubey, learned counsel for the respondent no.1 has opposed the aforesaid submission. He submitted that calculation was prepared on the basis of emoluments which was paid to equivalent employees. The Learned Labour Court has decided the ancillary issue and as there was no substantial objection and passed the impugned order. Sections 33 (C) (2) of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 and 6 (H) (2) of the U.P. Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 are parimateria.
8. Heard Mata Prasad, learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri. Surendra Kumar Chaubey, learned counsel for the respondents and perused the record.
9. There is no dispute that Sections 33 (C) (2) of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 and Section 6 (H) (2) of the U.P. Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 are parimateria. The Labour Court has accepted that respondent no.1 was directed to be reinstated on muster roll. The issue that the respondent no.1 has failed to join on muster roll despite opportunity and offer was very vaguely decided by the learned Labour Court that respondent no.1 was not allowed to join despite communication for the respondent no.1. The word ‘equivalent’ was used to consider the respondent to pay such emoluments which he was entitled to get on muster roll as other were getting. Respondent no.1 cannot be granted such benefit which he was not entitled or equivalent to other employees who were getting higher emoluments due to certain orders passed by Court as per regular workmen. Respondent no.1 was entitled for emoluments as equivalent to the employees who were getting as workman on muster roll only. The respondent no.1 has not joined the services despite offered, which also goes against him. The direction was to pay emoluments as equivalent employees to respondent no.1 were getting. No direction was passed to offer reinstatement to respondent no.1 on regular post, therefore, the learned Labour Court has rightly not decided the above issue, but wrongly paid wages according to calculation of respondent no.1 which was calculated as a regular employee. The Labour Court has exceeded its jurisdiction and decided the issue of calculation ignoring the direction that respondent would get emoluments equivalent to a worker working on muster roll.
10. The Labour Court has held that there was no dispute in regard to reinstatement of respondent no.1 on muster roll however, passed order for grant of wages to the petitioner similar to the workman appointed on regular basis and not on muster roll, as such Labour Court has exceeded its jurisdiction, which is not permissible. (See Municipal Corporation of Delhi Vs. Ganesh Razak and Anr. (1995) 1 SCC 235.
11. In view of the above, impugned order dated 31.8.2020 is set-aside and the matter is remanded back to the Labour Court to calculate the wages of the respondent no.1 on the basis of a workmen on muster roll, only.
12. The writ petition is partly allowed in the above terms.
Order Date :- 25.10.2021 SB
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Title

Executive Engineer Electricity Distribution Division vs Phool Mohammad And Another

Court

High Court Of Judicature at Allahabad

JudgmentDate
25 October, 2021
Judges
  • Saurabh Shyam Shamshery
Advocates
  • Baleshwar Chaturvedi