{"id":46651,"date":"2008-09-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-08T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/major-singh-vs-the-sumundari-roadways-on-9-september-2008"},"modified":"2016-09-25T15:12:40","modified_gmt":"2016-09-25T09:42:40","slug":"major-singh-vs-the-sumundari-roadways-on-9-september-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/major-singh-vs-the-sumundari-roadways-on-9-september-2008","title":{"rendered":"Major Singh vs The Sumundari Roadways on 9 September, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n
Major Singh vs The Sumundari Roadways on 9 September, 2008<\/div>\n
C.W.P. No.676 of 1988                                      -1-\n\n      IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA\n                   AT CHANDIGARH\n                   ****\n                             C.W.P. No.676 of 1988\n                            Date of Decision:09.09.2008\n\nMajor Singh\n                                                           .....Petitioner\n         Vs.\nThe Sumundari Roadways, Pvt. Ltd., Muktsar and another\n                                                .....Respondents\n\nCORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARBANS LAL\n\nPresent:-   Ms. Deepinder Kaur, Advocate for the petitioner.\n\n            None for the respondents.\n                         ****\nHARBANS LAL, J.\n<\/pre>\n
            This petition has been moved by Major Singh under Articles<\/p>\n
226\/227 of the Constitution of India for quashing the impugned award<\/p>\n
dated 2.11.1987 (Annexure P.1)<\/p>\n
            The brief facts giving rise to this petition are that the petitioner-<\/p>\n
workman along with three other workmen had intercepted a bus of the<\/p>\n
respondent- Management on 16.1.1984 on Muktsar-Ferozepur route and<\/p>\n
dragged out the driver and conductor of the bus and gave severe beatings to<\/p>\n
them besides damaging the bus and harassing the passengers and also<\/p>\n
absented himself from duty with effect from the said date. The petitioner<\/p>\n
was charge-sheeted. In the inquiry report, it was held that all the charges<\/p>\n
levelled against the petitioner in the charge-sheet were fully proved and his<\/p>\n
services were terminated. Feeling aggrieved therewith, the petitioner served<\/p>\n
demand notice. The dispute was referred to the Presiding Officer, Labour<\/p>\n
Court, Bathinda.    The following issues were framed by the learned<\/p>\n
Presiding Officer of the Labour Court:-\n<\/p>\n
            “(i)   Whether the order of termination of the service of the
\n C.W.P. No.676 of 1988                                      -2-<\/span><\/p>\n
                    workman is justified?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
             (ii)   Relief.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
             After recording evidence and hearing the representatives of the<\/p>\n
parties, the learned Presiding Officer of the Labour Court held that “the<\/p>\n
workman is not entitled to reinstatement but compensation in lieu of<\/p>\n
wrongful dismissal which I assess at Rs.7500\/- with no order as to costs.”<\/p>\n
Feeling aggrieved therewith, the petitioner- workman has filed this petition.<\/p>\n
             I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner. None has<\/p>\n
put in appearance on behalf of the respondent- Sumundari Roadways<\/p>\n
Private Limited, Muktsar through its General Manager. Ms. Deepinder<\/p>\n
Kaur appearing on behalf of the petitioner agitated at the bar that one<\/p>\n
Kulwinder Singh, driver of the respondent- Management was also<\/p>\n
terminated along with the petitioner on the ground that he had indulged in<\/p>\n
the acts of vandalism along with the petitioner, Hamir Singh and Randhir<\/p>\n
Singh and he (Kulwinder singh) also raised an industrial dispute which was<\/p>\n
referred for adjudication to the Presiding Officer of the Labour Court,<\/p>\n
Bathinda- respondent, who has reinstated Kulwinder Singh vide award<\/p>\n
dated 9.6.1987 Annexure P.2 and thus on applying the rule of parity, the<\/p>\n
petitioner is also liable to be reinstated. She further pressed into service that<\/p>\n
the services of the petitioner were terminated without any fair and proper<\/p>\n
inquiry, though he had served with the respondent- Management for ten<\/p>\n
years and the order of termination of his services amount to retrenchment<\/p>\n
but nonetheless retrenchment compensation has not been paid. She has<\/p>\n
sought to place abundant reliance upon the observations made by the Apex<\/p>\n
Court in re: Mohan Lal v. The Management of M\/s Bharat Electronics<\/p>\n
Limited, AIR<\/a> 1981 Supreme Court 1253, wherein it has been held as
\n C.W.P. No.676 of 1988                                   -3-<\/span><\/p>\n
under:-\n<\/p>\n
             “Where the termination is illegal especially where there is an<\/p>\n
             ineffective order of retrenchment, there is neither termination<\/p>\n
             nor cessation of service and a declaration follows that the<\/p>\n
             workman concerned continues to be in service with all<\/p>\n
             consequential benefits, namely back wages in full and other<\/p>\n
