The Factory Manager v. The Presiding Officer
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED 16.11.2016
CORAM
THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE M.S.RAMESH W.P.No.20216 of 2013 The Factory Manager Hindustan Unilever Limited (Detergent Division) Vadamangalam, Pondicherry ..
Petitioner Vs 1.The Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Puducherry.
2.R.T.Shankar 3.R.Ezhilaraj 4.K.Rajaram 5.T.Soundarrajan 6.S.Saminathan 7.D.Venkadapathy 8.S.Kannan 9.S.Krishnakumar 10.D.Nataradjane 11.M.Neelakandan 12.L.K.Saravanan 13.T.Venkatesan 14.K.Vinayagam 15.A.Ganesan 16.N.Gopi 17.P.Murugaiyan 18.R.Ramani 19.R.Sekar 20.P.Sundar 21.M.Nagarajan 22.V.Sivakumar 23.P.Thirumurugan 24.S.Ayyanar 25.R.Azhagappan 26.J.Dandapani 27.D.Ettiyan 28.S.Ganesan 29.R.Govindan 30.N.Kumar 31.K.Muthukumaran 32.M.Murugan
33.R.Saravanan 34.R.Selvam 35.K.Senguttuvan 36.M.Sivakumar 37.N.Srinivasan 38.K.Velmurugan 39.K.Venkatachalam 40.K.Arumugam 41.A.Frederic Angales 42.G.Karikalan 43.V.Parthiban 44.S.Vasudevan 45.D.Veerasekaran 46.K.Vijayarangam 47.V.Theerthagiri 48.M.Selvaraj 49.D.Arunkumar 50.K.Ayupkhan 51.S.Baraneedharan 52.P.Kalivaradhan 53.V.Manogaran 54.A.Mariappragasam 55.P.Mourougan 56.S.Sakthivel 57.S.Sankar 58.D.Sudhagar 59.R.Suresh 60.R.Pathiban 61.A.Marielucien 62.S.Baskar 63.J.Sivakumar 64.V.Iyyappan 65.C.Ramesh 66.K.Sundarasu 67.T.Chinnathambi 68.A.Gopal 69.G.Kangeyan 70.N.Prakash 71.R.Sivakumar 72.R.Venkatesan 73.S.Baskar 74.B.Janakiraman 75.G.Kathiresan 76.K.Kuppusami 77.R.Lakshmanan 78.P.Murugan 79.S.Muthuvel 80.M.Sivakozhundan 81.D.Thulasinathan 82.R.Couppoussamy
83.S.Ethirasu 84.K.Muruganandan 85.S.Pakkirisamy 86.P.Varadarajan 87.R.Gnanaprakash 88.M.Gunalan 89.D.Kandeeban 90.K.Kumaran 91.K.Mandanagopalan 92.A.Masilamani 93.V.Meganathan 94.S.Nagoormeeran 95.A.Natarajan 96.S.Ramesh 97.T.Sandanam 98.K.Sudharsanam 99.K.Venketasaperumal 100.C.Karuppaiah 101.J.Konda Reddy 102.A.Kumaresan 103.K.Murugaiyan 104.E.Muthu 105.S.Rajaram 106.T.Rameche 107.R.Saravanan 108.A.Sirajutheen 109.G.Subramani 110.S.Souresh 111.M.Thulasingam 112.M.jaimuruga 113.P.Ilango 114.R.Mariappan 115.S.Mourougane 116.K.Azhaganandam 117.A.Balasubramanian 118.P.Comarassamy 119.V.Krishnakumar 120.A.Kumarasamy 121.B.Raja 122.S.Rajasekaran 123.D.Ramajothi 124.J.Sivaraj 125.S.Thamaraikannan 126.R.Thulasidharan 127.A.Narayanamoorthy 128.V.Krishnaraju Somaya 129.R.Saravanan 130.P.Arumugam 131.D.Krishnamuruthi 132.P.Sunilkumar
