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1 - 7 of 7 (2.15 seconds)Jeet Lal Sharma vs Presiding Officer, Labour Court - Iv & ... on 15 March, 2000
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11 Even the judgment relied upon by AR for workman
reported as 'Jeet Lal Sharma vs. POLC-IV & Anr, 84 (2000) DLT 706,
reiterates the same proposition of law that U/S 33-C (2) workman
can file application only when he is entitled to receive money
claimed by him and the entitlement refers to the existing rights which
would be established if it has been earlier adjudicated upon and
recoganised by the employer. If entitlement to receive money is in
dispute application U/S 33-C (2) is not maintainable. It was further
held that once employee accepts the entitlement as one of the
service conditions, the application will be admissible. If the claim is
based on accepted service conditions application is valid.
12 In the present case, the management has disputed the
entitlement of the workman to overtime allowance. There is nothing
on record placed by workman to show that as per service
conditions he was entitled to receive overtime allowance. He has
merely filed a copy of an office order of DDA dated 10.05.1995
which says overtime allowance will be paid to the staff who is
required to perform duties for more than eight hours after obtaining
prior approval for performance of extra duty from competent
authority. Firstly this order is of May, 1995 whereas the workman is
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claiming overtime allowance for period much prior to that.
Secondly, it is clearly mandated that prior approval of competent
authority for performance of extra duty is a condition precedent
before any overtime allowance can be paid. It is not even pleaded
by the workman that any prior permission of competent authority
for overtime in his case was taken. The claim as prepared also
totally lacks credibility. No actual dates have been specified when
the workman was allegedly asked to work for overtime. He has
claimed overtime allowance for every single day of year after year
starting from March, 1981 to December, 1992. But the amount
calculated for any particular year does not match with the overtime
period claimed and salary for that year. Besides this, as per
workman he was made to work overtime daily since very beginning
i.e. w.e.f. March, 1981 which is the date of his joining. It means he
started working overtime from March, 1981 and not prior to that.
However, in his application he has claimed overtime for the full year
of 1981 which is contrary to the facts pleaded by him. Further he
says that he worked overtime every single day of the year during
every year of his service. Still the number of hours of overtime
allegedly done by him are not same for every year. The entire claim
is contradictory and vague. Even the amount calculated is not
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commensurate with the period claimed for any particular year.
Union Of India (Uoi) vs Chajju Ram (Dead) By Lrs. And Ors on 16 April, 2003
13 In the recent judgment reported as Union of India vs
Kunkuben (Dead)by LRs and others (2006 LLR 494), the Hon'ble
Supreme Court has held Overtime Allowance cannot be claimed
U/s 33-C(2) of the ID Act on the ground that the workman's
entitlement to the same requires prior adjudication.
14 AR for the management has also contended that the
claim of the workman is liable to be rejected being time barred. AR
for workman pointed out that the workman was waiting for decision
of labour court in a similar matter filed by another workman against
DDA. When the claim of said workman was allowed by labour
court-IV vide order dated 08.03.2004, the present application was
filed by the workman. In my considered opinion pendency of
another similar case in the court cannot be a ground for the
claimant for not filing his own claim. Every case is decided on its
own facts. In fact, the workman should have been more vigilant
and motivated when his co-worker filed his case way back in 1993.
Even otherwise there is no explanation as to why the present claim
was filed more than two years after the said judgment.
State Of Uttar Pradesh & Ors vs Surinder Pal Singh on 31 January, 1989
10 The above position of law has been reiterated thereafter
by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in a number of cases including 'State
of UP vs Brij Pal Singh reported as (2005) 8 SCC 58.
Union Of India (Uoi) Through General ... vs Narayana M. And Ors. on 10 April, 2001
Same was the view expressed by Hon'ble
Bombay High Court in the case of 'Union of India vs. Narayana M
(2002) IVLLJ (Supp) Bom. 912'. There is no sufficient explanation in
our case for the delayed claim. Besides this, it is also expedient to
note here that in the case relied upon by the workman, allowed by
the other court, the management witness had admitted that the
concerned workman had worked for 12 hours a day, every day
during his tenure as chaukidar whereas there is no such admission in
the present case. In the said case the workman had also proved in
the court the copies of his attendance record but the same have
not been produced or proved here.
Section 33 in The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 [Entire Act]
Krishi Utpadan Mandi Samity, Manglor vs Pahal Singh on 10 April, 2007
Admittedly,
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no specific limitation period is provided for an application U/S 33-c
(2) under I.D Act, still the court has to see the delay in approaching
the court as a stale claim as held in 'Krishi Utpadan Mandi Samiti vs.
Pahal Singh 2007 LLR 579'.
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