{"id":185592,"date":"2009-10-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-19T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/santosh-v-kamatar-vs-the-management-of-north-east-on-20-october-2009"},"modified":"2018-08-09T13:05:38","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T07:35:38","slug":"santosh-v-kamatar-vs-the-management-of-north-east-on-20-october-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/santosh-v-kamatar-vs-the-management-of-north-east-on-20-october-2009","title":{"rendered":"Santosh V Kamatar vs The Management Of North East &#8230; on 20 October, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Santosh V Kamatar vs The Management Of North East &#8230; on 20 October, 2009<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Ram Mohan Reddy<\/div>\n<pre>IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA. \n\nDATED THIS THE 20\"! DAY OF OCTOBER * \n\nTHE HON'BLE MR. JUsT1cE;'IRA'_1yi  \n\nWRIT PETITION NO.15068 Ox\u00e9zoos D  _\n\nBETWEEN\n\nSANTOSH V KAMATAR  _  , .\n\nS\/O. LATE SR1. VEERUPAX  \n\nAGED ABOUT 24 YEARS  V  *\n\nR\/AT POST R AKURAI~rIATI'I\"\n\nTALUK NAVALGUND  I   \nDISTRICT:      PETITIONER\n\n[BY SR1. V'  &amp;\"r\u00a2;A1:\\%;;},;1 LAN KULKARNI, ADV}\nAND: 1 D A \n\nTHE MA:\\IAGEMEN'f'0:F*' \n\nNORTH EAST KARNATAKA ROAD\n\nTRANSPORT CORPORATION\nKOF:PAL' DNISIOMKOPPAL\n\n'  REI1'3.BY\"ITSA.I')IVISIONAL CONTROLLER.  RESPONDENT\n\n V'  VRETTTION FILED UNDER ARTICLE 226 &amp; 227\nOF'--.'1\"TE~IE JOORSTITOTION OF 1ND}_A PRAYING TO QUASH\n\n ENDQRSEMENT DATED 8.9.08, THE ORIGINAL OF\nWHICH\" IS PRODUCED HEREWITH AND MARKED AS ANN\u00bb\n\n -  THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRL.HB',ARING\nT'-N 'B' GROUP, THIS DAY THE COURT MADE THE\n\n   F\"OLLOWING :T l\n\n\u00e9\n\n:.\n\nL\n\n\"'\\\n\n\n\nORDER\n<\/pre>\n<p>Petitioner&#8217;s father. while working as a <\/p>\n<p>respondent ~v-~ Corporation, was terrninated&#8217;-frorn. service <\/p>\n<p>on 26-07-1999 for acts of: deaf it<\/p>\n<p>unauthorised absence from _dutjf&#8217;for*.the  froijn<\/p>\n<p>094997 to 22-12-1997.  order.:&#8217;w&#8217;hen:&#8217;;\u00a7ca11ed in<\/p>\n<p>question in \/  Court,<br \/>\nHubli, was con\ufb01rmed 20-11-2002.<br \/>\nPetitioners  filed  calling in<br \/>\nquestion  by order dated 2-8-\n<\/p>\n<p>2o07, __ was allowed and the<br \/>\norder oiethe  quashed with a direction to<\/p>\n<p>reinstate the ._\\_}Vorkrnan with continuity of service and<\/p>\n<p>  bene\ufb01ts, without backwages. That order<\/p>\n<p>  on the date of the order, the father<\/p>\n<p> the &#8216;&#8221;i9etitioner was reported to be dead.<\/p>\n<p>9   &#8220;I&#8217;i1.erea&#8217;fterwards, by order dated 29-11-2007 Annexure&#8211;<\/p>\n<p> a learned Single Judge, quashed the award of the<\/p>\n<p>it  &#8220;Labour Court entitling the LRS of the deceased workmen<\/p>\n<p>is<\/p>\n<p>;=<br \/>\nL\/<\/p>\n<p>to benefits, including continuity of service&#8211;___ and<\/p>\n<p>consequential bene\ufb01ts Without backwagee\ufb02E&#8221;-hf\u00e9while<\/p>\n<p>concluding, the learned Single Judge 0bserited.thu&#8221;ef  H<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;(3}- V .. ._<br \/>\nTaking into consideration A&#8217; the &#8216;  V &#8221; \u00ab .  