{"id":59870,"date":"2001-05-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2001-05-01T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/ajit-kumar-barat-vs-secretary-indian-tea-on-2-may-2001"},"modified":"2017-04-22T02:03:19","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T20:33:19","slug":"ajit-kumar-barat-vs-secretary-indian-tea-on-2-may-2001","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/ajit-kumar-barat-vs-secretary-indian-tea-on-2-may-2001","title":{"rendered":"Ajit Kumar Barat vs Secretary, Indian Tea &#8230; on 2 May, 2001"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Supreme Court of India<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Ajit Kumar Barat vs Secretary, Indian Tea &#8230; on 2 May, 2001<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: S V Patil<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: D.P. Mohapatra, Shivaraj V. Patil<\/div>\n<pre>           CASE NO.:\nWrit Petition (civil) 13754  of  2000\n\n\n\nPETITIONER:\nAJIT KUMAR BARAT\n\n\tVs.\n\nRESPONDENT:\nSECRETARY, INDIAN TEA ASSOCIATION AND ORS.\n\nDATE OF JUDGMENT:\t02\/05\/2001\n\nBENCH:\nD.P. Mohapatra &amp; Shivaraj V. Patil\n\n\n\n\nJUDGMENT:\n<\/pre>\n<p>Shivaraj V. Patil, J.\n<\/p>\n<p>L&#8230;I&#8230;T&#8230;&#8230;.T&#8230;&#8230;.T&#8230;&#8230;.T&#8230;&#8230;.T&#8230;&#8230;.T&#8230;&#8230;.T..J<\/p>\n<p>    In\tthis  writ  petition filed under Article 32  of\t the<br \/>\nConstitution of India, the Petitioner has sought for setting<br \/>\naside  the judgment and order dated 14.2.2000 passed by this<br \/>\nCourt  in  C.A.\t  No.  1041 of 2000 <a href=\"\/doc\/1789069\/\">(Secretary,\t Indian\t Tea<br \/>\nAssociation vs.\t Ajit Kumar Barat &amp; Ors.)<\/p>\n<p>    The<\/a>\t facts\tto  the extent relevant to dispose  of\tthis<br \/>\npetition briefly stated are the following:-\n<\/p>\n<p>    The\t petitioner was appointed as Assistant Secretary  by<br \/>\nthe  respondent\t No.  1 on 16.9.1986;  was promoted  to\t the<br \/>\npost  of  Joint Secretary on 1.4.1991;\twas  transferred  on<br \/>\n22.5.1995 to Dibrugarh, which order of transfer was also the<br \/>\nsubject-matter\tof another litigation with which we are\t not<br \/>\nconcerned  in  this petition.  His services were  terminated<br \/>\nwith  effect  from  27.11.1995.\t An industrial\tdispute\t was<br \/>\nraised by the petitioner.  Labour Commissioner submitted the<br \/>\nfailure\t report\t in  conciliation  proceedings\ton  2.7.1997<br \/>\nrecommending  a reference, as according to him the  question<br \/>\nwhether\t the petitioner was a workman required adjudication.<br \/>\nSince  the Government did not act, the petitioner filed writ<br \/>\npetition  in  the  High Court of Calcutta.  The\t High  Court<br \/>\ndirected the State Government to take decision under Section<br \/>\n12(5)  of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 within the\ttime<br \/>\nfixed.\t The Government communicated its decision regretting<br \/>\nits inability to make a reference saying that the petitioner<br \/>\nwas  not  a workman.  Again, the petitioner moved  the\tHigh<br \/>\nCourt  against\tthe  said  order of  the  State\t Government.<br \/>\nLearned\t single\t Judge\tof  the High  Court  made  an  order<br \/>\ndirecting  the\tState Government to make a reference  as  to<br \/>\nwhether\t the petitioner was a workman.\tThe appeal filed  by<br \/>\nthe  respondents herein was dismissed by the Division  Bench<br \/>\nof the High Court.  The respondent No.\t1 herein brought the<br \/>\nmatter\tto  this Court.\t This Court, by an  elaborate  order<br \/>\ndated  14.2.2000,  noticing  the facts, contentions  of\t the<br \/>\nparties and the decisions allowed the Civil Appeal No.\t1041<br \/>\nof  2000  and  set  aside the judgment\tof  the\t High  Court<br \/>\ndirecting  the\tState  Government  to  make  an\t appropriate<br \/>\nreference.\n<\/p>\n<p>    The petitioner filed Review Petition No.  550 of 2000 in<br \/>\nthe said civil appeal No.  1041 of 2000, which was dismissed<br \/>\nby  this  Court on 26.7.2000.  Now the petitioner has  filed<br \/>\nthe  present  writ  petition seeking the  relief  as  stated<br \/>\nabove.\n<\/p>\n<p>    We heard the petitioner (party in person) at length.  