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Satendra Kumar Srivastava Son Of ... vs Presiding Officer, Labour Court ...

High Court Of Judicature at Allahabad|16 April, 2004

JUDGMENT / ORDER

JUDGMENT Rakesh Tiwari, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the parties arid perused the record.
2. Writ Petition No. 13893 of 1985 was filed by the Department, i.e., U.P. State Road Transport Corporation challenging the validity and correctness of the award dated 31.1.1985. The petitioner filed this cross writ petition, i.e., Writ Petition No. 11792 of 1985 challenging the same award on the ground that he could not be treated differently than Sri Viranji Lal, Driver whose offence was more serious. The Court while dictating judgment madvertently overlooked the relief sought in the writ petition filed by the workman for grant of wages from the date; of suspension to the date of order passed by the Labour Court. It is submitted that the judgment in Writ Petition No. 13893 of 1985 was wrongly placed on record of this Writ Petition No. 11792 of 1985 as the, judgment; governed the facts of Writ Petition No. 13893 of 1985 and as such there is no order on merits of Writ Petition No. 11792 of 1985 filed by the petitioner claiming wages from the date of his suspension to the date of the Labour Court award. By the judgment dated 14.10.2003 passed in the present Writ Petition No. 11792 of 1985 the writ petition was dismissed and it was provided that the Corporation would pay the back wages of the petitioner iron1 the date of the award till he had worked, if he had not already been paid the same, with interest at the rate of 10% per annum The Court had also dismissed the Writ Petition No. 13893 of 1985 filed by the Corporation against the award finding no illegality or infirmity in the award. The only question which was before the Court in the present Writ Petition No. 11792 of 1985 filed by the workman was whether he should be granted the relief of back wages from the date of his suspension to the date of the Labour Court award. The prayer made in the present Writ Petition No. 11792 of 1985 is as under: -
"For the reasons given above and facts disclosed (in) the accompanying affidavit it is respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to issue a writ of certiorari quashing the order Annexure II and V and issue such other writ direction or order as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper."
3. As is clear from the above quoted prayer, it is for the issuance of a writ of certiorari quashing the orders contained in Annexures 2 and 5 to the Writ Petition and such other writ direction or order, as this Court deems fit and proper.
4. Annexure 2 is the order of punishment to the following effect: -
^^tkap ,oa rF;ksa ds vk/kkj ij ifjpkyd ds Åij yxk, x, vkjksi iwjh rjg iw.kZ:is.k ls fl) gksrs gSaa A ifjpkyd Hkz"V vkpj.k viuk dj fuxe gkfu igqWpkus fdjk;k gM+ius] vkSj fuxe ,oa vk/kkj lafgrk ds fu;eksa dk mYya?ku djus] fujh{k.k ladsr cl dks u :dokuk fcuk fVdV ;k=h ys tkus ds fy, iw.kZ:is.k ls mRrjnk;h gS A vr% ifjpkyd Jh lR;sUnz dqekj okLro dks lsok ls i`Fkd ¼fjewo½ fd;k tkrk gS budks fuyacu vof/k dk thou fuokZg HkRrs vkfn dks dqN Hkh izkIr dj pqds gSaa ds vykok dqN Hkh ns; ugha gksxk A ;g vkns'k izlkj.k frfFk ds izHkko esa vkosaxs A pkyd ds vkns'k igys gh fudkys tk pqds gSa A
5. Annexure 5 is the award, in paragraphs 8 to 9 of which is the finding recorded by the Labour Court to the following effect: -
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6. The Labour Court found the petitioner guilty of the charges but reinstated him only on the ground that Sri Viranji Lal, Driver was not awarded any punishment. It is true that Sri Viranji Lal, Driver continued in service and earned wages but this does not entitle the petitioner to claim parity with him as it has been clearly held by the Labour Court that the petitioner was involved in corruption. No prayer is made in the writ petition by the petitioner clamping wages from the date of his suspension till the date of the Labour Court award. Even otherwise if this prayer of the petitioner is allowed it will amount to a premium or reward for corruption. The punishing authority and the award of the Labour Court has granted the relief of reinstatement but has not granted back wages to the petitioner under Section 11A of the Industrial Disputes Act. It does not require any interference. The review application is miscohceived.
For the reasons given above, this application is rejected.
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Title

Satendra Kumar Srivastava Son Of ... vs Presiding Officer, Labour Court ...

Court

High Court Of Judicature at Allahabad

JudgmentDate
16 April, 2004
Judges
  • R Tiwari