133.S.Thirumavalavan 134.M.Venkatachalapathy 135.S.Vettrivel 136.R.Saminathan 137.S.Santhanam Pillai 138.M.Rameche 139.V.Duraisamy 140.A.Gunasekaran 141.S.Jayakumar 142.V.Jeyaraman 143.N.Krishnan 144.B.Kumar 145.M.Muthukumaran 146.V.Rangadurai 147.R.Baskaran 148.M.Jayakumar 149.K.Kesavan 150.R.Lekshmanan 151.S.Rajaraman 152.V.Sivanadiyan 153.R.Srinivasan 154.V.Loganathan 155.E.Murugaiyan 156.P.Murugan 157.M.Ananthan 158.K.Ramesh 159.S.Saravanan 160.M.Senthilkannan 161.K.Senthilnathan 162.T.Sundararajan 163.V.Veerapandian 164.B.Mani 165.V.Sanmugam 166.K.Sendilmurugan 167.A.Ganeshkumar 168.B.Mani 169.M.Radjou 170.J.Ramamurthi 171.M.Arunan 172.K.Elumalai 173.D.Kandhan 174.R.Mohan 175.D.Palanisamy 176.E.Perumal 177.J.Sivakumar 178.K.Suresh 179.V.Anbazhagan 180.S.Ramalingam 181.A.Amanullah 182.S.Vedhagiri
183.K.Alexander 184.A.Elango 185.R.Jayaraj 186.N.Mayakrishnan 187.M.Murugan 188.S.Murugan 189.S.Prabaharan 190.S.Ramesh 191.K.Senthilvelan 192.M.Subramanian 193.V.K.Anbalagan 194.R.Ravi 195.V.Vissouvanadan 196.E.Ambrose Samidoure 197.D.Aroumougam 198.A.Dhanasekaran 199.P.Rajendran 200.K.Ramesh Babu 201.L.Sivakumar 202.R.Gnanavel 203.D.Gurumoorthy 204.R.Kumaresan 205.P.Mandjiny 206.C.Sakthivel 207.S.Selvaraj 208.E.Tamizhmani 209.S.James 210.K.Asokan 211.S.Gnanasekaran 212.R.Joseph Raju 213.G.Parasuraman 214.K.Saravanan 215.S.Umasankar 216.E.Ramesh 217.N.Pramod 218.L.Balasoubramanian 219.K.Kamalakannan 220.A.Naveethakannan 221.S.Mourouguessane 222.S.Selvaradjou 223.V.Selvanayagam 224.D.Sugu 225.S.Suresh 226.G.Thiruvukarasu 227.P.Adiamane 228.P.N.R.Selvasekar 229.D.Vincent De Paul 230.M.Kandhasamy 231.V.Saravanan 232.K.Selvam
233.R.Arul 234.S.Ayanare 235.A.Chanbatcha 236.R.Devanathan 237.S.Elias 238.R.Lakshmanasamy 239.K.Makesh 240.S.Murugaiyan 241.A.G.Murugan 242.D.Purushothaman 243.A.Rajaram 244.B.Saravanan 245.K.Sivamani 246.R.Veeramani 247.S.Veeramani 248.M.Vengadesan 249.G.Ezhumalai 250.B.Gopalakrishnan 251.M.Palanivel 252.K.Venkatasubbu 253.O.Babu 254.K.Venkagesan 255.Senthilkumar 256.M.Sivanandham 257.S.Sivamoorthy 258.R.Prabakaran 259.S.Rajaram 260.A.Suresh 261.R.Karthikeyan 262.K.Sivakumar 263.R.Thangadurai 264.P.Balachander 265.R.Dhashinamoorthy 266.K.Iyyanar 267.G.Pugazhchozhan 268.L.John Louis Kennedy 269.D.Perumal 270.A.Thajudheen 271.S.Sureshkumar 272.S.Rajesh 273.P.Canabady 274.S.Gobi 275.A.S.Sankar 276.M.Sendilcoumar 277.T.Sasikumar 278.S.Ashok (Respondents 2 to 278 represented by Duraimurugan President Hindusthan Unilever Employees Union
25, Bharathi Street, Uthiravaganipet, Villanur Post, Puducherry 605 110.
