Bijoy Kumar Singh @ Vijay Singh vs The State Of Bihar on 26 April, 2022
48. Mr. Nandlal Kumar Singh, the learned
Advocate for the appellant/employer has further argued
that the workmen never established before the Tribunal
that they were not gainfully employed after their
termination. He further submits that in the award,
though there is a reference that the workmen had denied
that they were in employment after their termination
from the Gas Agency, but it was never established and,
therefore, no occasion arose for the appellant/employer
to have accepted the reverse burden of proving
Patna High Court L.P.A No.1128 of 2019 dt.26-04-2022
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otherwise. He, therefore, concludes that notwithstanding
the judgments in J.K. Synthetics Vs. K.P. Agrawal
(supra) and Deepali Gundu Surwase Vs. Kranti Junior
Adhyapak Mahavidyalaya (supra), the situation had not
become ripe before the Tribunal for the
appellant/employer to have rebutted the contention of
the workmen that they were not gainfully employed
after their termination from service.