{"id":10078,"date":"2009-07-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-07T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-regional-director-vs-b-mohanachandran-nair-on-8-july-2009"},"modified":"2014-06-28T17:40:31","modified_gmt":"2014-06-28T12:10:31","slug":"the-regional-director-vs-b-mohanachandran-nair-on-8-july-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-regional-director-vs-b-mohanachandran-nair-on-8-july-2009","title":{"rendered":"The Regional Director vs B.Mohanachandran Nair on 8 July, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
The Regional Director vs B.Mohanachandran Nair on 8 July, 2009<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nIns.APP.No. 2 of 2008()\n\n\n1. THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n2. RECOVERY OFFICER, OFFICE OF THE\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. B.MOHANACHANDRAN NAIR,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n                For Petitioner  :SMT.T.D.RAJALAKSHMY, SC, ESI CORPN.\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.SANTHAN V.NAIR\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice V.RAMKUMAR\n\n Dated :08\/07\/2009\n\n O R D E R\n                         V. RAMKUMAR, J.\n                * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *\n                    Ins. Appeal No. 2 of 2008\n               * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *\n                       Dated: 8th July 2009\n\n                            JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n
                “Whether the transferee including lessee<\/p>\n
         of a factory is liable for the arrears           of<\/p>\n
         contribution due on the date of transfer from<\/p>\n
         the transferor and if so whether such liability<\/p>\n
         should subsist even on the date when steps for<\/p>\n
         recovery are taken ?\n<\/p>\n
      This is the question coming up for judicial resolution.<\/p>\n
      In this appeal filed under Sec. 82 (2) of the Employees<\/p>\n
State Insurance Act, 1948 (hereinafter referred to     as ” the Act”<\/p>\n
for    short), the appellants namely Regional Director, E.S.I.<\/p>\n
Corporation, Thrissur and its recovery officer challenge the order<\/p>\n
dated 30-5-2007 passed by the Employees’ Insurance Court,<\/p>\n
Kollam (hereinafter referred to as “the E..I. Court” for short). As<\/p>\n
per the impugned order the E..I. Court allowed the application<\/p>\n
(I.C. No. 23 of 2003) filed by the respondent herein namely B.<\/p>\n
Ins. Appeal No. 2 of 2008          -:2:-<\/span><\/p>\n
Mohanachandran Nair, Proprietor of M\/s. Prasanthi Cashew<\/p>\n
Company, Kollam seeking a declaration that Ext.P8 garnishee<\/p>\n
order dated 28-5-2003 issued by the E.S.I. Corporation for the<\/p>\n
recovery of a sum of Rs. 42,158\/- was unsustainable. The Court<\/p>\n
below further directed refund of Rs. 10,550\/- deposited by the<\/p>\n
respondent herein before the court below on 11-6-2003.<\/p>\n
        2.       The facts leading to the impugned order are as<\/p>\n
follows:-\n<\/p>\n
        M\/s. Prasanthi Cashew Company at Mankadu, Kollam<\/p>\n
carries on the business of       processing and export of cashew. It<\/p>\n
belongs to one Jamaludheen, Kanakavila Puthen Veedu, Beach<\/p>\n
North Ward, Kollam . As per Ext.P1 lease agreement dated 12-<\/p>\n
9-1997 the factory was leased by the said Jamaludheen to the<\/p>\n
respondent Mohanachandran Nair from 12-09-1997 to 31-12-<\/p>\n
2000.       According to the respondent lessee he took possession of<\/p>\n
the factory on 15-9-1997.            For realisation of a sum of Rs.<\/p>\n
Ins. Appeal No. 2 of 2008              -:3:-<\/span><\/p>\n
42,158\/- by way of contribution due from the factory for the<\/p>\n
period from 12-3-1993 to 14-09-1997                   the appellant E.S.I.<\/p>\n
Corporation issued Ext.P8 garnishee order dated 28-5-2003<\/p>\n
against the Manager, Vysiya Bank, Chinnakkada, Kollam for the<\/p>\n
said amount standing to the credit of the respondent and calling<\/p>\n
upon the Vysiya Bank to pay the said amount to the Corporation<\/p>\n
by way of dues pending against the respondent. The respondent<\/p>\n
herein, thereupon, filed I.C. 23 of 2003 before the E.S.I. Court<\/p>\n
under Sec. 75 to 77 of the Act seeking the following relief:-<\/p>\n
                    “to declare that the Corporation is not entitled to
\n                    collect       the    said  amount      from    the
\n                    applicant\/respondent by resort to Ext.P8 garnishee
\n                    proceedings”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The said application was opposed by the Corporation and the<\/p>\n
court below as per the impugned order dated 30-6-2007 allowed<\/p>\n
I.C. 23\/2003 as mentioned above. Hence, this appeal by the<\/p>\n
Corporation.\n<\/p>\n