In<br \/>\nresponse  to  our  query  as to how  the  writ\tpetition  is<br \/>\nmaintainable  so as to question the validity and correctness<br \/>\nof  the\t order of this Court passed on 14.2.2000 and to\t set<br \/>\naside  the same in a petition filed under Article 32 of\t the<br \/>\nConstitution, he submitted that his Fundamental Rights under<br \/>\nArticle\t 21 of the Constitution are affected because of\t the<br \/>\ndecision  of  this  Court passed in  the  aforesaid  appeal,<br \/>\nignoring  the  binding precedents of larger benches of\tthis<br \/>\nCourt;\t this  Court has not considered the submissions\t and<br \/>\ndecisions  cited by him before passing the order in the said<br \/>\nappeal.\t  He  invited our attention to the judgment of\tthis<br \/>\nCourt  in  <a href=\"\/doc\/1353689\/\">A.R.\t Antulay vs.  R.S.  Nayak and<\/a>  another\t[AIR<br \/>\n1988  SC  1531].  He read to us paras 38, 61 and 62  of\t the<br \/>\nsaid  judgment.\t Para 38 deals with a decree passed  without<br \/>\njurisdiction and states that such a decree is a nullity, the<br \/>\nvalidity  of which could be set up whenever and wherever  it<br \/>\nis sought to be enforced or relied upon even at the stage of<br \/>\nexecution  and\teven  in collateral  proceedings.   What  is<br \/>\nstated in para 38 has no relevance on the question as to the<br \/>\nmaintainability\t of  writ petition under Article 32  of\t the<br \/>\nConstitution  so  as to challenge the order passed  by\tthis<br \/>\nCourt  on merits.  In para 61 it is noticed that  directions<br \/>\nwere  given  without  hearing  the   appellant\tand  in\t the<br \/>\ncircumstances  that  order  was\t bad.  Further\tin  para  62<br \/>\nreference  is  made to Nawabkhans case [(1974) 3  SCR  427]<br \/>\nwherein\t it was held that an order passed without hearing  a<br \/>\nparty,\twhich affects its Fundamental Rights, is void.\t The<br \/>\npetitioners  case  is  not such where an order\twas  passed<br \/>\nwithout\t hearing  him.\tThe other side requested us to\tread<br \/>\nparas  102  and 109 of the same judgment.  Para 102, to\t the<br \/>\nextent relevant, reads:\t &#8211;\n<\/p>\n<p>    What  remains  to be decided is the procedure by  which<br \/>\nthe  direction\tof  the\t 16th of February,  1984,  could  be<br \/>\nrecalled  or altered.  There can be no doubt that certiorari<br \/>\nshall not lie to quash a judicial order of this Court.\tThat<br \/>\nis  so on account of the fact that the Benches of this Court<br \/>\nare not subordinate to larger Benches thereof and certiorari<br \/>\nis,  therefore,\t not admissible for quashing of\t the  orders<br \/>\nmade on the judicial side of the Court.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tXxx\txxx\txxx@@<br \/>\n\t\t\tIII<\/p>\n<p>    Shah,  J.\twho  wrote a separate judgment\tupheld\tthe@@<br \/>\n    JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ<br \/>\nvires  of  the rule and directed dismissal of the  petition.<br \/>\nThe  fact  that a judicial order was being made the  subject<br \/>\nmatter\tof  a petition under Article 32 of the\tConstitution<br \/>\nwas  not  noticed and whether such a proceeding was  tenable<br \/>\nwas  not  considered.  A nine-Judge bench of this  Court  in<br \/>\nNaresh\tshridhar Mirajkar v.  State of Maharashtra, (1966) 3<br \/>\nSCR  744 :  (AIR 1967 SC 1) referred to the judgment in Prem<br \/>\nChand  Gargs  case (AIR 1963 SC 996) Gajendragadkar,  C.J.,<br \/>\nwho  delivered\tthe leading and majority judgment stated  at<br \/>\npage  765 (of 1966) 3 SCR) :  (at pp.  14-15 of AIR 1967 SC)<br \/>\nof the Reports:-\n<\/p>\n<p>\t xxx\t\txxx\t\txxx@@<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tIII<\/p>\n<p>    It is difficult to see how this decision can be pressed@@<br \/>\n    JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ<br \/>\ninto  service  by Mr.  Setalvad in support of  the  argument<br \/>\nthat  a\t judicial order passed by this Court was held to  be<br \/>\nsubject to the writ jurisdiction of this Court itself&#8230;  In<br \/>\nview  of this decision in Mirajkars case (AIR 1967 SC 1) it<br \/>\nmust be taken as concluded that judicial proceedings in this<br \/>\nCourt are not subject to the writ jurisdiction thereof.