{"id":122965,"date":"2010-06-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-20T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/p-a-nagarajan-vs-bharat-petroleum-corporation-on-21-june-2010"},"modified":"2014-08-23T16:10:10","modified_gmt":"2014-08-23T10:40:10","slug":"p-a-nagarajan-vs-bharat-petroleum-corporation-on-21-june-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/p-a-nagarajan-vs-bharat-petroleum-corporation-on-21-june-2010","title":{"rendered":"P.A.Nagarajan vs Bharat Petroleum Corporation … on 21 June, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
P.A.Nagarajan vs Bharat Petroleum Corporation … on 21 June, 2010<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 18730 of 2010(M)\n\n\n1. P.A.NAGARAJAN,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n2. DIRECTOR (HUMAN RESOURCES),\n3. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (KOCHI REFINERY)\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n1. BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD. AND\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.V.JAYAPRADEEP\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.E.K.NANDAKUMAR\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice C.T.RAVIKUMAR\n\n Dated :21\/06\/2010\n\n O R D E R\n                         C.T.RAVIKUMAR, J.\n\n             ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````\n                    W.P.(C) No. 18730 of 2010 M\n             ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````\n                Dated this the 21st day of June, 2010\n\n                            J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n
            The petitioner is presently working as Chief Manager<\/p>\n
(Legal) in the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited(Kochi<\/p>\n
Refineries). He has filed this writ petition challenging Exts.P2 and<\/p>\n
P7.   The further prayer of the petitioner is to issue a writ of<\/p>\n
mandamus commanding the second respondent to pass speaking<\/p>\n
orders on Ext.P5 to enable him to continue at Cochin or to exit<\/p>\n
from its service in terms of Ext.P6 Conduct, Discipline and Appeal<\/p>\n
Rules.\n<\/p>\n
      2.    The petitioner joined the services of the Kochi<\/p>\n
Refineries Limited on 22-01-1987. It was after leaving the job with<\/p>\n
the State Bank of India that he joined its service. According to the<\/p>\n
petitioner, he has actually accepted the offer of appointment in the<\/p>\n
Kochi Refineries Limited solely because of the non-transferability<\/p>\n
of the job. While so, the Kochi Refineries Limited was<\/p>\n
amalgamated with the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited.<\/p>\n
That was in August 2006 under the provisions of Sections 391 and<\/p>\n
394 of the Companies Act. With that amalgamation, the Kochi<\/p>\n
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Refineries Limited ceased to be in existence and thereafter, it is<\/p>\n
being called as Bharat Petroleum Limited Kochi Refineries. On<\/p>\n
20-04-2010, the first respondent issued Ext.P2 staff posting. As<\/p>\n
per Ext.P2, the petitioner was proposed to be transferred and<\/p>\n
posted to the Chairman’s office at Mumbai.         Aggrieved by the<\/p>\n
proposal    in   Ext.P2,   the  petitioner    has    submitted   two<\/p>\n
representations. As per Ext.P4, the petitioner has requested the<\/p>\n
first respondent to defer the order of transfer and to consider his<\/p>\n
claim for retention in Kochi itself in the light of Ext.P1. In Ext.P5<\/p>\n
representation submitted on 01-06-2010, he has virtually reiterated<\/p>\n
his contentions raised in Ext.P4. To fortify his contentions, he has<\/p>\n
relied on certain judicial pronouncements as well. According to<\/p>\n
the petitioner, he was awaiting a favourable order from the<\/p>\n
respondents. While so, to his dismay and dejection, he received<\/p>\n
Ext.P7 order dated 10-06-2010, it is submitted. As per Ext.P7,<\/p>\n
after considering his Ext.P5 representation, the petitioner was<\/p>\n
advised to join duty at Mumbai on or before 21-06-2010. It is in<\/p>\n
the said circumstances that this writ petition has been filed by the<\/p>\n
petitioner assailing Exts.P2 and P7.\n<\/p>\n
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      3.    A scanning of the contentions raised by the petitioner<\/p>\n
would reveal that he is mainly relying on Ext.P1 and various<\/p>\n
judicial pronouncements such as 1941 Company Cases Vol.83<\/p>\n
(HL) 549, 1993 CWN 542 and 1988 Company Cases (Vol.63) 233<\/p>\n
to assail Exts.P2 and P7 and to claim retention in Kochi itself. The<\/p>\n
respondents have filed a statement in this writ petition refuting the<\/p>\n
aforesaid claims and contentions of the petitioner. According to<\/p>\n
them, the petitioner is liable to be transferred and he had accepted<\/p>\n
the transferability of his job as is obvious from Annexure-A order of<\/p>\n
appointment dated 21-01-1988. In short, according to them, in the<\/p>\n
light of Ext.P1 and the Rules, Regulations and Policies applicable<\/p>\n
to the management staff of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited,<\/p>\n
the petitioner cannot be heard to contend that the first respondent<\/p>\n
is lacking jurisdiction to transfer the petitioner from the Bharat<\/p>\n
Petroleum Corporation Limited(Kochi Refineries).<\/p>\n
      4.    Ext.P1 is a Power of Attorney dated 08-02-2007<\/p>\n
