{"id":135478,"date":"2008-01-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-16T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/hotel-yuvarani-vs-m-v-gopinathan-on-17-january-2008"},"modified":"2018-03-29T12:31:40","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T07:01:40","slug":"hotel-yuvarani-vs-m-v-gopinathan-on-17-january-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/hotel-yuvarani-vs-m-v-gopinathan-on-17-january-2008","title":{"rendered":"Hotel Yuvarani vs M.V.Gopinathan on 17 January, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
Hotel Yuvarani vs M.V.Gopinathan on 17 January, 2008<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nOP No. 26759 of 2002(I)\n\n\n1. HOTEL YUVARANI, M.G.ROAD ERNAKULAM,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. M.V.GOPINATHAN, EWS 716, GANDHI NAGAR,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE LABOUR COURT, ERNAKULAM.\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.P.RAMAKRISHNAN\n\n                For Respondent  :GOVERNMENT PLEADER\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice S.SIRI JAGAN\n\n Dated :17\/01\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                            S.SIRI JAGAN, J.\n\n\n                         =======================\n\n\n                          O.P.  No.26759  of 2002 (I)\n\n\n                         =======================\n\n\n\n\n\n                   Dated this the   17th  day of January, 2008\n\n\n\n\n\n                                JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n
      The petitioner is the opposite party in CP No.55\/1993 before<\/p>\n
the Labour Court, Ernakulam,  filed by the 1st respondent herein,<\/p>\n
claiming wages allegedly due to him for the period from 8.4.1991<\/p>\n
to 26.5.1991, food allowance allegedly due to him for the same<\/p>\n
period and balance bonus allegedly due to him for  a period from<\/p>\n
1988-89 and 1989-90 as also bonus for the period  1990-91 and<\/p>\n
proportionate   bonus   for   the   period   from   1991-92.     The   Labour<\/p>\n
Court   by   Ext.P1   order,     accepted   the       claims   of     the   1st<\/p>\n
respondent   herein   as   raised   in   the   claim   petition   and   directed<\/p>\n
payment of an amount of Rs.4588.15\/- as amounts computed as<\/p>\n
due to the 1st respondent on the above accounts.   That order is<\/p>\n
O.P.  No.26759\/2002\/I                     -2-<\/span><\/p>\n
under challenge before me.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
      2.     The   main   contention   raised   by   the   petitioner   is   that<\/p>\n
the eligibility of the petitioner for wages for the period was not a<\/p>\n
claim   which   could   have   been   validly   considered   by     a   Labour<\/p>\n
Court   in   exercise   of   powers   under   Section   33     C   (2)   of   the<\/p>\n
Industrial   Disputes   Act.     According   to   the   petitioner,   the   1st<\/p>\n
respondent was caught red handed while committing very serious<\/p>\n
misconducts,       as   a   result   of   which   he   was   taken   into   police<\/p>\n
custody,   at   which   time     he   was   under   the   influence   of   alcohol<\/p>\n
also.   That incident happened on 7.4.1991 and thereafter he did<\/p>\n
not   attend   duty.   On   27.5.1991,   the   1st   respondent   was<\/p>\n
suspended  from  service  pending   disciplinary  action.     During  the<\/p>\n
period   from   8.4.1991     and   26.5.1991,   the   petitioner   himself<\/p>\n
stayed   away   from   work   because   of   guilty   conscience   and   not<\/p>\n
because   the   petitioner   refused   to   allow   him   to   attend   to   duty.<\/p>\n
Therefore,   there   is   no   question   of   payment   of   wages   and   food<\/p>\n
allowance   for   the   said   period   is   the   contention   raised.     The<\/p>\n
further   contention   is   that   in   any   event,   the   question   as   to<\/p>\n
whether  the  contention  of  the  management  was true  or   that  of<\/p>\n
the workman was true, was not a matter which could have been<\/p>\n
O.P.  No.26759\/2002\/I                       -3-<\/span><\/p>\n
validly   agitated   in   a   claim   petition   under   Section   33     C   (2)   of<\/p>\n
Industrial   Disputes   Act.     He   also   challenges   that   portion   of   the<\/p>\n
order   whereby   the   Labour   Court   had   directed       payment   of<\/p>\n
balance   bonus   due   to   the   1st   respondent.     According   to   him,<\/p>\n
bonus   due   to   the   1st   respondent       could   have   been   calculated<\/p>\n
only   in   accordance   with   his   last   drawn   wages   at   the   time   of<\/p>\n
suspension and the Labour Court erroneously calculated bonus on<\/p>\n
the basis of minimum wages payable to the 1st respondent which<\/p>\n
is not permissible under law.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
       3.     The   counsel   for   the   1st   respondent   would   seriously<\/p>\n
dispute the contentions raised by the petitioner. According to her,<\/p>\n
the 1st respondent was present for duty every day from 8.4.1991<\/p>\n
to   26.5.1991   but   he   was   not   permitted   to   perform   his   duties.<\/p>\n
Therefore,   according   to   the   1st   respondent,   he   is   entitled   to<\/p>\n
wages   and   food   allowance   for   the   period.     The   counsel   would<\/p>\n
further submit that when minimum wages have been prescribed<\/p>\n
for   this     industry   there   is   nothing   wrong   in   the     Labour   Court<\/p>\n