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t(Emphasis supplied)<\/p>\n<p>    From  this judgment it is clear that the validity of  an<br \/>\norder  passed by this Court itself cannot be subject to writ<br \/>\njurisdiction of this Court.  Reading of para 109 of the same<br \/>\njudgment  shows\t that the directions given in the said\tcase<br \/>\nwere on peculiar facts and circumstances.  In the said para,<br \/>\nit is stated thus:  &#8211;\n<\/p>\n<p>    There  is  still another aspect which should  be  taken<br \/>\nnote  of.   Finality  of  the orders is the  rule.   By\t our<br \/>\ndirecting  recall of an order the well-settled\tpropositions<br \/>\nof law would not be set at naught.  Such a situation may not<br \/>\nbe  recur in the ordinary course of judicial functioning and<br \/>\nif  there be one, certainly the bench before which it  comes<br \/>\nwould  appropriately deal with it.  No strait jacket formula<br \/>\ncan  be laid down for judicial functioning particularly\t for<br \/>\nthe  apex Court.  The apprehension that the present decision<br \/>\nmay  be used as a precedent to challenge judicial orders  of<br \/>\nthis  Court  is\t perhaps  misplaced because  those  who\t are<br \/>\nfamiliar  with\tthe  judicial functioning are aware  of\t the<br \/>\nlimits\tand they would not seek support from this case as  a<br \/>\nprecedent.  We are sure that if precedent value is sought to<br \/>\nbe derived out of this decision, the Court which is asked to<br \/>\nuse  this  as an instrument would be alive to  the  peculiar<br \/>\nfacts  and circumstances of the case in which this order  is<br \/>\nbeing made.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t(Emphasis supplied)<\/p>\n<p>    That was a case where an order had been made against the<br \/>\nappellant  in his absence transferring the criminal case  to<br \/>\nthe  High Court when there was specific provision for  trial<br \/>\nof  the case by a special court.  In view of what is  stated<br \/>\nin  the above para itself, the said decision cannot be\tused<br \/>\nas a precedent to challenge the judicial order of this Court<br \/>\nwhich is otherwise binding on the parties.\n<\/p>\n<p>    The\t petitioner cited another decision of this Court  in<br \/>\nKavalappara  Kottarathil  Kochunni  alias Moopil  Nayar\t vs.<br \/>\nState  of Madras and others [AIR 1959 SC 725].\tThat was not<br \/>\na  case where a writ petition was filed under Article 32  of<br \/>\nthe  Constitution for quashing the very order passed by this<br \/>\nCourt.\t That was a petition filed for enforcing Fundamental<br \/>\nRights of the petitioner making grievance against the action<br \/>\nof the State.\n<\/p>\n<p>    He\talso cited decision of this Court in M\/s.   Northern<br \/>\nIndia Caterers (India) Ltd.  s.\t Lt.  Governor of Delhi [AIR<br \/>\n1980  SC 674] made in Review Petition Nos.  111-112 of 1976,<br \/>\nto contend that where there is an apparent error on the face<br \/>\nof  the\t record,  this Court can correct  the  error.\tThis<br \/>\njudgment  also\tdoes not help the petitioner as it is not  a<br \/>\ncase  for review.  We may notice here itself that the review<br \/>\napplication  No.   550\tof  2000  filed\t by  the  petitioner<br \/>\nincluding a ground that larger bench decisions of this Court<br \/>\nwere  not considered, is already dismissed by this court  on<br \/>\n26.7.2000.   This being the position, it cannot be said that<br \/>\nthe said judgment passed by this court in C.A.\tNo.  1041 of<br \/>\n2000  on merits offended Fundamental Right of the petitioner<br \/>\nunder  Article 21 of the Constitution.\tIn our view,  having<br \/>\nregard\tto the facts and circumstances of the case, this  is<br \/>\nnot  a\tfit case to be entertained to exercise\tjurisdiction<br \/>\nunder  Article\t32  of the  Constitution.   Accordingly,  we<br \/>\ndecline to do so.\n<\/p>\n<p>    In\tthe light of what is stated above, the writ petition<br \/>\nis dismissed.  No costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court of India Ajit Kumar Barat vs Secretary, Indian Tea &#8230; on 2 May, 2001 Author: S V Patil Bench: D.P. Mohapatra, Shivaraj V. Patil CASE NO.: Writ Petition (civil) 13754 of 2000 PETITIONER: AJIT KUMAR BARAT Vs. RESPONDENT: SECRETARY, INDIAN TEA ASSOCIATION AND ORS. DATE OF JUDGMENT: 02\/05\/2001 BENCH: D.P. 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