        3.       The following substantial question of law has been<\/p>\n
formulated at page 3 of the memorandum of appeal:-<\/p>\n
Ins. Appeal No. 2 of 2008              -:4:-<\/span><\/p>\n
                  “Whether the E.I. Court was right in concluding that
\n                  under Sec. 93 A the transferor is not liable to pay the
\n                  arrears pending while the applicant took over the
\n                  establishment ?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
        4.       I heard Advocate Smt. T.D. Rajalekshmi, the learned<\/p>\n
counsel appearing for the appellants and Adv. Sri. Santhan V.<\/p>\n
Nair, the learned counsel appearing for the respondent.<\/p>\n
        5. The learned counsel appearing for the respondent made<\/p>\n
the following submissions before me in support of the impugned<\/p>\n
order:-\n<\/p>\n
        Eventhough the factory was taken on lease by the<\/p>\n
respondent            herein from 12-9-1997 to 31-12-2000 he had<\/p>\n
surrendered the factory to the lessor, Jamaludheen on 30-11-<\/p>\n
1999 and had intimated the said fact to the Corporation as per<\/p>\n
Ext.P2 letter dated 14-1-2000.              Admittedly, the contribution<\/p>\n
period was from 12-3-1993 to 14-09-1997. Admittedly the<\/p>\n
respondent has paid all dues during the lease period when he was<\/p>\n
the occupier of the factory.           The respondent lessee is proceeded<\/p>\n
Ins. Appeal No. 2 of 2008             -:5:-<\/span><\/p>\n
against not for any arrears due from him during the period of<\/p>\n
lease but for the period immediately before the lease in his favour.<\/p>\n
On 28-5-2003 when the appellant Corporation issued Ext.P8<\/p>\n
garnishee order           to the respondent’s bank the respondent had<\/p>\n
absolutely nothing to do with the factory. The liability to pay the<\/p>\n
amount by virtue of Sec. 40 of the Act is on the            principal<\/p>\n
employer Jamaludheen. As per the statutory Scheme of the Act<\/p>\n
the principal employer after paying the contribution can resort<\/p>\n
to Sec. 41 of the Act to recover the dues from the immediate<\/p>\n
employer. Since Jamaludheen, the owner of the factory was the<\/p>\n
principal employer as defined under Section 2 (17) of the Act, the<\/p>\n
Corporation was not entitled to issue Ext.P8 garnishee order. The<\/p>\n
respondent relies on the decision of a Division Bench of the<\/p>\n
Kerala High Court in Thomas K.C. v. Regional Director E.S.I.C<\/a> –<\/p>\n
1998 – II- LLJ 984.\n<\/p>\n
        6.        I am afraid that I cannot agree with the above<\/p>\n
submissions made on behalf of the respondent herein. There is no<\/p>\n
Ins. Appeal No. 2 of 2008                 -:6:-<\/span><\/p>\n
dispute that the sum of Rs. 42,158\/- was due for the period from<\/p>\n
12-3-1993 to 14-09-1997. There is also no dispute that as per<\/p>\n
Ext.P1 lease agreement dated 12-9-1997 the factory was leased<\/p>\n
out to the respondent Mohanachandran Nair                       by Jamaludheen<\/p>\n
the owner for the period from 12-9-1997 to 31-12-2000. Sec.<\/p>\n
93 (A) of the Act reads as follows:-\n<\/p>\n
           “93 A. Liability in case of transfer of establishment :- Where an
\n           employer, in relation to a factory or establishment, transfers that
\n           factory or establishment in whole or in part, by sale, gift, lease or
\n           license or in any other manner whatsoever, the employer and the
\n           person to whom the factory or establishment is            so transferred
\n           shall jointly and severally be liable to pay the amount           due in
\n           respect of any contribution or any other amount payable under
\n           this Act in respect of the periods up to the date of such transfer.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                    Provided that the liability of the transferee shall be limited to
\n           the value of the assets obtained by him by such transfer”.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                                                                  (emphasis supplied)<\/p>\n
Thus,        in a case where the factory or establishment has been<\/p>\n
transferred by way of lease , both the employer in respect of the<\/p>\n
factory or establishment as well as the lessee shall be jointly and<\/p>\n
severally be liable to pay the amounts due in respect of any<\/p>\n
Ins. Appeal No. 2 of 2008              -:7:-<\/span><\/p>\n
contribution or any other amount under the Act in respect of the<\/p>\n
periods up to the date of such transfer. Hence, with regard to the<\/p>\n
amounts due for the period up to the date of transfer both the<\/p>\n
employer as well as the transferee are jointly and severally liable<\/p>\n
to pay the amount. The argument that from 12-9-1997 till the<\/p>\n
termination of the lease period, since the respondent was not the<\/p>\n