nominating the petitioner to be the true and lawful Attorney of<\/p>\n
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited to enable the petitioner to<\/p>\n
perform all and every one of the acts, matters and things<\/p>\n
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mentioned thereunder pertaining to BPCL Kochi Refineries.<\/p>\n
According to the petitioner, Ext.P1 holds out a promise to the<\/p>\n
effect that he would not be transferred outside the jurisdiction of<\/p>\n
the BPCL Kochi Refineries. It is in the aforesaid circumstances<\/p>\n
that he challenged Ext.P2 that carried the proposal to transfer him<\/p>\n
from Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd(KRL) to the Chairman’s<\/p>\n
office at Mumbai.     As already noticed, apart from relying on<\/p>\n
Ext.P1,   the  petitioner   is  also   placing   reliance  on    the<\/p>\n
aforementioned judicial pronouncements to assail Exts.P2 and P7.<\/p>\n
      5.    I have gone through the decisions relied on by the<\/p>\n
petitioner. The said decisions are to the effect that transfer of an<\/p>\n
undertaking in terms of the provisions under the Companies Act<\/p>\n
shall not adversely affect the service conditions of the employees.<\/p>\n
In fact, those decisions were mainly dealing with the transfer of<\/p>\n
undertakings. But, while considering the impact of such transfer,<\/p>\n
in 1988 Company Cases (Vol.63) 233, it was held that employees<\/p>\n
could not be compulsorily transferred from one company to<\/p>\n
another.    Based on the aforesaid decisions, the petitioner<\/p>\n
contended that since no option was given to the petitioner at the<\/p>\n
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time of amalgamation, the respondents are estopped from<\/p>\n
transferring him out of BPCL Kochi Refineries. The tenor of the<\/p>\n
contentions in the writ petition would suggest that the petitioner<\/p>\n
has an alternate prayer.       According to him, in case the<\/p>\n
respondents are unwilling to review the order of transfer, he<\/p>\n
should be permitted to avail the benefit of Voluntary Retirement<\/p>\n
Scheme and to continue in a present post till such time or in the<\/p>\n
alternative, he should be permitted to retire prematurely as<\/p>\n
provided in the Conduct, Discipline and Appeal Rules of the first<\/p>\n
respondent Company.      Ext.P6 is the relevant extract of the<\/p>\n
aforesaid Rules.\n<\/p>\n
      6.    Evidently, the employees of the erstwhile Kochi<\/p>\n
Refineries Limited could not have objected to its amalgamation<\/p>\n
with BPCL. It is a fact that as early as in 2006 itself, the Kochi<\/p>\n
Refineries Limited was amalgamated with the Bharat Petroleum<\/p>\n
Corporation Limited. The grievance of the petitioner is that at the<\/p>\n
time of the said amalgamation, no right of option was given to the<\/p>\n
employees including the petitioner. I am of the view that at this<\/p>\n
distance of time the said aspect has to be viewed in another<\/p>\n
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angle.     Going by the aforesaid decisions relied on by the<\/p>\n
petitioner, the main concern is to protect the conditions of service<\/p>\n
which the employees were enjoying prior to the amalgamation,<\/p>\n
even after the amalgamation. I cannot find any averment in the<\/p>\n
writ petition to the effect that any of the conditions of service of the<\/p>\n
employees of the erstwhile Kochi Refineries Limited has been<\/p>\n
adversely affected on account of the amalgamation. In the context<\/p>\n
of the contentions, it is relevant to refer to the decision of the<\/p>\n
Hon’ble Apex Court in Varadha Rao Vs. State of Karnataka and<\/p>\n
others [AIR 1986 SC 1955].         The Hon’ble Apex Court held that<\/p>\n
transfer is an incident of service and it did not result in alteration of<\/p>\n
the nature of the conditions in service. As noticed earlier, the<\/p>\n
petitioner has no case that on account of the amalgamation the<\/p>\n
service conditions have been altered.          In the context of the<\/p>\n
contentions, it is also relevant to note the conditions incorporated<\/p>\n
in Annexure-A i.e., the order of appointment issued to the<\/p>\n
petitioner dated 21-01-1988. It carries the following conditions:-<\/p>\n
                   ” You are liable to be transferred, at the<\/p>\n
             discretion   of   the    Company,    from    one<\/p>\n
             establishment\/office to another one of our<\/p>\n
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\n                                  : 7 :<\/span><\/p>\n
             Company whether in the Cochin area or<\/p>\n
             elsewhere in India.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                  Your employment is also subject to all<\/p>\n
             Company policies and regulations as well as<\/p>\n
             your participation in any benefit scheme as the<\/p>\n
             Company may require.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
      7.    That order was issued in 1988. True that at that point<\/p>\n
of time, it was Kochi Refineries Limited and was having unit only in<\/p>\n
Cochin and further that it is the subsequent amalgamation that<\/p>\n
resulted in the present situation.        The question is whether<\/p>\n
subsequent to the amalgamation, the employees in the erstwhile<\/p>\n
