Kerala High Court
B.Jyothish Kumari vs M/S Terumo Penpol Private Limited on 25 February, 2020
Equivalent citations: AIRONLINE 2020 KER 1298
Author: V Raja Vijayaraghavan
Bench: V Raja Vijayaraghavan
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJA VIJAYARAGHAVAN V
TUESDAY, THE 25TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2020 / 6TH PHALGUNA, 1941
WP(C).No.1948 OF 2018(P)
PETITIONERS:
1 B.JYOTHISH KUMARI
AGED 50 YEARS
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED, BLOOD BAG FACTORY,
PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
2 V.VIJAYAKUMAR
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG FACTORY,
PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
3 K.VENUGOPALAN NAIR
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG FACTORY,
PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
4 K.P.LEELA
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG FACTORY,
PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
5 PRABHA E.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG FACTORY,
PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
6 A.JAYANTHI DEVI
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG FACTORY,
PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
7 K.P.RAVEENDRAN NAIR
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG FACTORY,
PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
8 A.MURALEEDHARAN NAIR
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG FACTORY,
PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
9 INDUCHOODAN A.P.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG FACTORY,
PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
10 K.S.SASIKALA
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG FACTORY,
PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
WP(C).No.1948 OF 2018(P) 2
11 JOHNSON CLEETUS
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
12 LAILA SAROJAM
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
13 I.REHMATH BEEVI
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
14 G.I.SHAILAJA
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
15 R.RAJEEV
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
16 SHYJA V.DAS
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
17 K.R.SATHEESAN
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
18 S.SUBHA
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
19 B.SATHI KUMARI
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
20 N.CHRISTU PRASANNA RETNAM
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
21 L.LATHA KUMARI
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
22 S.SREEKALA
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
WP(C).No.1948 OF 2018(P) 3
23 M.S.JAYALEEKHA
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
24 SHERLY JASMINE
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
25 C.P.SUMA DEVI
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
26 S.RADHIKA KUMARI
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
27 S.V.AMBIKA KUMARI
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
28 N.ANITHAKUMARI
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
29 C.P.BINDUMOL
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
30 S.MADHAVIKUTTY
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
31 K.S.SATHEESH KUMAR
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
32 D.BABURAJ
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
33 D.LEKHA
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
34 K.V.ANIL KUMAR
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
WP(C).No.1948 OF 2018(P) 4
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
35 P.J.THOMAS
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
36 K.VINOD KUMAR
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
37 V.S.AMPILI KUMAR
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
38 ANNIE GEORGE E.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
39 N.V.DAVIS
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
40 K.AYYAPPAN
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED, BLOOD BAG
FACTORY PULIYARKONAM P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
41 JACKSON LAZWER
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED, BLOOD BAG
FACTORY PULIYARKONAM P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
42 Y.T.KUMARAN NAIR
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED, BLOOD BAG
FACTORY PULIYARKONAM P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
43 P.ANIL KUMAR
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED, BLOOD BAG
FACTORY PULIYARKONAM P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
44 G.S.AJITH KUMAR
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED, BLOOD BAG
FACTORY PULIYARKONAM P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
45 C.M.JOSHY
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED, BLOOD BAG
FACTORY PULIYARKONAM P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
WP(C).No.1948 OF 2018(P) 5
46 JOHNY
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED, BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
47 SREEKUMAR BABU
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
48 RESHMI P.R.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
49 L.RAMESH KUMAR
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
50 SHAMSUDEEN S.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
51 P.G.HAREESH KUMAR
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
52 RAJESH M.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
53 KOUSALAYA
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
54 R.V.JAYAKUMAR
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
55 S.VIJAYAKUMAR
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
56 SHAJAHAN A.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
57 ANILKUMAR S.R.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
WP(C).No.1948 OF 2018(P) 6
58 JOBIN T.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
59 MAHESH KUMAR M.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
60 SAJU RAVI
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
61 K.J.HARIKUMAR
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
62 K.JAYAKUMAR
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
63 S.RAJESH KUMAR
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
64 C.S.JIJITH KUMAR
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
65 P.SANTHOSH KUMAR
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