“principal employer” as defined under Sec. 2 (17) of the Act he<\/p>\n
cannot be proceeded against            for the dues accrued prior to the<\/p>\n
lease period            ignores the fact that Sec. 93 – A of the Act is a<\/p>\n
special provision which makes the employer and the transferee<\/p>\n
jointly and severally responsible for the contribution due prior to<\/p>\n
the transfer. When the transferee is also expressly made liable<\/p>\n
for the dues by this special provision, then it is unnecessary to<\/p>\n
consider whether he is a “principal employer” as defined in<\/p>\n
Section 2 (17) of the Act for the purpose of Section 40 of the Act.<\/p>\n
Section 93 – A of the Act            is an independent provision which<\/p>\n
Ins. Appeal No. 2 of 2008             -:8:-<\/span><\/p>\n
has a separate existence de hors Section 40 of the Act.              That<\/p>\n
apart, the definition clause which defines various expressions<\/p>\n
itself indicates that the meaning assigned to each expression will<\/p>\n
hold good            unless there is anything repugnant in the context.<\/p>\n
Even otherwise, the definition of “principal employer” also takes<\/p>\n
in the occupier of the factory.            It is therefore futile for the<\/p>\n
respondent to contend that he was not liable for the arrears of<\/p>\n
contribution.            The respondent cannot take up the plea that it<\/p>\n
was Jamaludheen the owner of the factory who was the “principal<\/p>\n
employer” and that he alone was solely                 liable     for the<\/p>\n
contribution.\n<\/p>\n
        7.       The further contention of the respondent that        the<\/p>\n
amount could be recovered from him only when he continued to<\/p>\n
be the occupier of the premises on the date of the garnishee order<\/p>\n
namely 28-5-2003 is also equally untenable. If under Sec. 93-A<\/p>\n
of the Act both the owner as well as the lessee are jointly and<\/p>\n
Ins. Appeal No. 2 of 2008       -:9:-<\/span><\/p>\n
severally responsible for the dues payable in respect of the factory<\/p>\n
up to the date of the lease, merely because the garnishee order is<\/p>\n
issued long thereafter does not in any way affect the liability of<\/p>\n
the lessee. The Corporation was thus fully justified in realising<\/p>\n
the dues by issuing Ext.P8 garnishee order dated 28-5-2003.<\/p>\n
The view taken by the E.I. Court that since the claim related to<\/p>\n
the period from 12-3-1993 to 14-9-1997 during which period<\/p>\n
the respondent was not the occupier of the factory and that he<\/p>\n
had nothing to do with the factory on the date of issue of the<\/p>\n
garnishee order, the respondent cannot be proceeded against for<\/p>\n
the contribution is clearly unsustainable.    He was certainly the<\/p>\n
occupier of the cashew factory during the lease period<\/p>\n
commencing from 12-9-1997. The respondent           claims to have<\/p>\n
come into possession of the factory on 15-9-1997.               The<\/p>\n
contribution period was from 12-3-1993 to 14-9-1997. So, he<\/p>\n
will be deemed to be the occupier of the factory on the strength<\/p>\n
Ins. Appeal No. 2 of 2008            -:10:-<\/span><\/p>\n
of Ext.P1 agreement. In any view of the matter, he was liable for<\/p>\n
the contribution under Sec. 93 – A of the Act.       The law does not<\/p>\n
insist that such lessee should continue to hold         the status of a<\/p>\n
transferee even on the date of initiation of proceedings for the<\/p>\n
realisation of the dues. Reliance placed by the learned counsel on<\/p>\n
the decision of the Division Bench of this Court in Thomas K.C. v.<\/p>\n
Regional Director, E.S.I. Corporation<\/a> (supra) is of no avail since<\/p>\n
in that case          the question was as to whether for the amounts<\/p>\n
which fell due            during the period of transfer, instead of the<\/p>\n
transferee, the transferor could be proceeded against           by the<\/p>\n
Corporation. The Division Bench answered the question in the<\/p>\n
negative and rightly so because Sec. 93 A of the Act would not<\/p>\n
apply to such a situation.\n<\/p>\n
           The result of the foregoing discussion is that t         the<\/p>\n
substantial question of law based on Section 93-A of the Act is<\/p>\n
liable to be answered in favour of the appellants and I do so.<\/p>\n
Ins. Appeal No. 2 of 2008                -:11:-<\/span><\/p>\n
Consequently, the order passed by the E..I. Court is set aside.<\/p>\n
Ext.P8 garnishee order is upheld. The refund ordered by the<\/p>\n
Court below will also stand set aside. No costs.<\/p>\n
        Dated this the 8th day of July 2009.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                                                  V. RAMKUMAR,
\n                                                     (JUDGE)<\/p>\n
ani.\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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