{"id":3276,"date":"2008-12-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-03T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/v-bhaskara-pillai-vs-state-of-kerala-on-4-december-2008"},"modified":"2014-01-14T20:47:10","modified_gmt":"2014-01-14T15:17:10","slug":"v-bhaskara-pillai-vs-state-of-kerala-on-4-december-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/v-bhaskara-pillai-vs-state-of-kerala-on-4-december-2008","title":{"rendered":"V.Bhaskara Pillai vs State Of Kerala on 4 December, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
V.Bhaskara Pillai vs State Of Kerala on 4 December, 2008<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 12887 of 2005(H)\n\n\n1. V.BHASKARA PILLAI, MANAGING PARTNER,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL,\n\n3. SMT. A.P.SHYLAJAKUMARI,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.B.RAGUNATHAN\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.S.MOHAMMED AL RAFI\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice S.SIRI JAGAN\n\n Dated :04\/12\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                            S.SIRI JAGAN, J.\n                    ==================\n                     W.P(C).No.12887 of 2005\n                    ==================\n           Dated this the 4th day of December,           2008\n                            J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n
     The management in I.D.No.10\/2000 before the Industrial<\/p>\n
Tribunal, Kollam, is the petitioner in this writ petition. He is<\/p>\n
challenging Ext.P8 award in that industrial dispute. The issues<\/p>\n
referred for adjudication were:\n<\/p>\n
      “(i) Whether the denial of employment to Smt.A.P.Shailaja kumari,
\n           Accounts Asst. is justifiable ?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
      (ii) If not, what is the relief entitled to her?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
     2.    Before the Tribunal the workman claimed that she was<\/p>\n
working as Accounts Assistant in the management hotel from<\/p>\n
20.12.1993 onwards upto 31.3.1999 on which date she was<\/p>\n
denied employment without assigning any reason. She further<\/p>\n
submitted that although she was appointed in a permanent post<\/p>\n
continuously from 20.12.1993, after 31.3.1997, the management<\/p>\n
converted the appointment into a contract appointment for two<\/p>\n
years and thereafter on 31.3.1999, she was relieved from service<\/p>\n
without any reason. According to the workman, this was a ploy of<\/p>\n
the management to deny the benefits due to her under the<\/p>\n
Industrial Disputes Act. The workman, therefore, claimed<\/p>\n
reinstatement in service with backwages. The management took<\/p>\n
the contention that the appointment of the petitioner was purely<\/p>\n
w.p.c.12887\/05                   2<\/span><\/p>\n
a contractual one for a period of two years and the workman was<\/p>\n
relieved from service on expiry of the period of contract.<\/p>\n
Therefore, going by Section 2(oo) of the Industrial Disputes Act,<\/p>\n
such appointment is outside the purview of “retrenchment” and<\/p>\n
therefore, the workman cannot claim any relief against the<\/p>\n
management.\n<\/p>\n
      3.     The workman relied on two certificates issued by the<\/p>\n
management regarding her service, which are Exts.P6 and P7<\/p>\n
produced in this writ petition and marked as Exts.W2 and W3 in<\/p>\n
the Industrial Dispute. By Ext.P6 issued by the management,<\/p>\n
they certified that the workman had worked in the management<\/p>\n
hotel as Accounts Assistant (Ad hoc) for the period from<\/p>\n
20.12.1993 to 31.3.1997. On the same date, another certificate,<\/p>\n
Ext.P7, was issued certifying that the workman had worked in the<\/p>\n
management hotel as Accounts Assistant (on contract) for two<\/p>\n
years from 1.4.1997 to 31.3.1999 and that on expiry of contract,<\/p>\n
she was relieved on 31.3.1999. The workman contended that<\/p>\n
going by those certificates, the workman was in continuous<\/p>\n
service for the whole period, which would go to show that after<\/p>\n
31.3.1997 the management adopted a ploy to covert the regular<\/p>\n
appointment into a contract appointment. This was denied by the<\/p>\n
w.p.c.12887\/05                   3<\/span><\/p>\n
management contending that the workman worked in the<\/p>\n
management hotel only for the period from 1.4.1997 to<\/p>\n
31.3.1999 and the other certificate for the previous period was<\/p>\n
obtained by threat and coercion by the husband of the workman.<\/p>\n
      4.     The Tribunal considered the evidence in detail. Since<\/p>\n
there was no dispute regarding issuance of Exts.P6 and P7<\/p>\n
certificates by the management, the Tribunal found that the<\/p>\n
workman       was   actually a   permanent      employee    of  the<\/p>\n
management hotel. The Tribunal also came to the finding that<\/p>\n
the post is still existing. Accordingly, the Tribunal came to the<\/p>\n
conclusion that the workman was a permanent employee of the<\/p>\n
management hotel and her services were terminated without<\/p>\n
complying with the provisions of Section 25F of the Industrial<\/p>\n
Disputes Act. On that finding the Tribunal directed the<\/p>\n
management to reinstate the workman in service with attendant<\/p>\n
benefits. That award is under challenge before me.<\/p>\n
      5.    The contention of the petitioner is that Ext.P8 award is<\/p>\n
against the evidence in the case. According to the counsel for the<\/p>\n
petitioner-management, the management had sufficiently proved<\/p>\n
the fact that the appointment of the workman was purely<\/p>\n
contractual for a specified period and on expiry of the period of<\/p>\n
w.p.c.12887\/05                  4<\/span><\/p>\n
contract, she was relieved from service. That being so, there is no<\/p>\n