66 UNNIKRISHNAN M.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
67 R.RATHEESH KUMAR
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
68 SHIVAPRASAD S.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
WP(C).No.1948 OF 2018(P) 7
69 PRASAD P.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
70 NIBIN RAJ
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
71 KRISHNA KUMAR M.P.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
72 A.SHAMEER
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
73 ARUN KUMAR C.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
74 VINU V.S.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
75 SHALU D.C.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
76 DAVIDSON S.G.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
77 GIREESH M.V.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
78 SHIBU S.L.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
79 PRASAD C.S.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
80 JAYADEV D.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
WP(C).No.1948 OF 2018(P) 8
81 SAJIN J.V.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
82 RAJESH KUMAR G.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
83 SHIBU G.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
84 AJITH S.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
85 BIJU P.C.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
86 AJI T.DAS
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
87 PRAVEEN S.L.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
88 SAJITH KUMAR S.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
89 VIPIN KUMAR
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
90 DAISY R.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
91 GIRILAL V.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
92 PRAVEEN GEORGE G.V.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
WP(C).No.1948 OF 2018(P) 9
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
93 K.S.SURESH KUMAR
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
94 ANOOP A.K.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
95 HIRAN BABU
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
96 DEEPAK RAM V.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
97 GEETHA KUMARI J.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
98 SINDHU M.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
99 PRIJITH R.S.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
100 VISHNU MOHAN M.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
101 GIREESH R.S.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
102 DEEPU C.S.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
103 JUSTIN JOSE J.S.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
WP(C).No.1948 OF 2018(P) 10
104 VIPINDAS Y.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
105 SURESH RAJ M.L.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
106 ABILASH C.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
107 SANJU KRISHNAN K.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
108 LALU D.C.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
109 AJITHKUMAR U.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
110 SUDHEESH M.N.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
111 SHAIJU DENNISON
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
112 BINU C.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
113 ARAVIND K.G.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
114 BAIJUMON G.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
115 RAJESH C.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
WP(C).No.1948 OF 2018(P) 11
116 ANILKUMAR R.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
117 SHARON KUMAR P.S.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
118 SHARI GURUNATH
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
119 MANJU P.S.
TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED,BLOOD BAG
FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O.,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.
BY ADV. SMT.A.K.PREETHA
RESPONDENTS:
1 M/S TERUMO PENPOL PRIVATE LIMITED
BLOOD BAG FACTORY, PULIYARKONAM P.O,
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,REPRESENTED BY ITS
MANAGING DIRECTOR.
2 UNION OF INDIA
REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF
LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA,
SHRAM SAKTHI BHAVAN, RAFI MARGH, NEW DELHI-110
001.
3 THE CENTRAL EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND
COMMISSIONER
EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANIZATION,
BHAVISHYANIDHI BHAVAN, 14- BHIKHAJI CAMA PLACE,
NEW DELHI-110066.
4 REGIONAL PROVIDENT FUND COMMISSIONER
EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ORGANIZATION, REGIONAL
OFFICE, BHAVISHYANIDHI BHAVAN, PATTOM,
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695004.
R1 BY ADV. SRI.RAJESH NAIR
R1 BY ADV. SRI.BIJOY CHANDRAN
WP(C).No.1948 OF 2018(P) 12
R2 BY ADV. SMT.PREMLATHA K. NAIR, CGC
R3-4 BY ADV. SRI.S.SUJIN
THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD
ON 25.02.2020, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE
FOLLOWING:
WP(C).No.1948 OF 2018(P) 13
JUDGMENT
The petitioners herein are employees of M/s. Terumo Penpol Pvt. Ltd., the 1st respondent herein. The said establishment is covered under the Employees' Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 and the schemes framed thereunder. In terms of para 26(6) of the Provident Fund Scheme, 1952, the petitioners as well as the 1 st respondent are stated to have exercised their option and they have been remitting the contribution on their actual salary without limiting it to the ceiling of Rs.6500/-.
2. The petitioners are aggrieved by the refusal of the respondents to extend the provisions of the Employees' Pension Scheme, 1995 in all its vigour to the petitioners and also to the changes brought about by the Employees' Pension (Amendment) Scheme, 2014. They have approached this Court seeking to quash para No.4 (a), (b), (c), ii,
(d) and 5 of GSR 609 (E) published as per notification dated 22.8.2014 and also for a further direction to confer on them all the benefits envisaged under the Scheme without reference to the Employees' Pension (Amendment) Scheme, 2014. They have also sought for a direction to the WP(C).No.1948 OF 2018(P) 14 respondents to accept the contribution paid without insisting for a ceiling limit from the date of contribution.