             benefits.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
             On giving a thoughtful consideration to these submissions, I am<\/p>\n
unable to persuade myself to agree therewith for the reasons to be recorded<\/p>\n
hereinafter. The Labour Court has observed that “the workman having been<\/p>\n
dismissed without fair, proper inquiry, without notice and compensation<\/p>\n
envisaged in Section 25-F of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, the<\/p>\n
termination of his services is illegal.” In the relief clause of the impugned<\/p>\n
award, the learned Labour Court has observed that “The workman along<\/p>\n
with three others had intercepted bus No.PBF:425 of the respondent on<\/p>\n
16.1.84 when it was proceeding on route to Ferozepur from Muktsar, had<\/p>\n
pulled out Gurdeep Singh conductor and Balwinder Singh driver, had<\/p>\n
caused them injuries, had caused panic and inconvenience to the passengers<\/p>\n
some of whom returned the tickets and had damaged the window panes of<\/p>\n
the bus, leading to the registration of a criminal case in which they were<\/p>\n
arrested.   The allegations were made in the written statement (and the<\/p>\n
dismissal order) and were not specifically denied in the rejoinder although<\/p>\n
the workman had vaguely pleaded that “a false case was got registered<\/p>\n
against the workman on 16.1.84.” The management also suspects on a<\/p>\n
reasonable ground that the workman had committed embezzlement of its<\/p>\n
revenue. With these credentials, the workman cannot in any opinion render
\n C.W.P. No.676 of 1988                                      -4-<\/span><\/p>\n
any meaningful service for the management and must not therefore be<\/p>\n
reinstated.”    To me, it appears that no fault can be found with these<\/p>\n
observations.\n<\/p>\n
               In re: Regional Manager, R.S.R.T.C. v. Ghanshyam<\/p>\n
Sharma,<\/a> 2002(3), Recent Services Judgments 77, the respondent was<\/p>\n
employed as a Conductor by the appellant. On more than one occasion, he<\/p>\n
was punished having been charge-sheeted on the ground of not issuing the<\/p>\n
tickets to the passengers. He was found carrying 23-1\/2 passengers without<\/p>\n
tickets and an inquiry was conducted and he was removed from service.<\/p>\n
The Labour Court held that respondent is guilty of misconduct of carrying<\/p>\n
23-1\/2 passengers without tickets but ordered reinstatement with continuity<\/p>\n
of service without back-wages. The Apex Court ruled that “in cases like the<\/p>\n
present, order of dismissal should not be set aside. It will be misplaced<\/p>\n
sympathy to order his reinstatement instead of dismissal.<\/p>\n
               Adverting to the facts of the instant case, as has been reflected<\/p>\n
in the impugned award and reproduced above, the petitioner along with<\/p>\n
others indulged into vandalism and caused injuries to the driver as well as<\/p>\n
conductor of the bus which created panic amongst the passengers who had<\/p>\n
to run away. So much so, even FIR was got registered. Their such conduct<\/p>\n
proprio-vigore is enough to hold that they were not fit to be retained in<\/p>\n
service and sequelly, the order of termination could not be set aside.<\/p>\n
Coming to Annexure P.2, the award dated 9.6.1987 passed by the learned<\/p>\n
Presiding Officer of the Labour Court, Bathinda holding that the workman<\/p>\n
(referring to Kulwinder Singh) is entitled to reinstatement with continuity of<\/p>\n
service, it is pertinent to point here that it was found in Kulwinder Singh’s<\/p>\n
case that his services were terminated on the ground of serious misconduct
\n C.W.P. No.676 of 1988                                   -5-<\/span><\/p>\n
but without holding a domestic inquiry though such inquiry had admittedly<\/p>\n
been held in the present case. This is the distinguishing feature. That being<\/p>\n
so, on the basis of Annexure P.2, it does not lie in the mouth of the<\/p>\n
petitioner- workman to contend that the rule of parity should be applied to<\/p>\n
his case. Ostensibly, the law by way of evolution has undergone<\/p>\n
metamorphosis after 1981. As such, the petitioner cannot derive any<\/p>\n
mileage from the observations rendered in re: Mohan Lal (supra).<\/p>\n
             In the ultimate analysis, it follows that the impugned award<\/p>\n
does not suffer from any illegality or infirmity or perversity or material<\/p>\n
irregularity calling for interference in exercise of writ jurisdiction under<\/p>\n
Articles 226\/227 of the Constitution of India. Consequently, this petition is<\/p>\n
dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
September 09, 2008                               ( HARBANS LAL )\nrenu                                                  JUDGE\n\nWhether to be referred to the Reporter? Yes\/No\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Punjab-Haryana High Court Major Singh vs The Sumundari Roadways on 9 September, 2008 C.W.P. No.676 of 1988 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** C.W.P. No.676 of 1988 Date of Decision:09.09.2008 Major Singh …..Petitioner Vs. The Sumundari Roadways, Pvt. Ltd., Muktsar and another …..Respondents CORAM:- HON’BLE MR. 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