calculating   bonus   declared   on   the   basis   of   the   minimum   wages<\/p>\n
payable   and   the   management   which   has   not   paid   minimum<\/p>\n
wages to the workman cannot be heard to contend that he would<\/p>\n
O.P.  No.26759\/2002\/I                    -4-<\/span><\/p>\n
pay bonus to the workman only in accordance with the wages he<\/p>\n
actually paid to the workers.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
      4.     I   have   considered   rival   contentions   in   detail.     As<\/p>\n
observed   by   the   Labour   Court   in   Ext.P1,   the   1st   respondent<\/p>\n
himself had admitted that on 7.4.1991 he was taken into custody<\/p>\n
by the police.  According to the management, he had been taken<\/p>\n
to   the   Government   hospital   for   medical   examination   as   he   was<\/p>\n
under the influence of alcohol.   It is also not disputed by the 1st<\/p>\n
respondent that he was placed under suspension with effect from<\/p>\n
17.5.1991.   (The 1st respondent disputes the averment that   he<\/p>\n
was taken for medical examination.)     It is also admitted before<\/p>\n
me   now,   that   the   suspension   had   culminated   in   imposition   of<\/p>\n
punishment of dismissal from service after a domestic enquiry in<\/p>\n
respect of which there is an industrial dispute pending.  As such it<\/p>\n
cannot   now be disputed that there is a genuine dispute pending<\/p>\n
between   the   parties   as   to   whether   during   the   period   from<\/p>\n
8.4.1991 to 26.5.1991,   the 1st respondent was actually absent<\/p>\n
from   duty   by   himself   or   whether   the   opposite   party   refused<\/p>\n
permission to him to attend to his duties.   It is settled law that<\/p>\n
proceedings   under   Section   33     C   (2)   of   the   Industrial   Disputes<\/p>\n
O.P.  No.26759\/2002\/I                         -5-<\/span><\/p>\n
Act   is   in   the   nature   of   execution   proceedings   and   only   settled<\/p>\n
rights which can be computed in terms of money can be subject<\/p>\n
matter of a petition under Section 33 C (2). That being so, when<\/p>\n
there is a genuine dispute as to whether the 1st respondent was<\/p>\n
actually present for duty for the above period, the Labour Court<\/p>\n
could not have in     exercise powers  under Section  33   C (2) of<\/p>\n
Industrial   Disputes   Act     resolved   that   dispute   to   find   the   1st<\/p>\n
respondent eligible for wages and food allowance for the period.<\/p>\n
Such   a   dispute   could   have   been   resolved   only   in   an   industrial<\/p>\n
dispute raised for the purpose.  That being so, I am satisfied that<\/p>\n
the Labour Court went wrong in exercising powers under Section<\/p>\n
33     C   (2)   in   this   case   in   so   far   as   the   question   of   payment   of<\/p>\n
wages and food allowance are concerned for the said period.    To<\/p>\n
that extent, the Ext.P1 order is unsustainable.<\/p>\n
       5.     However,   the   question   of   bonus   is   a   different   thing.<\/p>\n
The Labour Court found that the declared bonus was at the rate<\/p>\n
of 12.5%.  Therefore, the Labour Court is certainly empowerd to<\/p>\n
decide whether       any arrears of bonus or bonus was due to the<\/p>\n
1st   respondent   at   that   rate.     Although   the   petitioner   would<\/p>\n
contend that he is liable to pay bonus only in accordance with the<\/p>\n
O.P.  No.26759\/2002\/I                      -6-<\/span><\/p>\n
last drawn wages paid by the management,  I am not inclined to<\/p>\n
entertain such a contention from an employer who had not paid<\/p>\n
minimum   wages   to   his   worker.     Therefore,     there   is   nothing<\/p>\n
wrong   in   the   Labour   Court   computing     bonus   payable   in<\/p>\n
accordance with the declared percentage of bonus based on the<\/p>\n
minimum   wages   payable.     However,   since   from   8.4.1991   to<\/p>\n
26.5.1991,   the   1st   respondent   had   not   worked   and   since<\/p>\n
thereafter   he   was   under   suspension   which   ultimately   ended   in<\/p>\n
dismissal,  I do not think that the 1st respondent can claim bonus<\/p>\n
for      1991-92 and subsequent period unless the dismissal is set<\/p>\n
aside by a process known to   law.   The Labour Court found that<\/p>\n
the arrears of bonus of Rs. 290.75 and 318.50     was due to the<\/p>\n
1st   respondent   for   the   years   1988-89   and   1989-90.     However,<\/p>\n
there is no separate computation of bonus for the year 1990-91<\/p>\n
in     Ext.P1   order.     But   I   find   that   for   the   earlier   years   the<\/p>\n
management themselves have paid Rs.637.50  and Rs. 700.50 as<\/p>\n
bonus to the petitioner.  Therefore, taking into account the entire<\/p>\n
facts   and   circumstances   of   the   case,   I   feel   that   an   amount   of<\/p>\n
Rs.1000\/-  can  be  fixed  as  bonus  payable to  the 1st  respondent<\/p>\n
which shall be paid within two weeks from the date of receipt of a<\/p>\n
O.P.  No.26759\/2002\/I                  -7-<\/span><\/p>\n
copy of this judgment.  Since I have found that the Labour Court<\/p>\n
should   not   have   validly   adjudicated   the   eligibility   of   1st<\/p>\n
respondent   for   wages   and   food   allowance   for   the   period   from<\/p>\n
8.4.1991 to 26.5.1991, that part of the Ext.P1 order is quashed.<\/p>\n
        The original petition is disposed of as above.<\/p>\n
                                                  S.SIRI JAGAN,<\/p>\n
                                                   JUDGE<\/p>\n
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