question of retrenchment, since contractual appointments are<\/p>\n
excluded from the purview of the definition of “retrenchment”<\/p>\n
under Section 2(oo) of the Industrial Disputes Act, is the<\/p>\n
contention raised. Therefore, according to the counsel for the<\/p>\n
management, the action of the management was perfectly<\/p>\n
justified and the workman was not entitled to any benefits in the<\/p>\n
industrial dispute.\n<\/p>\n
      6.    The contentions of the petitioner are opposed by the<\/p>\n
counsel for the workman. He would submit that the documents<\/p>\n
produced by the workman would prove that the workman was<\/p>\n
continuously in service from 1.4.1997 to 31.3.1999. The<\/p>\n
conversion of the permanent appointment into that of a contract<\/p>\n
appointment was a ploy adopted by the management to deny<\/p>\n
legal benefits due to the workman so as to enable the<\/p>\n
management to terminate her services. Under the Industrial<\/p>\n
Disputes Act a person having 240 days of continuous service in an<\/p>\n
year can be retrenched from service only in accordance with the<\/p>\n
provisions of Section 25F of the Industrial Disputes Act, which<\/p>\n
admittedly has not been complied with by the management.<\/p>\n
Therefore, the counsel for the workman supports Ext.P8 award.<\/p>\n
w.p.c.12887\/05                   5<\/span><\/p>\n
      7.    I have considered the rival contentions in detail.<\/p>\n
      8.    The fact that Exts.P6 and P7 certificates were issued<\/p>\n
by them is not disputed by the management. Going by those<\/p>\n
certificates,  the   workman     had    continuous   service   from<\/p>\n
20.12.1993 to 31.3.1999. Although the management took the<\/p>\n
stand that Ext.P6 was issued under threat and coercion of the<\/p>\n
husband of the workman, the Tribunal did not accept the same.<\/p>\n
The Tribunal found that such a contention was never taken by the<\/p>\n
management in their written statement. Therefore, the Tribunal<\/p>\n
disbelieved that contention of the management. I cannot say that<\/p>\n
such finding of the Tribunal is in any way perverse. Once that is<\/p>\n
accepted, it remains a fact that the workman was in continuous<\/p>\n
service of the management from 20.12.1993 to 31.3.1999. If that<\/p>\n
be so, the conversion of that appointment in between as a<\/p>\n
contract appointment is clearly with ulterior motive. I cannot<\/p>\n
accept the contention of the counsel for the management that<\/p>\n
once an appointment is for a specific period, automatically such<\/p>\n
appointment is taken out from the purview of Section 2(oo). If<\/p>\n
such a contention is accepted, then any unscrupulous employer<\/p>\n
can appoint regular workmen on contract basis and escape the<\/p>\n
consequences of the termination of services under the Industrial<\/p>\n
w.p.c.12887\/05                    6<\/span><\/p>\n
Disputes Act, which cannot be the legislative intention behind<\/p>\n
Section 2(oo). The question as to whether an appointment is<\/p>\n
contract appointment or not has to be decided depending on the<\/p>\n
nature of the work. If the work is of a regular nature, the fact<\/p>\n
that the management appointed the workman for specific period<\/p>\n
does not enable the management to relieve the workman after<\/p>\n
the period of appointment without complying with the provisions<\/p>\n
of the Industrial Disputes Act, if the post and the work still exist.<\/p>\n
Only if the work also ceases after the specified period, the<\/p>\n
services of the workman can be terminated on expiry of the<\/p>\n
contract period. Here the Tribunal has come to the finding that<\/p>\n
the post is still existing. That being so, clearly the object of<\/p>\n
converting the appointment into a contract appointment was for<\/p>\n
the purpose of denying the workman her benefits under the<\/p>\n
Industrial Disputes Act. That being so, I do not find any merit in<\/p>\n
the challenge against Ext.P8 award. Accordingly, the original<\/p>\n
petition is dismissed.\n<\/p>\n
      9.     The learned counsel for the management submits that<\/p>\n
on 31.3.2005 the petitioner-management sold of the hotel and<\/p>\n
therefore, there is no establishment owned by the petitioner to<\/p>\n
reinstate the workman. I am of opinion that I am not called upon<\/p>\n
w.p.c.12887\/05                    7<\/span><\/p>\n
to decide that question in so far as what is challenged before me<\/p>\n
is only the award. It is for the parties to work out their remedies<\/p>\n
appropriately in accordance with law.\n<\/p>\n
                                                   Sd\/-\n<\/p>\n
sdk+                                        S.SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE\n\n\n\n             \/\/\/True copy\/\/\/\n\n\n\n\n                                 P.A. to Judge\n\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court V.Bhaskara Pillai vs State Of Kerala on 4 December, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 12887 of 2005(H) 1. V.BHASKARA PILLAI, MANAGING PARTNER, … Petitioner Vs 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY … Respondent 2. INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL, 3. SMT. A.P.SHYLAJAKUMARI, For Petitioner :SRI.B.RAGUNATHAN For Respondent :SRI.S.MOHAMMED AL RAFI […]<\/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-3276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-kerala-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nV.Bhaskara Pillai vs State Of Kerala on 4 December, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & 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\/v-bhaskara-pillai-vs-state-of-kerala-on-4-december-2008\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"V.Bhaskara Pillai vs State Of Kerala on 4 December, 2008 - 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