IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
WP(C).No. 22849 of 2010(E)
1. K.R.ANNARAJ,
... Petitioner
2. SURESH KUMAR K.,
3. PANKAJAKSHAN G.,
4. RIFAYUDEEN S.,
5. MANIKANTAN NAIR T.,
6. SREEDHARAN G.,
7. BABY G.,
8. CHANDRIKA,
9. RAJESWARI M.,
10. RAJAGOPALAN C.,
11. ALI AKBAR,
12. BUHARI M.,
13. A.P.KARUNAKARAN,
14. K.PRASANNAN,
15. B.SURENDRAN NADAR,
16. A.PONNUMONY,
17. PADMINI B.,
18. MANOHARAN NAIR N.,
19. KOCHUTHRESIA LOUISE,
20. SASIKALA DEVI K.V.,
21. AMBIKA.S,PERSONAL ASSISTANT,TDC/CTC,
22. PREMAKUMARI.K,JUNIOR SUPERINTENDENT ,
23. N.N.MOHANAN,JUNIOR SUPERINTENDENT ,
24. SUBAIR KUNJU,FOREMAN,T/W.P.E.G,
25. M.RAJENDRAN NAIR,FOREMAN,
26. D.MANOHARAN,FOREMAN,
27. M.S.GEETHAKUMARI,JUNIOR SUPERINTENDENT,
28. JAYAKUMARAN NAIR.V,FOREMAN,
29. K.P.USHA,FOREMAN,SSG,
30. REMANI GOPINATH,IDCP,FOREMAN,
31. KUMARI SHEELA L.,
32. MADHURI K.,
33. THEVABALA S.,
34. USHA RANJAN J., SENIOR ASSISTANT I,
35. THULASI P., JUNIOR SUPERINTENDENT,
36. NAMADEVAN N.,
Vs
1. KERALA STATE ELECTRONICS DEVELOPMENT
... Respondent
2. STATE OF KERALA,
3. KELTRON EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION (CITU)
4. KELTRON EMPLOYEES UNION REGISTRATION
5. KELTRON EMPLOYEES ORGANISATION,
For Petitioner :SRI.J.HARIKUMAR
For Respondent : No Appearance
The Hon'ble MR. Justice ANTONY DOMINIC
Dated :22/07/2010
O R D E R
ANTONY DOMINIC, J.
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W.P.(C) NO.22849 OF 2010(E)
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Dated this the 22nd day of July, 2010
J U D G M E N T
Petitioners are employees in the workmen category. In this writ
petition their grievance is that in the matter of payment of dearness
allowance they are discriminated as compared to those in the
executive category. It is stated that either representations were
rejected and that the anomaly was not rectified even during the
subsequent pay revisions. It is with this grievance that the writ
petition is filed.
2. Admittedly the petitioners are workmen as defined under
the Industrial Disputes Act. Their claim is for parity in Dearness
allowance with that of the employees in executive category. It is a
matter which the petitioners have to raise by way of an Industrial
Dispute before the Industrial Tribunal or before the Labour Court
constituted under the Industrial Disputes Act.
Writ petition fails and is dismissed.
(ANTONY DOMINIC)
JUDGE
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