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The Factories Act, 1948
Indian Petrochemicals Corporation ... vs Shramik Sena And Ors on 4 August, 1999
J.
(S. Rajendra Babu)
J.
(Ruma Pal)
November 26, 2001
See: Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd. vs. Shramik Sena and Others 1999 (6) SCC 439
Parimal Chandra Raha & Ors vs Life Insurance Corporation Of India & ... on 29 March, 1995
The observations in Parimal Chandra Rahas case
relied on by the appellants which might have supported the
submission of the appellants have been explained by a larger
bench in Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd. vs.
Shramik Sena and Others (1999) 6 SCC 439 where it was
held, after considering the provisions of the Factories Act and
the previous decisions on the issue, that the workmen of a
statutory canteen would be the workmen of the establishment
only for the purpose of the Factories Act and not for all other
purposes unless it was otherwise proved that the
establishment exercised complete administrative control over
the employees serving in the canteen.
The Companies Act, 1956
Barat Fritz Werner Ltd vs State Of Karnataka on 2 February, 2001
(See also Barat Fritz
Werner Ltd. V. State of Karnatka 2001 (4) SCC 498, 504)
It may be, and has been often so found, that the
employees of a contractor are de facto employees of the
establishment despite the existence of a written agreement
between the contractor and the establishment. To this end our
attention was drawn to the agreement between the contractor
and the respondent No.1. From a scrutiny of the agreement, it
is clear that although the respondent No.1 had agreed to
provide the contractor with the basic infrastructure, the actual
running of the canteen was the responsibility of the
contractor alone. For example, the respondent No.1 was to
give the furnishings, dining tables, chairs, curtains, water
coolers etc., but the contractor was liable to indemnify the
respondent No.1 for any loss or damage caused to these items
due to any act of omission or commission by the contractor
or his employees. The cost of repairing and maintaining all
the equipment was also the contractors. It was also the
contractors obligation to provide the raw-material and
ensure that such raw- material was free from adulteration,
contamination and was wholesome and fit for human
consumption.
R.K. Panda vs Steel Authority Of India on 12 May, 1994
Directly relevant to the crux of the matter is clause
43 of the agreement whereby the contractor was given
the discretion to employ the workers already working in the
canteen (like the appellants) but it was made clear that the
contractor could take action against the canteen workers. It is
noteworthy that the respondent No. 1 had no say as to who should
be employed by the contractor nor the method of recruitment to be
followed by the contractor. There was no obligation on the
contractor to employ the persons who had served under earlier
contractors. Even if the agreement had contained a condition that
the contractor must retain the old employees, it would not
necessarily mean that those employees were the employees of the
establishment. As was said in R.K. Panda v. Steel Authority of
India Ltd. (1994) 5 SCC 304:
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