3. Heard Smt.A.K.Preetha, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners, Sri.C.Padmakumar, the learned counsel appearing for the 1st respondent and Sri.S.Sujin, the learned Standing counsel appearing for respondents 3 and 4.
4. The 1st respondent has filed a counter affidavit that the respondent has been remitting provident fund for the actual salary of the employees.
5. I have considered the submissions.
6. A learned Single Judge of this Court, by Ext.P2 judgment dated 04.11.2011, in W.P.(C) No.6643 of 2007 and connected cases, has held that the proviso which was added with effect from 16.03.1996 was retrospective and is operative from the date of commencement of the scheme which was on 16.11.1995. It was further held that the cut off date fixed by the organization as 01.12.2004 is clearly without jurisdiction. It was also held that, if a joint application is filed by the employee as well as the employer at any time, the benefits of the proviso to Clause 11(3) of the Employees' Pension Scheme cannot be denied to the employees. The WP(C).No.1948 OF 2018(P) 15 operative part of the order is extracted below for easy reference.
'In the above circumstances, I allow these writ petitions quashing the orders impugned in these two writ petitions. It is declared that the fixation of cut off date of 1.12.2004 is without jurisdiction and despite the fact that the petitioners have filed the applications for benefit under the proviso to clause 11(3), after the cut off date so fixed, the petitioners are entitled to avail of the benefit under the proviso to clause 11(3) of the Employees' Pension Scheme. As such I declare that the benefits was rightly given to the petitioners. Consequently, the arrears of contributions payable by the petitioners for availing of the benefit of the said proviso shall again to be transferred from the Provident Fund account of the petitioners to the Employers' Pension Fund account of the petitioners. Orders in this regard shall be passed, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. '
7. The said judgment was taken in appeal by the Union of India as well as the EPF Organisation. A Division Bench of this Court by judgment dated 5.3.2013 in W.A. No.568 of 2012 dismissed the appeals. Though the judgment of the Division Bench was challenged before the Hon'ble Supreme Court, the same was dismissed, finding that there was no valid ground for interference.
8. In R.C. Gupta & Others. v. Regional Provident Fund WP(C).No.1948 OF 2018(P) 16 Commissioner Employees Provident Fund Organization & Others 1 [Civil Appeal Nos.10013-10014 of 2016 (arising out of SLP(C) Nos.33032- 33030 of 2015] the Hon'ble Supreme Court had occasion to consider the question as to whether the employees would be entitled to the benefit of deposit of 8.33% of their actual salary in the pension fund irrespective of the ceiling limit. The Hon'ble Supreme Court has held thus in the report.
10. We do not see how exercise of option under paragraph 26 of the Provident Fund Scheme can be construed to estop the employees from exercising a similar option under paragraph 11(3). If both the employer and the employee opt for deposit against the actual salary and not the ceiling amount, exercise of option under paragraph 26 of the Provident Scheme is inevitable. Exercise of the option under paragraph 26(6) is a necessary precursor to the exercise of option under Clause 11(3). Exercise of such option, therefore, would not foreclose the exercise of a further option under Clause 11(3) of the Pension Scheme unless the circumstances warranting such foreclosure are clearly indicated.
11. The above part in a situation where the deposit of the employer's share at 12% has been on the actual salary and not the ceiling amount, we do not see how the Provident Fund Commissioner could have been aggrieved to file the LPA before the Division Bench of the High Court. All that the Provident Fund Commissioner is required to do in the case is an adjustment of accounts which in turn would have 1 [2018 (14) SCC 809] WP(C).No.1948 OF 2018(P) 17 benefited some of the employees. At best what the Provident Commissioner could do and which we permit him to do under the present order is to seek a return of all such amounts that the concerned employees may have taken or withdrawn from their Provident Fund Account before granting them the benefit of the proviso to Clause 11(3) of the Pension Scheme. Once such a return is made in whichever cases such return is due, consequential benefits in terms of this order will be granted to the said employees.
12. Consequently and in light of the above, we allow these appeals and set aside the order of the Division Bench of the High Court.
9. The amendment to the EPF Scheme GSR 609(E) dated 22.8.2014 w.e.f 1.9.2014 omitting proviso to para 11 (3) of the Scheme which provides for the exercise of the option were challenged before this Court by several of the employees affected by the same. A Division Bench of this Court in Sasikumar P v Union of India and others2 held that the impugned amendments are arbitrary, ultra vires the EPF Act and are unsustainable and allowed the writ petition.