in<br \/>\nservice rendered by t}:1_e=.dece&#8217;a&#8217;sed : _<br \/>\nthe gravity of the&#8217;t&#8217;V~.._:ch_{:1rge&#8221;&#8211; iatnjd the<br \/>\nexplanation,  ._ caste where&#8217; the<br \/>\nLabour Court  V&#8221;e\u00a7;1e3fcised the<br \/>\ndiscretion  undwer &#8216; ::V::Se&#8217;ct.i;on   of the<br \/>\n if  &#8216;&#8221;ILabour Court,<br \/>\nwithou&#8211;;ii_&#8221;thAe rnatterial on record,<br \/>\n  indvrejecting the claim of<\/p>\n<p>the de&#8217;ce\u00e9;Sed d &#8211;= pdevtitioner. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p> The __petitiv&#8217;c)r1er, claiming to have a right to<\/p>\n<p>,A &#8216;comp\u00e9issiorxate appointment, made a representation<\/p>\n<p>  Ar1nexure&#8211;&#8220;D&#8221; which when rejected by<\/p>\n<p> ., &#8216;&#8221;res.pon&#8217;dent, has presented this petition.<\/p>\n<p> en:do1&#8217;\u00e9&#8217;ement dated 8-9-2008 Annexure-&#8220;E&#8221; of the<\/p>\n<p>N<\/p>\n<p>3. The contention of Sri. V.S. Naik, learned<\/p>\n<p>counsel for the petitioner that the award C0I1fil&#8217;:1&#8217;l&#8217;1i1&#8242;:..1_.&#8221;i\u00abf_%.&#8221;\ufb02A1\u20ac<\/p>\n<p>order of dismissal when quashed entitling <\/p>\n<p>representatives of the deceased &#8216;Wo-rkrn_en_.to&#8217;:.r;ontinuity &#8216;<\/p>\n<p>of service, consequential bene\ufb01ts without&#8221;r.ei11stat.g\u00a7&#8217;n1e&#8217;Iit<\/p>\n<p>and backwages, one of the~v..legal   to and<\/p>\n<p>appointment on coinVpassl&#8217;onate&#8217;VTgrounds;&#8221; cannot be<br \/>\ncountenance-d. I saajrlh  learned Single<br \/>\nJudge, in  with the<br \/>\n\ufb01nding of absence, but that<br \/>\nthe  as contrasted from a<br \/>\ncase  is held to be illegal and Void.<\/p>\n<p>Thyis&#8217;; t.depl{)yingV&#8221;the jnrisdiction under Art.226 of the<\/p>\n<p> \u00ab\ufb02voristitutionvof India, (Sec.114 of the ID Act] the learned<\/p>\n<p> .Singles;J&#8217;_Li_d\u00a7e&#8221;&#8221;interfered with the award of the Labour<\/p>\n<p>Co&#8217;urt*f:  directed the LR&#8217;s to be entitled to<\/p>\n<p>  &#8216;*consecjuentia3 bene\ufb01ts and continuity of service, in the<\/p>\n<p> of the number of years of service rendered by the<\/p>\n<p>it &#8220;deceased workman. In other words, the order of<\/p>\n<p>M<\/p>\n<p>termination of service which &#8220;was upheld by the Labour<\/p>\n<p>Court was not set&#8211;aside as a consequeijic&#8217;e.VV&#8221;0f&#8217;\u00bbi.the<\/p>\n<p>workman being exonerated or being foundWn:otjV&#8217;guiit.y  V&#8217; <\/p>\n<p>the misconduct. In this  of *. the-3 <\/p>\n<p>petitioner cannot claim a right in tlaw for..&#8221;a.ppointin&#8217;ent*i.g<\/p>\n<p>on compassionate grounds.&#8217; a\u00bb\n<\/p>\n<p>4. In the circuinsta_h~\ufb01&#8217;gSe.:\/ths&#8217;-..Qbseri}ation of the<br \/>\nApex Court in  Vs. K. P.\n<\/p>\n<p>AGRAWAL 52 A;\u00a7ii\u00a7.1g  app&#8217;osi&#8217;te::V  is <\/p>\n<p> iiii<br \/>\n _&#8217; ._ &#8211;  under Article 226 or<br \/>\nSieettion industrial Disputes Act<br \/>\ng._(or a;fiy:Vo&#8217;therA&#8221;siriii1ar provision} is exercised<br \/>\n   &#8216;C-,&#8217;-surt to interfere with the<br \/>\n}L3A&#8217;v1ZiI1i&#8217;E&#8217;;V1&#8243;&#8216;)L&#8217;i&#8217;I1&#8217;\u20ac1&#8243;l1L on the ground that it is<br \/>\n and the employee deserves a lesser<br \/>\npunishment, and a consequential direction<br \/>\n&#8220;isA&#8217;1issued for reinstatement, the Court is not<br \/>\nit  holding that the employer was in the wrong<\/p>\n<p>it or that the dismissal was illegai and invalid.