.. Respondents Prayer: Writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ of Certiorari calling for the records from the file of the first respondent in C.P.No.4 of 2011 and quash the order dated 02.01.2013.
For Petitioner : Mr.S.Jayaraman For R2 : Mr.P.R.Thiruneelakandan For Respondent Nos.3 to 6, 9,12 13 to 16, 20, 21, 22, 25 to 27, 31, 33, 34 to 36, 38, 41, 43, 44, 46 to 49, 51, 53, 56, 57, 61, 63, 64, 67, 68, 71, 83, 85, 86, 88, 92, 98, 99, 103, 105, 108, 112, 119, 121to 123, 125, 129, 136,137, : No Appearance 139, 143, 147, 155, 157, 162, 166,169, 171, 174, ,176,179,181,182,183,184 186, 187, 190 to 192, 195,196, 198, 200, 202 to 204, 208, 210, 229, 231, 233 to 235, 237, 240, 245, 247 to 249, 252 to 256, 263 to 265, 268, 270, 271, 274, 275, 277, 278 For Respondent Nos.
7, 8, 10, 11, 17 to 19, 23, 24, 28 to 32, 37, 39, 40, 42, 45, 50, 52, 54, 55, 58 to 60, 62, 65, 66, 69, 70, 72 to 82, 84, 87, 89 to 91, 93 to 97,100 to 102, 104, 106, 107, 109 to 111, 113 to 118, 120, 124, 126 to 128, 130 to 135, 138, 140 to 142, 144 o 146, 148 to 154, 156, 158 to 161, 163 to 165, 167, 168, 170, 172,173, 175, 177, : Mr.
O R D E R
Pending the writ petition, the petitioner and the respondents-workmen have entered into an amicable settlement dated 28.08.2016 and Part-C (7) of the Memorandum of Settlement
reads as follows:
7. REST DAY WAGE - ONE TIME PAYMENT :
The parties herein acknowledge and agree that by this Settlement, the basic wage scale shall move from daily rated to monthly rated. Given this migration and that in the past settlements the basic wage paid to the employees has exceeded the minimum wages as specified bearing number W.P.Nos.20216 and 21514 of 2013 and Claim Petition No.4 of 2011, instituted by the parties. As a part of the settlement of the aforementioned matters before the High court of Madras and the Industrial Tribunal, Pondicherry, without any prejudice to the rights available under law, the Management has agreed to pay a lump sum amount to the employees as specified in Annexure-F, being the full and final settlement of the claims made before the High court of Madras and the Industrial Tribunal.
In compliance of the interim order passed by the High Court of Madras in W.P.No.20216 of 2013, a payment of Rs.10830/- has already been dispersed, and therefore, the final settlement amount payable will be as specified in Annexure-F. Reciprocally, the Union and the employees agree to withdraw the Claim Petition No.4 of 2011, W.P.No.20216 of 2013 & W.P.No.21514 of 2013 and other suits/writ petitions pertaining to the matter with the signing of this Settlement. This shall be the full and final settlement of the disputes pertaining to the aforementioned matters and the Union and the employees undertake not to agitate the issue in these matters favour.
Recording the aforesaid clause of the Memorandum of Settlement, this writ petition is closed. No costs. Sd/- Assistant Registrar //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar
To The Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Puducherry.
+1cc to Mr.Balan Haridas, Advocate, S.R.No.66081 +1cc to Mr.S. Jayaraman, Advocate, S.R.No.66091 ca(CO) md(30/12/2016) W.P.No.20216 of 2013