10. Though the EPF organization challenged the judgment before the Hon'ble Supreme Court, the SLP was dismissed by order dated 1.4.2019 in S.L.P.(Civil) No. 9610 of 2019. 2 ( I.L.R. 2019 (1) ILR 614) WP(C).No.1948 OF 2018(P) 18
11. Having gone through the records, it is luculent that the issues raised by the petitioners are covered by Ext.P2 judgment which is confirmed by the Apex Court and also the judgment of the Division Bench in Sasikumar (supra). In that view of the matter, this Writ Petition is allowed in terms of the judgment dated 12.10.2018 in W.P.(C) No.13120 of 2015 and connected cases, the operative portion of which is extracted below for easy reference.
For the foregoing reasons, the petitioners are entitled to succeed. The writ petitions are all allowed as follows:
i) The Employee's Pension (Amendment) Scheme, 2014 brought into force by Notification No. GSR. 609(E) dated 22/08/2014 evidenced by Ext.P8 in W.P.(C) No. 13120 of 2015 is set aside;
ii) All consequential orders and proceedings issued by the Provident Fund authorities / respondents on the basis of the impugned amendments shall also stand set aside.
iii) The various proceedings issued by the Employees Provident Fund Organization declining to grant opportunities to the petitioners to exercise a joint option along with other employees to remit contributions to the Employees Pension Scheme on the basis of the actual salaries drawn by them are set aside.
iv) The employees shall be entitled to exercise the option WP(C).No.1948 OF 2018(P) 19 stipulated by paragraph 26 of the EPF Scheme without being restricted in doing so by the insistence on a date.
v) There will be no order as to costs.
The respondents 3 and 4 shall take expeditious steps to permit the petitioners to exercise their option in terms of the directions above. Appropriate orders shall be passed expeditiously, at any rate, within a period of four months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. Before parting, it is made clear that the above order shall be subject to the orders of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the pending matters.
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RAJA VIJAYARAGHAVAN V JUDGE SR WP(C).No.1948 OF 2018(P) 20 APPENDIX PETITIONER'S/S EXHIBITS:
EXHIBIT P1 TRUE COPY OF CIRCULAR NO.
PENSION/MISC/2005 DATED NIL, ISSUED FROM THE OFFICE OF THE 3RD RESPONDENT.
EXHIBIT P2 TRUE COPY OF JUDGMENT DATED 4.11.2011 IN W.P.(C) NO.9929/2007.
EXHIBIT P3 TRUE COPY OF NOTIFICATIONS DATED 22.8.2014 PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT.
WP(C).No.1948 OF 2018(P) 21
APPENDIX PETITIONER(S) EXHIBITS:
EXHIBIT P1 A TRUE COPY OF THE JUDGMENT DATED 04.11.2011 IN W.P(C) NO.9929/2007 EXHIBIT P2 A TRUE COPY OF THE JUDGMENT DATED 24.02.2012 IN W.P.(C) NO.7878/2011 EXHIBIT P3 A TRUE COPY OF THE JUDGMENT DATED 05.03.2013 IN W.A.NO.568/2012 EXHIBIT P4 A TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 31.03.2016 OF THE HON'BLE SUPREME COURT EXHIBIT P5 A TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 04.10.2016 OF THE HON'BLE SUPREME COURT EXHIBIT P6 A TRUE COPY OF THE AFFIDAVIT FILED BY THE 3RD RESPONDENT IN W.P(C) NO.39822/2016 EXHIBIT P7 A TRUE COPY OF THE REPRESENTATION DATED 01.04.2017 OF THE PETITIONER EXHIBIT P8 A TRUE COPY OF THE LETTER DATED 27.09.2017 OF THE 4TH RESPONDENT TOGETHER WITH JOINT OPTION WP(C).No.1948 OF 2018(P) 22 APPENDIX OF WP(C) 26874/2019 PETITIONER'S/S EXHIBITS:
EXHIBIT P1 A TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER NO. PER.129/84 DATED 11.09.2013 OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR EXHIBIT P2 A TRUE COPY OF THE LETTER DATED 26.09.2017 OF THE DIARY MANAGER EXHIBIT P3 A TRUE COPY OF THE JUDGMENT DATED 29.08.2013 IN W.P.(C) NO. 20261 OF 2012(G)