Kochi Refineries Limited can claim immunity from transfer. I could<\/p>\n
not uphold the contention of the petitioner that the petitioner could<\/p>\n
not be transferred even thereafter in the light of Ext.P1 and the<\/p>\n
decisions referred above. Now, I may examine the sustainability of<\/p>\n
Exts.P2 and P7. Looking into their impact, it may be a compulsory<\/p>\n
transfer as contended by the petitioner.         But, the question is<\/p>\n
whether any of the service conditions of the petitioner was<\/p>\n
prejudicially affected on account of such transfer. I could not find<\/p>\n
any such contention in the writ petition. So long as he got no such<\/p>\n
contentions, the petitioner cannot contend that he is not liable to<\/p>\n
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be transferred on account of the amalgamation of Kochi Refineries<\/p>\n
Limited with the BPCL. In fact, the petitioner cannot contend that<\/p>\n
he was earlier holding a non-transferable job in the light of<\/p>\n
Annexure-A. The conditions incorporated in Annexure-A make it<\/p>\n
clear that he was liable to be transferred. Such a contingency<\/p>\n
might not have arisen on account of the non-existence of other<\/p>\n
units of Kochi Refineries Limited.      At any rate, the petitioner<\/p>\n
cannot challenge Exts.P2 or P7 contending that since the Kochi<\/p>\n
Refineries Limited was amalgamated with the Bharat Petroleum<\/p>\n
Corporation Limited, the petitioner is having an absolute right to<\/p>\n
continue in Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited Kochi Refineries<\/p>\n
only.\n<\/p>\n
     8.      For all these reasons, I cannot uphold the contentions<\/p>\n
of the petitioner raised against Exts.P2 and P7. But, at the same<\/p>\n
time, in view of the peculiar circumstances, I am of the view that<\/p>\n
the petitioner is entitled to get extension of time for joining duty<\/p>\n
pursuant to Ext.P7. Therefore, it will be only be appropriate for<\/p>\n
respondents 1 and 2 to intimate the petitioner the time limit within<\/p>\n
which he should join in the place of his transfer. Needless to say<\/p>\n
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that while issuing such an intimation, the said authorities have to<\/p>\n
ensure that the petitioner is getting ten days’ time in joining the<\/p>\n
place of transfer.\n<\/p>\n
      9.    As already noted, the petitioner has also suggested<\/p>\n
two alternatives. Firstly, he claimed that he should be permitted to<\/p>\n
avail voluntary retirement in accordance with the Voluntary<\/p>\n
Retirement Scheme. There is nothing in the writ petition which<\/p>\n
would suggest that the Voluntary Retirement Scheme is presently<\/p>\n
available under the first respondent. However, it will be open to<\/p>\n
the first respondent to consider the said claim of the petitioner in<\/p>\n
case such a Scheme is available. Necessarily, in case such a<\/p>\n
Scheme is available under the first respondent, the claim of the<\/p>\n
petitioner  for  voluntary   retirement   has  to  be   considered<\/p>\n
expeditiously. In the absence of such a Scheme, his request is<\/p>\n
that he should be permitted to retire prematurely as provided in the<\/p>\n
Conduct, Discipline and Appeal Rules of the first respondent<\/p>\n
Company. That again is a matter to be considered by the first<\/p>\n
respondent in the light of the provisions under the Conduct,<\/p>\n
Discipline and Appeal Rules. In case the petitioner submits an<\/p>\n
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application within two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of<\/p>\n
this judgment as provided under the aforesaid Rules, the<\/p>\n
respondents shall consider the same in accordance with the<\/p>\n
provisions under the Conduct, Discipline and Appeal Rules. The<\/p>\n
same shall be considered by the respondents in the light of the<\/p>\n
provisions under the Conduct, Discipline and Appeal Rules of the<\/p>\n
first respondent Company, expeditiously, at any rate, within a<\/p>\n
period of one month from the date of receipt of such application<\/p>\n
from the petitioner.\n<\/p>\n
      Subject to the above, this writ petition is dismissed.<\/p>\n
                                                              Sd\/-\n<\/p>\n
                                        (C.T.RAVIKUMAR, JUDGE)
\naks<\/p>\n
                           \/\/ True Copy \/\/<\/p>\n
                                   P.A. To Judge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court P.A.Nagarajan vs Bharat Petroleum Corporation … on 21 June, 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 18730 of 2010(M) 1. P.A.NAGARAJAN, … Petitioner 2. DIRECTOR (HUMAN RESOURCES), 3. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (KOCHI REFINERY) Vs 1. BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD. AND … Respondent For Petitioner :SRI.V.JAYAPRADEEP For Respondent :SRI.E.K.NANDAKUMAR The Hon’ble […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-kerala-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nP.A.Nagarajan vs Bharat Petroleum Corporation ... on 21 June, 2010 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/p-a-nagarajan-vs-bharat-petroleum-corporation-on-21-june-2010\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"P.A.Nagarajan vs Bharat Petroleum Corporation ... on 21 June, 2010 - 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