{"id":25055,"date":"2008-07-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-15T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/g-p-n-cashew-head-office-vs-the-general-secretary-on-16-july-2008"},"modified":"2017-03-18T08:34:54","modified_gmt":"2017-03-18T03:04:54","slug":"g-p-n-cashew-head-office-vs-the-general-secretary-on-16-july-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/g-p-n-cashew-head-office-vs-the-general-secretary-on-16-july-2008","title":{"rendered":"G.P.N. Cashew Head Office vs The General Secretary on 16 July, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
G.P.N. Cashew Head Office vs The General Secretary on 16 July, 2008<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 15456 of 2004(M)\n\n\n1. G.P.N. CASHEW HEAD OFFICE,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE GENERAL SECRETARY,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. LABOUR COURT, KOLLAM.\n\n                For Petitioner  :.\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.S.SUDHEESHKAR\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice S.SIRI JAGAN\n\n Dated :16\/07\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                        S. SIRI JAGAN, J.\n                ------------------------------------\n                  W.P.(C)No.15456 OF 2004\n              ----------------------------------------\n                Dated this the 16th day of July, 2008\n\n                            JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n
     The management in I.D.No.30 of 1994 before the Labour<\/p>\n
Court, Kollam is the petitioner herein.       They are challenging<\/p>\n
Ext.P1 award passed by the Labour Court in that I.D. The issue<\/p>\n
referred for adjudication was :\n<\/p>\n
            “Denial of employment to Sri. K. Samban, Clerk with
\n      effect from 8.1.1993.”\n<\/p>\n
The Labour Court found that the workman was originally working<\/p>\n
as a Clerk, who was demoted as a Watchman and was directed to<\/p>\n
report for duty as Watchman. The workman refused saying that<\/p>\n
he cannot be demoted. Thereafter, he was directed to report for<\/p>\n
duty at Kollam office without mentioning as to whether as Clerk<\/p>\n
or Watchman.      The workman gave reply stating that he is<\/p>\n
prepared to join duty as Clerk provided he is paid backwages for<\/p>\n
the period from December 1992 to 11.1.1993, bonus for the year<\/p>\n
1992 to 1993 and contribution of the management towards ESI<\/p>\n
and Provident Fund for the said period.      The management took<\/p>\n
W.P.(c)No.15456\/08                 2<\/span><\/p>\n
this as a refusal to accept the posting order and abandonment<\/p>\n
of his service. Accordingly his services were dispensed with.<\/p>\n
The dispute regarding demotion was conciliated by the<\/p>\n
conciliation officer. It was pending such conciliation that the<\/p>\n
other events took place.        Failure report was sent to the<\/p>\n
Government and the Government referred the above issue for<\/p>\n
adjudication to the Labour Court.         The Labour Court after<\/p>\n
adjudicating, came to the conclusion that the demotion itself<\/p>\n
was unsustainable.        But when he was offered posting at<\/p>\n
Kollam, he should have accepted the same and then agitated<\/p>\n
for backwages etc.        Taking into account the fact that the<\/p>\n
establishment is finally closed, the award was passed in the<\/p>\n
following terms:\n<\/p>\n
              “1.   Ext. W2 memo dated 8.1.1993 is declared
\n       as illegal and invalid.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
              2.    Ext.M1 order of removal of the workman
\n       from the rolls of the management is set aside.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
              3.    The workman is entitled to full backwages
\n       and attendant benefits for the period from 8.1.1993
\n       till 30.11.1993.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
              4.    The workman will be entitled to 50% of
\n       backwages for the period from 1.12.1993 till this date
\n       ie, 31.10.2003 and he will also be entitled to continuity
\n       of service.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
              5.    The management is directed to treat the
\n       workman as retired from service with effect from this
\n       date ie. 31.10.2003 and the workman will be paid all his<\/p>\n
W.P.(c)No.15456\/08                 3<\/span><\/p>\n
       service benefits adopting his service as from 3.10.1991
\n       till 31.10.2003 and he will also be given full backwages
\n       for the period from 8.1.1993 till 30.11.1993 accepting
\n       his salary as Rs.850\/- per month and also 50% of the
\n       backwages for the remaining period from 1.12.1993 till
