The Municipal Coulcil And Another vs Tulsidas Baliram Bindhade on 22 July, 2016
Violation of Clause 4C of the MSO may tantamount to an unfair
labour practice under item 9 of Sch. IV of the 1971 Act but
unless & until, other additional factors are proved on record,
finding of indulgence in an unfair labour practice under item 6
of Sch. IV thereof can not be reached. As explained by the Hon.
Apex Court in case of Maharashtra SRTC v. Casteribe Rajya
Parivahan Karmchari Sanghatana, (supra), existence of a legal
vacancy must be established & as discussed above, the power to
recruit with the employer must also be demonstrated. In
absence thereof, workman can not succeed in proving the
commission of unfair labour practice under item 6 by the
employer. These two ingredients, therefore, also must be
established when benefit of Cl. 4-C is being claimed. Unless
availability of a vacancy is shown or then power with the
employer to create the post and to fill it is brought on record,
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mere continuation of 240 days can not and does not enable the
workman to claim permanency by taking recourse to Cl. 4C
read with item 9 of Sch. IV of 1971 Act. Clause 4C does not
employ word "regularisation" but then it is implicit in it as no
"permanency" is possible without it. Conversely, it follows that
when a statutory provision like S. 76 disables the employer
either from creating or filling in the posts, such a claim can not
be sustained.