{"id":269016,"date":"2008-12-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-10T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/state-of-punjab-and-others-vs-prem-bahadur-and-another-on-11-december-2008"},"modified":"2015-11-23T07:16:31","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T01:46:31","slug":"state-of-punjab-and-others-vs-prem-bahadur-and-another-on-11-december-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/state-of-punjab-and-others-vs-prem-bahadur-and-another-on-11-december-2008","title":{"rendered":"State Of Punjab And Others vs Prem Bahadur And Another on 11 December, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n
State Of Punjab And Others vs Prem Bahadur And Another on 11 December, 2008<\/div>\n
Civil Writ Petition No.1671 of 2004                          -1-\n\n\n      IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA\n                   AT CHANDIGARH\n                        ****\n                                 Civil Writ Petition No.1671 of 2004\n                                      Date of Decision:11.12.2008\n\nState of Punjab and others\n                                                       .....Petitioners\n            Vs.\n\nPrem Bahadur and another\n                                                       .....Respondents\n\n\nCORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARBANS LAL\n\nPresent:-   Mr. V.K. Chaudhary, AAG, Punjab.\n\n            Mr. S.S. Rana, Advocate for respondent No.1.\n                        ****\nJUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n
HARBANS LAL, J.\n<\/p>\n
            This petition has been moved by the State of Punjab and others<\/p>\n
under Articles 226\/227 of the Constitution of India for quashing the award<\/p>\n
dated 16.12.2003 Annexure P.1.\n<\/p>\n
            The brief facts giving rise to this petition are that Prem<\/p>\n
Bahadur- respondent (hereinafter to be referred as `the workman’) was<\/p>\n
engaged on daily wages on 1.7.1993. He worked for 120 days, 59 days and<\/p>\n
121 days during the calendar years of 1993, 1994 and 1995 respectively as<\/p>\n
detailed out in the petition. He did not complete 240 days in the calendar<\/p>\n
year and left the job on 1.10.1995 on his own. Thereafter, he was appointed<\/p>\n
on work-charged basis vide Annexure P.3 and posted in Investigation Sub-<\/p>\n
Division No.3, Hoshiarpur. Subsequently, the Government of Punjab issued<\/p>\n
instructions Annexure P.4 dated 19.4.1999 requiring the list of persons who<\/p>\n
were recruited purely on temporary\/ ad-hoc basis during the ban period for
\n Civil Writ Petition No.1671 of 2004                            -2-<\/span><\/p>\n
the last two years. Vide Annexure P.4 dated 19.4.1999, the Government of<\/p>\n
Punjab called upon the Superintending Engineer, Dholbaha Dam<\/p>\n
Construction Circle, Hoshiarpur, Superintending Engineer Circle, Kandi<\/p>\n
Canal Circle, Hoshiarpur, Director, Kandi Watershed Design, Chandigarh<\/p>\n
and Director, Kandi Canal Design, Chandigarh to furnish the list of persons<\/p>\n
who were recruited purely on temporary\/ ad-hoc basis during the said period<\/p>\n
and to terminate the services of such workers immediately. On the basis of<\/p>\n
these instructions, the workman who was employed as Beldar, was issued<\/p>\n
one month notice of termination of his services vide Annexure P.5 dated<\/p>\n
27.4.1999 which was duly received by him. On the expiry of one month’s<\/p>\n
period, his services stood automatically terminated. He was junior most<\/p>\n
Beldar as per senority list Annexure P.6 of Kandi Canal Circle, Hoshiarpur.<\/p>\n
The workman raised industrial dispute vide demand notice Annexure P.7,<\/p>\n
which was referred to the learned Presiding Officer, Labour Court,<\/p>\n
Jalandhar for adjudication. Vide Annexure P.1, it was held that termination<\/p>\n
of services of the workman is illegal and unfair labour practice on the part<\/p>\n
of the respondents and as such, he be reinstated with 40% of back-wages<\/p>\n
with continuity of service and all other service benefits. The impugned<\/p>\n
award is illegal and based upon conjectures and surmises as per the grounds<\/p>\n
embodied in this petition.\n<\/p>\n
            In the written statement filed by the workman, it has been inter-<\/p>\n
alia pleaded that in fact the answering respondent worked on daily wages<\/p>\n
from 1.7.1993 to 13.9.1997 and not upto 30.9.1995 with notional breaks.<\/p>\n
He was appointed as Beldar (work-charge) vide Annexure P.3, order dated<\/p>\n
12.9.1997, which cannot be said to be a fresh appointment, rather it was the<\/p>\n
continuation of earlier appointment of daily wager to work charged. The
\n Civil Writ Petition No.1671 of 2004                             -3-<\/span><\/p>\n
total service of the answering respondent from 1.7.1993 to 19.4.1999 was<\/p>\n
more than two years as mentioned in the instructions issued by the<\/p>\n
Government. Thus, he was not covered under these instructions. The one<\/p>\n
month   notice   of   termination   was    illegal,   being   motivated   and<\/p>\n
discriminatory. In the alleged seniority list Annexure P.6, a number of other<\/p>\n
persons were having less than two years service, but the service of none of<\/p>\n
