{"id":237757,"date":"2008-11-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-17T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/executive-engineer-vs-amrit-lal-others-on-18-november-2008"},"modified":"2017-05-21T04:30:14","modified_gmt":"2017-05-20T23:00:14","slug":"executive-engineer-vs-amrit-lal-others-on-18-november-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/executive-engineer-vs-amrit-lal-others-on-18-november-2008","title":{"rendered":"Executive Engineer vs Amrit Lal &amp; Others on 18 November, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Executive Engineer vs Amrit Lal &amp; Others on 18 November, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>C.W.P. No.18133 of 2007                                                  -1-\n\n\n         IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA\n                      AT CHANDIGARH\n\n                                                   C.W.P. No.18133 of 2007\n                                                   Decided on :18-11-2008\n\nExecutive Engineer, Construction Division,\nHaryana P.W.D. ( B &amp; R), Chd.\n\n                                                                  ....Petitioner\n                     VERSUS\n\nAmrit Lal &amp; others\n                                                               ....Respondents<\/pre>\n<p>CORAM:-HON&#8217;BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA.\n<\/p>\n<p>       HON&#8217;BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH.\n<\/p>\n<p>Present:- Mr. D.S. Nalwa, A.A.G., Haryana for the petitioner.<\/p>\n<p>            Mr. Baljinder Singh, Advocate for respondent No.1.<\/p>\n<p>HEMANT GUPTA, J<\/p>\n<p>          The challenge in the present writ petition is to the Award of the<\/p>\n<p>Labour Court dated 11.06.2007 (Annexure P-1), whereby respondent No.1<\/p>\n<p>(hereinafter referred to as &#8216;the workman&#8217;) was ordered to be reinstated in<\/p>\n<p>service and full back wages along with all the service benefits incidental<\/p>\n<p>thereto, on account of violation of Section 25-F of Industrial Disputes Act,<\/p>\n<p>1947 (for short &#8216;the Act&#8217;).\n<\/p>\n<p>          It is the case of the workman that he was engaged as a Beldar on<\/p>\n<p>1.10.1997 on daily wage basis and continued to work till 31.07.2000. On<\/p>\n<p>01.08.2000, the Management has terminated the services of the workman<\/p>\n<p>without issuance of any notice or notice pay or without payment of any<\/p>\n<p>compensation and thus, such termination in violation of Section 25F of<\/p>\n<p>Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (for short &#8216;the Act&#8217;) is void.<\/p>\n<p>          The learned Labour Court found that the workman has served<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\"> C.W.P. No.18133 of 2007                                               -2-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>with Management continously from 1.10.1997 to 31.7.2000 and the<\/p>\n<p>Management has terminated the services of the workman on 01.08.2000<\/p>\n<p>without issuance of any notice or without payment of any compensation and<\/p>\n<p>thus, in violation of Section 25F of the Act. It was thus, held that the<\/p>\n<p>termination is illegal and consequently, the workman was ordered to be<\/p>\n<p>reinstated in service and full back wages along with all the service benefits<\/p>\n<p>incidental thereto.\n<\/p>\n<p>          Learned counsel for the petitioner has relied on a decision of the<\/p>\n<p>Supreme Court in cases reported as Ghaziabad Development Authority &amp;<\/p>\n<p>another Vs. Ashok Kumar &amp; another, 2008 (4) SCC 261, <a href=\"\/doc\/932266\/\">Mahboob<\/p>\n<p>Deepak vs. Nagar Panchayat, Gajraula,<\/a> (2008) 1 SCC 575, M.P.<\/p>\n<p>Administration Vs. Tribhuwan, (2007) 9 SCC 748, Utrranchal forest<\/p>\n<p>Development Corpn. Vs. M.C. Joshi, (2007) 2 SCC (L&amp;S) 813, State of<\/p>\n<p>M.P. And others Vs. Lalit Kumar Verma, (2007) 1 SCC 575, to contend<\/p>\n<p>that the post under the State are required to be filled up in terms of the<\/p>\n<p>Recruitment Rules and by inviting applications from all eligible candidates.<\/p>\n<p>It is contended that the respondent-workman was engaged on daily wages<\/p>\n<p>without following the rules and principles of Articles 14 and 16 of the<\/p>\n<p>Constitution, therefore, even if the workman has completed 240 days of<\/p>\n<p>service, the said workman is not entitled to be reinstated and also for the<\/p>\n<p>grant of back wages. In M.P. Administration&#8217;s case (supra), the Court held<\/p>\n<p>to the following effect:-\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>          6.     &#8220;The question, however, which arises for consideration is as<br \/>\n          to whether in a situation of this nature, the learned Single Judge<br \/>\n          and consequently the Division Bench of the Delhi High Court<br \/>\n          should have directed reinstatement of the respondent with full<br \/>\n          back wages. Whereas at one point of time, such a relief used to be<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\"> C.W.P. No.18133 of 2007                                                -3-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>           automatically granted, but keeping in view several other factors<br \/>\n           and in particular the doctrine of public employment and<br \/>\n           involvement of the public money, a change in the said trend is<br \/>\n           now found in the