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2005 DIGILAW 3308 (RAJ)

NAND KISHORE SHARMA v. JUDGE, INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL RAJASTHAN, JAIPUR

2005-12-15

HARBANS LAL, SHIV KUMAR SHARMA

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Judgment SHIV KUMAR SHARMA, J. ( 1 ) COMMON questions that arise for our consideration in the instant appeals are as under: (i) Whether the termination of the appellants (for short workman) by the respondent (for short corporation) was the termination simpliciter. (ii) Whether the workmen were terminated from the service on the ground of misconduct. (iii) Whether the applications filed by the workmen before the Industrial Tribunal jaipur under Section 33-A of the Industrial disputes Act, 1947 (for short, the act)were maintainable. ( 2 ) LEARNED Tribunal rejected the applications of workmen filed under Section 33-A and held that the termination of the workmen was simpliciter. Since the workmen were not removed on the ground of misconduct, the Corporation was not: under obligation to conduct the inquiry therefore applications of the workmen were not maintainable. ( 3 ) THE workmen assailed the award by filing the writ petitions but the learned single Judge did not find any fault in the awards and dismissed the writ petitions. Hence these appeals. ( 4 ) IT is urged by learned counsel for the workmen that the orders by which the services of the workmen were terminated though innocuous apparently were, in fact, punitive in nature. The workmen, it is contended, could not have been removed from service without holding a regular inquiry. It is further canvassed that the Tribunal and the learned single Judge though had jurisdiction to go behind the order to find out whether it was an order of termination simpliciter or it was an order passed by way of punishment. They did not properly appreciate the orders. Reliance is placed on V. P. Ahuja v. State of Punjab AIR 2000 SC 1080 : 2000 (3) SCC 239 : 2000-I-LLJ-1099; Jarnail Singh v. State oj punjab AIR 1986 SC 1626 : 1986 (3) SCC 277 : 1986-II-LLJ-268, Nar Singh Pal v. Union oj india AIR 2000 SC 1401 : 2000 (3) SCC 588 : 2000-I-LLJ-1388. Madhav Parsad v. R. S. R. T. C. 1989 (1) RLR 562 and Chandra prakash Shahi v. State of V. P. AIR 2000 SC 1706 : 2000 (5) SCC 152 . ( 5 ) LEARNED counsel for the Corporation on the contrary contended that the workmen were temporary employees and therefore their services could be terminated at any time. Madhav Parsad v. R. S. R. T. C. 1989 (1) RLR 562 and Chandra prakash Shahi v. State of V. P. AIR 2000 SC 1706 : 2000 (5) SCC 152 . ( 5 ) LEARNED counsel for the Corporation on the contrary contended that the workmen were temporary employees and therefore their services could be terminated at any time. Since the workmen were not removed on the ground of misconduct it was not necessary to initiate enquiry. ( 6 ) HAVING analysed the material on record we notice that the workmen had not put in services for more than 240 days as such the workmen being daily wagers did not have any right to hold the post. The workmen in the instant matters were not found fit to retain in the service. Undoubtedly the Corporation in the reply had cited the incidents of checking and found the workmen carrying passengers without tickets but these incidents were not the foundation for the termination of the workmen. It may however be termed as motive to find out whether the work of the workmen was satisfactory and they were fit to be retained in service. In Chandra Prakash Shahi v. State of u. P. (supra) their Lordships of the Supreme court indicated that "motive" is the moving power which impels action for a definite result or to put it differently "motive" is that which incites or stimulates a person to do an act. An order terminating services of an employee is an act done by the employer. What is that factor which impelled the employer to take this decision? If it was the factor of general unsuitability of the employee for the post held by him, the action would be upheld in law. " ( 7 ) HAVING unveiled the impugned termination orders we find that they are the orders of termination simpliciter and the services of the workmen were not terminated on the ground of misconduct. In our opinion the application of the workmen under Section 33-A of the Act were rightly rejected by the tribunal and the learned single Judge has not committed any error in dismissing the writ petition of the workmen. ( 8 ) CONSEQUENTLY, we find no merit in the appeals and the same stand dismissed without any order as to costs.