them was terminated. Satya Devi at Sr. No.53 is one of such example.<\/p>\n
Moreover, the answering respondent was appointed on work-charged basis<\/p>\n
and his services cannot be terminated\/ retrenched till the work\/ project is<\/p>\n
complete.   That none of the employee of the Kandi Canal Circle was<\/p>\n
removed from service except the answering respondent. Lastly, it has been<\/p>\n
prayed that the petition may be dismissed with exemplary costs.<\/p>\n
            I have heard the learned counsel for the parties, besides<\/p>\n
perusing the findings returned by the learned Presiding Officer, Labour<\/p>\n
Court, Jalandhar with due care and circumspection.\n<\/p>\n
            Mr. V.K. Chaudhary, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab on<\/p>\n
behalf of the State maintained with great vigour that on calculating the<\/p>\n
period, it transpires that the workman has not worked for 240 days in the<\/p>\n
calendar years of 1993, 1994, 1995 and that being so, the learned Labour<\/p>\n
Court was clearly in error in holding that the workman has completed 240<\/p>\n
days in 12 months of the calendar year. He further pressed into service that<\/p>\n
if it is assumed that the workman had completed 240 days of his continuous<\/p>\n
service, despite that, in view of the ratio decidendi laid down by the Apex<\/p>\n
Court in re: M.P. State Agro Industries Development Corporation Ltd.<\/p>\n
and another v. S.C. Pandey<\/a>, (2006) 2 Supreme Court Cases 716,, his<\/p>\n
services cannot be regularised. He has also relied upon the observations
\n Civil Writ Petition No.1671 of 2004                           -4-<\/span><\/p>\n
rendered in re: Municipal Council, Samrala v. Raj Kumar<\/a>, (2006) 3<\/p>\n
Supreme Court Cases 81; Mahboob Deepak v. Nagar Panchayat<\/p>\n
Gajraula and another<\/a>, (2008) 2 Services Law Reporter 12; State of M.P.<\/p>\n
and others v. Arjun Lal Rajak, (2006) 2 Supreme Court Cases 711; UP<\/p>\n
State Brassware Corporation Limited and another v. Uday Naraian<\/p>\n
Pandey<\/a>, (2006) 1 Supreme Court Cases 479.\n<\/p>\n
            To controvert these submissions, Mr. S.S.Rana, Advocate<\/p>\n
representing the respondent- workman argued that the workman had put in<\/p>\n
more than 240 days service in 12 calendar months of a year and<\/p>\n
furthermore, he was working on work-charged basis and hence, his services<\/p>\n
could not be terminated. Consequently, the impugned award cannot be<\/p>\n
faulted with in any manner.\n<\/p>\n
            I have well considered the rival contentions. As per the details<\/p>\n
given in the petition, the workman worked for 120 days during the calendar<\/p>\n
year of 1993, 59 days during the calendar year of 1994 and 121 days during<\/p>\n
the calendar year of 1995. It implies that he did not complete 240 days in<\/p>\n
any of these calendar years. On the other hand, the learned Presiding<\/p>\n
Officer, Labour Court has observed as under:-\n<\/p>\n
            “The details of daily work done by the workman from 1.7.1993<\/p>\n
            to 1.9.1995 have been submitted on behalf of the department<\/p>\n
            on the directions of the court showing that during the said<\/p>\n
            period workman worked for 300 days and was absent for 522<\/p>\n
            days.   The major period of absence is from 1.12.1993 to<\/p>\n
            31.5.1994 for 182 days and from 1.9.1994 to 31.3.1995 for 212<\/p>\n
            days.   From 1.4.1995 to 30.9.1995, the workman was not<\/p>\n
            employed in the months of May and August, 1995.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n Civil Writ Petition No.1671 of 2004                            -5-<\/span><\/p>\n
             It is further observed by the learned Presiding Officer, Labour<\/p>\n
Court in paragraph No.7 of the impugned award that “the workman had<\/p>\n
worked for four months less than two years. It is to be noted that if his<\/p>\n
services from 1.4.1995 till 30.9.1995 is included, which is after the major<\/p>\n
break of 212 days on daily wage basis, the period of the services of the<\/p>\n
workman becomes more than two years.” It has not been clearly observed<\/p>\n
as to in which calendar year, the workman had worked for 240 days. Thus,<\/p>\n
on this aspect of the matter, the impugned award is vague. The matter could<\/p>\n
be decided effectively, completely and finally on the stated aspect only.<\/p>\n
Consequently, the impugned award is set aside and the matter is remitted to<\/p>\n
the Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Jalandhar for deciding the same afresh<\/p>\n
by taking into consideration the details of the period given by the petitioner<\/p>\n
in the petition as well as the law cited on behalf of the petitioner with a<\/p>\n
direction to dispose it off preferably within three months from the date of<\/p>\n
receipt of the certified copy of this judgment.\n<\/p>\n
\n
December 11, 2008                                  ( HARBANS LAL )\nrenu                                                    JUDGE\n\nWhether to be referred to the Reporter? No\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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