recent decisions of this Court. This Court in a<br \/>\n           large number of decisions in the matter of grant of relief of the<br \/>\n           kind distinguished between a daily wager who does not hold a<br \/>\n           post and a permanent employee. It may be that the definition of<br \/>\n           &#8220;workman&#8221; as contained in Section 2(s) of the Act is wide and<br \/>\n           takes within its embrace all categories of workmen specified<br \/>\n           therein, but the same would not mean that even for the purpose of<br \/>\n           grant of relief in an industrial dispute referred for adjudication,<br \/>\n           application of constitutional scheme of equality adumbrated under<br \/>\n           Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India, in the light of a<br \/>\n           decision of a Constitution Bench of this Court in <a href=\"\/doc\/1591733\/\">Secy., State of<br \/>\n           Karnataka v. Umadevi and<\/a> other relevant factors pointed out by<br \/>\n           the Court in a catena of decisions shall not be taken into<br \/>\n           consideration.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>          7.     The nature of appointment, whether there existed any<br \/>\n           sanctioned post or whether the officer concerned had any<br \/>\n           authority to make appointment are relevant factors.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>           The said observations are in the context of engagement of a<\/p>\n<p>workman engaged on temporary basis from time to time. It was held that<\/p>\n<p>the Industrial Court exercises its discretionary jurisdiction under Section<\/p>\n<p>11A of the Act, when it directs the amount of compensation to be paid to the<\/p>\n<p>workman.\n<\/p>\n<p>           In   Mahboob Deepak&#8217;s case (supra), the Court held to the<\/p>\n<p>following effect:-\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>           9.    &#8220;Due to some exigency of work, although recruitment on<br \/>\n           daily wages or on an ad hoc basis was permissible, but by reason<br \/>\n           thereof an employee cannot claim any right to be permanently<br \/>\n           absorbed in service or made permanent in absence of any statute<br \/>\n           or statutory rules. Merely because an employee has completed<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\"> C.W.P. No.18133 of 2007                                                -4-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>          240 days of work in a year preceding the date of retrenchment, the<br \/>\n          same would not mean that his services were liable to be<br \/>\n          regularised.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>          In Ghaziabad Development Authority&#8217;s case (supra), the dispute<\/p>\n<p>referred to the Labour Court was regarding termination of daily wagers<\/p>\n<p>appointed on ad hoc basis. It was held to the following effect:-<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>          19.      &#8220;A statutory authority is obligated to make recruitments<br \/>\n          only upon compliance with the equality clause contained in<br \/>\n          Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India. Any appointment<br \/>\n          in violation of the said contitutional scheme as also the statutory<br \/>\n          recruitment rules, if any, would be void.        These facts were<br \/>\n          required to the kept in mind by the Labour Court before passing<br \/>\n          an award of reinstatement.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>          20.      Furthermore, public interest would not be subserved if<br \/>\n          after such a long lapse of time, the first respondent is directed to<br \/>\n          be reinstated in service.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>          In view of the aforesaid judgments, we are of the opinion that the<\/p>\n<p>workman, who has worked on daily wages for less than 3 years is not<\/p>\n<p>entitled to be reinstated or the back wages.\n<\/p>\n<p>          In view of the above, we allow the present writ petition and the<\/p>\n<p>impugned award dated 11.06.2007 (Annexure P-1), is set aside.<\/p>\n<pre>\n\n\n\n                                                  (Hemant Gupta)\n                                                      Judge\n\n\n18th November 2008.                               (Nawab Singh)\nMonika                                                Judge\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Executive Engineer vs Amrit Lal &amp; Others on 18 November, 2008 C.W.P. No.18133 of 2007 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No.18133 of 2007 Decided on :18-11-2008 Executive Engineer, Construction Division, Haryana P.W.D. ( B &amp; R), Chd. &#8230;.Petitioner VERSUS Amrit Lal &amp; others &#8230;.Respondents CORAM:-HON&#8217;BLE [&hellip;]<\/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":[8,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-punjab-haryana-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Executive Engineer vs Amrit Lal &amp; Others on 18 November, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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\/executive-engineer-vs-amrit-lal-others-on-18-november-2008\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Executive Engineer vs Amrit Lal &amp; 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