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Creative Garments Vs. Kunwar Prasad and anr.

Creative Garments vs Kunwar Prasad and anr.

Disposition Appeal dismissed Court Mumbai Decided Mar 20, 2002
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Citation
Court
Mumbai High Court
Judge
Decided On
Case Number
O.O.C.J.A. No. 335/2001 in W.P. No. 1523/1999
Subject
Labour and Industrial
Disposition
Appeal dismissed

Case Summary

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- Article 14: [R.M. Lodha, S.A. Bobde & S.B. Deshmukh, JJ] Retiral benefit - Classification between part time Lecturers and full time teachers Held, The part-time Lecturers form a class by themselves and the said classification between part time Lecturers and full-time Teachers for purpose of granting retrial bene...

Key legal issue
Labour and Industrial
Outcome / disposition
Appeal dismissed
Acts & sections
Industrial Disputes Act - Sections 25; Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act

Parties & Advocates

Appellant / Petitioner

Creative Garments

Advocate K.S. Bapat, Adv.

Respondent

Kunwar Prasad and anr.

Advocate A.D. Shetty, Adv.

Legal References

Acts
Industrial Disputes Act - Sections 25; Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act
Reported In
(2003)ILLJ809Bom; 2003(1)BomLC235

Excerpt

.....the part-time lecturers form a class by themselves and the said classification between part time lecturers and full-time teachers for purpose of granting retrial benefits cannot be said to be unconstitutional or bad in law -- consumer protection act, 1986 -- article 16; right to pension held, it is true that the pension is neither a bounty nor a matter of grace depending upon the sweet will of the employer. however, the right of pension is always subject to the rules. it is not inherent in the employment. though pension is a payment for a past service rendered and it is a social welfare measure, but it is well settled that an employee is not entitled to pension de hors the rules. in the instant case the government resolution dated 21.7.1983 held that the said pension scheme is only applicable to the employees covered therein. a part time teacher, unfortunately, is not covered by the said scheme and, therefore, not entitled. retirement benefit; differentiation between full time teachers and part-time lecturers government resolution providing for retrial benefits to full-time teaching staff part-time lecturer were not entitled to said benefit held, it is true that the pension is neither a bounty nor a matter of grace depending upon the sweet will of the employer. however, the right of pension is always subject to the rules. it is not inherent in the employment. though pension is a payment for a past service rendered and it is a social welfare measure, but it is well settled that an employee is not entitled to pension de hors the rules. in the instant case the government resolution dated 21.7.1983 held that the said pension scheme is only applicable to the employees covered therein. a part time teacher, unfortunately, is not covered by the said scheme and, therefore, not entitled. - 3. the learned single judge held, and in our opinion, rightly that evidence of dudhnath kanojia as not at all reliable. the appellant is directed to comply with this..........at a pressman with the respondent-company from 1976 and he was getting weekly wages and he had worked in the company for 8 to 9 years and that he had resigned and had gone to his native place. he came in the year 1986 and accepted the work on contract basis to press the new ready-made garments manufactured by the company.3. the learned single judge held, and in our opinion, rightly that evidence of dudhnath kanojia as not at all reliable. he has admitted that there was no written contract between company and himself as a contractor. he has admitted that he had no licence under the contract labour (regulation and abolition) act. he has admitted that so-called register produced by him to show that respondent was in his employment did not bear the name or stamp of kamlesh ironing. before the labour court, the respondent company did not even whisper in its written statement that it had given work of ironing to kamlesh ironing. it did not say that there was any relationship as principal and contractor between the respondent company and kamlesh ironing. it did not even claim that kamlesh ironing was its contractor. the proprietor of the company had not entered into witness box. instead a time-keeper was examined. the learned judge has also taken note of the fact that the workman addressed letters to the company claiming reinstatement with full back wages on the basis that he was illegally terminated from the employment of the respondent- company. there was no reply to the said letters addressed by the workman.4. in the above circumstances, the learned judge was right in coming to the conclusion that the relationship of employer and employee is proved and granted reinstatement with full back wages.5. appeal is dismissed. the appellant is directed to comply with this order as well as order of learned judge, within a period of four weeks. parties to act on the copy of this order duly authenticated by associate of this court.

Full Judgment

1. This appeal is directed against the order of learned single Judge directing reinstatement of the respondent-workman with full back wages.

2. The case of the respondent is that he was in the employment of the appellant-company as Pressman from 1989 and from June 15, 1992, he was not allowed to join his duties and he was orally told that his services were no longer required. No orders in writing were passed. Therefore, the termination from employment without giving any reason and in contravention of Section 25 of the Industrial Disputes Act, was illegal and void. The defence of the appellant-company was that respondent was never in its employment and therefore, there was no employer-employee relationship between them and therefore, there was no dispute or industrial dispute existed to be referred or to be adjudicated by the Labour Court. The employer has stated in its written statement that it had reliably learnt that the petitioner was in employment of one Kamlesh Ironing and Shri Dudhnath Kanojia was proprietor of the said firm. During the trial, the respondent- company completely changed its story. It was claimed that Mr. Dudhnath Kanojia was the contractor working in the appellant company from 1986-1987 and the respondent was the employee on contract basis. In support of this case, Mr. Dudhnath Kanojia was examined who claimed that he himself had worked at a pressman with the respondent-company from 1976 and he was getting weekly wages and he had worked in the company for 8 to 9 years and that he had resigned and had gone to his native place. He came in the year 1986 and accepted the work on contract basis to press the new ready-made garments manufactured by the company.

3. The learned single Judge held, and in our opinion, rightly that evidence of Dudhnath Kanojia as not at all reliable. He has admitted that there was no written contract between company and himself as a contractor. He has admitted that he had no licence under the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act. He has admitted that so-called register produced by him to show that respondent was in his employment did not bear the name or stamp of Kamlesh Ironing. Before the Labour Court, the respondent company did not even whisper in its written statement that it had given work of ironing to Kamlesh Ironing. It did not say that there was any relationship as principal and contractor between the respondent company and Kamlesh Ironing. It did not even claim that Kamlesh Ironing was its contractor. The proprietor of the company had not entered into witness box. Instead a time-keeper was examined. The learned Judge has also taken note of the fact that the workman addressed letters to the company claiming reinstatement with full back wages on the basis that he was illegally terminated from the employment of the respondent- company. There was no reply to the said letters addressed by the workman.

4. In the above circumstances, the learned Judge was right in coming to the conclusion that the relationship of employer and employee is proved and granted reinstatement with full back wages.

5. Appeal is dismissed. The appellant is directed to comply with this order as well as order of learned Judge, within a period of four weeks. Parties to act on the copy of this order duly authenticated by Associate of this Court.

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