\n       31.10.2003. It is clarified that the 50% backwages is
\n       to be computed on the basis of the lawful wages of a
\n       clerk of a cashew company or Rs.850\/- P.M. which ever
\n       is higher”.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
      2.    One of the contentions raised by the petitioner is<\/p>\n
that the validity of demotion of the workman was not an issue<\/p>\n
referred for adjudication and therefore the Labour Court<\/p>\n
travelled beyond the scope of the reference order. It is further<\/p>\n
submitted that when subsequently the management itself<\/p>\n
withdrew its earlier order of demotion and directed the<\/p>\n
workman to join duty at Kollam, he, having not joined duty,<\/p>\n
must be deemed to have abandoned his employment.               On<\/p>\n
these grounds the learned counsel for the management would<\/p>\n
contend that the award is unsustainable.\n<\/p>\n
      3.    On the other hand, the learned counsel for the<\/p>\n
workman would contend that the issue referred was denial of<\/p>\n
employment which only has been adjudicated by the Labour<\/p>\n
Court. The decision on the validity of the demotion order was<\/p>\n
only incidental and entered into for supporting the finding<\/p>\n
W.P.(c)No.15456\/08               4<\/span><\/p>\n
regarding denial of employment. As such according to him,<\/p>\n
the Labour Court has not travelled beyond the scope of the<\/p>\n
reference.      He would specifically state that when the<\/p>\n
subsequent communication did not specifically mention that he<\/p>\n
was being posted as Clerk at Kollam, the very intention of the<\/p>\n
management was to make grounds for dispensing his services.<\/p>\n
He points out that otherwise when he issued a letter saying<\/p>\n
that he is prepared to accept the posting order as Clerk subject<\/p>\n
to these conditions mentioned by him, the management ought<\/p>\n
to have issued a communication to him in this respect, which<\/p>\n
has not been done. Instead straightaway his services were<\/p>\n
dispensed with.     The workman would therefore, argue for<\/p>\n
sustaining the award.\n<\/p>\n
      4.    I have considered the rival contentions in detail.<\/p>\n
One thing is certain that the issue referred for adjudication was<\/p>\n
denial of employment and the workman was not employed<\/p>\n
after 30.11.1993. The Labour Court found that Ext.M1 order<\/p>\n
of removal of the workman from the rolls of the management<\/p>\n
was invalid. I do not find anything perverse in such finding.<\/p>\n
Admittedly, the workman had issued a reply to the effect that<\/p>\n
he is willing to work as Clerk subject to certain conditions. No<\/p>\n
reply to the same had been issued by the management,<\/p>\n
W.P.(c)No.15456\/08                5<\/span><\/p>\n
instead M1 order of removal was issued.         Those situations<\/p>\n
would not warrant a conclusion that the workman had actually<\/p>\n
abandoned employment. Therefore, the finding of the Labour<\/p>\n
Court that the workman was denied employment cannot be<\/p>\n
said to be perverse by any stretch of imagination. As such, in<\/p>\n
respect of the findings in Ext.P1 award, I do not find any<\/p>\n
infirmity whatsoever.\n<\/p>\n
      Going by the operative portion of the award        quoted<\/p>\n
above, in addition to the retirement benefits, the workman<\/p>\n
would be entitled roughly to an amount of Rs.60,000\/-. In the<\/p>\n
peculiar circumstances of the case, I am of opinion that the<\/p>\n
workman should accept an amount of Rs.50,000\/- as monetary<\/p>\n
benefits arising out the award.      Ordered accordingly.  This<\/p>\n
amount shall be paid within one month from today, failing<\/p>\n
which the workman would be entitled to 12% interest on the<\/p>\n
amount from the date of award. Needless to say, it would be<\/p>\n
open to the workman to seek appropriate remedies for<\/p>\n
recovery of retirement benefits such as gratuity.<\/p>\n
      The writ petition is disposed of as above.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                                       S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE
\nAcd<\/p>\n
W.P.(c)No.15456\/08    6<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court G.P.N. Cashew Head Office vs The General Secretary on 16 July, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 15456 of 2004(M) 1. G.P.N. CASHEW HEAD OFFICE, … Petitioner Vs 1. THE GENERAL SECRETARY, … Respondent 2. LABOUR COURT, KOLLAM. For Petitioner :. For Respondent :SRI.S.SUDHEESHKAR The Hon’ble MR. Justice […]<\/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-25055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-kerala-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nG.P.N. 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