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216; .2007 AIR sew 1357<br \/>\nE<\/p>\n<p>The Court is merely exercising its discretion<br \/>\nto award a lesser punishment. Till such<\/p>\n<p>power is exercised, the dismissal is valid and<\/p>\n<p>in force. When the punishment is reduced<\/p>\n<p>by a Court as being excessive, there can\u00abb;e\u00ab._.l_l&#8217;~._<\/p>\n<p>either a direction for reinstatement 5 .;. <\/p>\n<p>direction for a nominal  <\/p>\n<p>compensation. And if&#8217;-&#8220;r&#8217;ei&#8217;nstaten_1ejnt&#8217;._ iVs&#8217;-7: in<\/p>\n<p>directed, it can be  <\/p>\n<p>prospectively from  the &#8216;date V  <\/p>\n<p>substitution of punishment (in W-hitch&#8217;: event,<br \/>\nthere is no V continiiityilj of.&#8217; service)&#8221; or<br \/>\nretrospectively, from  idatawhich the<\/p>\n<p>Zpenaityii, of&#8221;7&#8217;fVter_rni;nation&#8217;Wwas imposed, (in<br \/>\n &#8216;everityithe1:e&#8221;&#8221;c_an be a consequential<\/p>\n<p>direction &#8220;r\u00a2i&#8217;aiing&#8221;&#8216;_.\u00bbiio continuity of service}.<\/p>\n<p>;&#8217;W7hat Vreq_uiresV&#8217;to be noted in cases where<\/p>\n<p> \ufb01ridiitig of rniscvonduct is affirmed and only<\/p>\n<p> \u00a7&#8217;_11&#8217;_~\u00a7,\u00a7_;_imQ~4[2*1::;lv1&#8217;.-liShI&#8217;I11E31&#8217;1Jf is interfered with (as<\/p>\n<p> coritigtsted from cases where termination is<\/p>\n<p>h-elci*t&#8221;o be illegal or void} is that there is no<\/p>\n<p>automatic reinstatement; and if<\/p>\n<p>reinstatement is directed. it is not<\/p>\n<p>automaticallv with retrospective effect from<\/p>\n<p>the date of termination. Therefore, where<\/p>\n<p>M<\/p>\n<p>reinstatement is a consequence of imposition<\/p>\n<p>of a lesser punishment, neither l:&gt;ack~wages<\/p>\n<p>nor continuity of service nor consequential<br \/>\nbenefits, follow as a natural or necessary<br \/>\nconsequence of such reinstatement.<br \/>\ncases where the misconduct is held<br \/>\nproved, and reinstatement is H_&#8217;itselfif.a4 &#8216;A<br \/>\nconsequential bene\ufb01t arising from<br \/>\nof a lesser punishment, award&#8217;  ii&#8221;<br \/>\nfor the period When;-mhe en:.ol&#8217;oveee.&#8217;lri&#8217;asv: _not_:&#8217;\u00a7<br \/>\nworked, mav arnounit\ufb01lto re&#8221;w.ar&#8217;cling.&#8217;:&#8217;;:the<br \/>\ndelinquent ernplovee&#8221;  it lmlnishi\ufb01g V the<br \/>\nemnlover for     _ for the<\/p>\n<p>  &#8216; comrlnittedl  lav the employee.<br \/>\nThat  Similarly, in such<br \/>\ncases,&#8221; evenll\u00e9lvviiere\ufb01continuity of service is<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8216;directed,,shVould only be for purposes of<br \/>\n pensionarv\/&#8217;retirement benefits, and not for<br \/>\n  bene\ufb01ts like increments, promotions,<br \/>\n&#8216; ease &#8216; <\/p>\n<p>(Emphasis Supplied)<\/p>\n<p> &#8216;A   Having regard to the aforesaid principles, the<\/p>\n<p>.&#8217;  &#8216;deceased father of the petitioner having not been<\/p>\n<p> Wexonerated of the misconduct alleged, the petitioner<\/p>\n<p>Jrk<\/p>\n<p>cannot claim an appointment on compassionate ground,&#8211;&#8216;&#8221;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Petition is accordingiy, rejected.<\/p>\n<p>Sd\/~<\/p>\n<p>KS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karnataka High Court Santosh V Kamatar vs The Management Of North East &#8230; on 20 October, 2009 Author: Ram Mohan Reddy IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA. 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