Shankar Yadav v. The General Manager Cum Chief Engineer, Bihar State Electricity Board And ORS
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.9349 of 2015 ====================================================== Shankar Yadav, son of late Jagdish Yadav, resident of MohallaLaldarwaza, P.S.- Kotwali, P.O. and District- Munger. .... .... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The General Manager cum Chief Engineer, Bihar State Electricity Board, Bhagalpur Area, Bhagalpur.
2. The Director of Account (Head Quarter), Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB), Patna.
3. The Deputy Director of Acconts, Electric Supply Area (BSEB) Bhagalpur.
4. The Electric Superintending Engineer, B.S.E.B., Munger Circle, Munger.
5. The Accounts Offficer, Electric Supply Circle, B.S.E.B., Munger.
6. The Executive Engineer, Electric Supply Division, B.S.E.B., Lakhisarai.
7. The Executive Engineer, Electric Supply Division, B.S.E.B., Lakhisarai. .... .... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Dhirendra Nath Jha, Advocate.
For the Respondent/s :
Mr. Vinay Kirti Singh, Advocate.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MIHIR KUMAR JHA ORAL JUDGMENT 03-07-2015 Heard learned counsel for the parties.
2. Having regard to the fact that the petitioner is a retired employee and has a grievance with regard to non-payment of his over time bill for the period April 2008 to January 2011 and again for the period February 2011 to May 2012, this Court is not inclined to interfere in the matter keeping in view that the petitioner was a workman of the Bihar State Electricity Board and thus governed by the certified standing order.
3. If a workman is aggrieved in the matter of payment of wages which would also include over time being the total of the
Patna High Court CWJC No.9349 of 2015 (2) dt.03-07-2015 2/2 wages for extra work done, he has a remedy under the payment of Wages Act/Industrial Disputes Act before the competent Labour Court.
4. In that view of the matter, this writ application is disposed of with a liberty to the petitioner to avail remedy as may be available to him in law.
(Mihir Kumar Jha, J) Sujit/- U