Chemplast Sanmar Limited vs The Presiding Officer on 28 February, 2020
55. The argument of Mr.Prasad that if the judgment of the labour
Court is not perverse then writ Courts must be slow to interfere under
Article 226 of the Constitution of India and that this Court while exercising
appellate jurisdiction ought not to interfere with the judgment of the
learned Single Judge which is a plausible view also cannot be accepted.
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He would state that this Court ought not to substitute its conclusion to
the one arrived at by the learned Single Judge affirming the order of the
labour Court. We are afraid that we cannot accept the submission. The
order of the learned Single Judge is contrary to the law laid down by the
Hon'ble Supreme Court in HEC VOLUNTARY RETD EMPLOYEES WELFARE
SOCIETY AND ANOTHER Vs HEAVY ENGINEERING CORPORATION LTD AND
OTHERS (2006) 3 SUPREME COURT CASES 708; A.K.BINDAL AND
ANOTHER Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS (2003) 5 SUPREME COURT
CASES 163 and IFCI LTD Vs. SANJAY BEHARI AND ORS {2019 (12) Scale
522}. This Court has no other option except but to set it aside and this
Court is of the view that jural relationship of employer and employee
snapped on the date when the employee submitted their letters of
resignation and therefore, dis entitling them to the benefits of the
increase in wages. The wages were increased only from the date of
settlement. But since the earlier wage revision ended on 31/3/1994, the
employees were given arrears of wages from 31/3/1994. The employees
on roll will be given arrears from 1/4/1994 and this benefit was extended
only to two classes of workers who were not on roll on the date when the
settlement was entered into and to such of those persons who had
attained the age of superannuation between the date on which the wage
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revision was come into force till the time the settlement was actually
entered into and workmen who had passed away in the interrugnum. We
reiterate that it cannot be said that intention of the employees Union had
entered into a settlement was to include persons who had taken voluntary
retirement under the Voluntary Retirement Scheme also. Had it been so,
it would have been specifically stated in the terms of settlement.