The Superintending Engineer, v. The Inspector Of Labour,

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED :25.04.2018

CORAM

THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE S.M.SUBRAMANIAM W.P.Nos.22715, 25150, 30276 of 2013 W.P.Nos.3449, 17487 of 2014 W.P.Nos.38061 of 2015 and M.P.Nos.1,1 & 1 of 2013 M.P.No.1 of 2014 M.P.No.1 of 2015 W.P.No.22715 of 2013 The Superintending Engineer, Mettur Electricity Distribution Circle, Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, Mettur.

...Petitioner

Vs 1.Inspector of Labour, Salem.

2.V.K.Moorthy

3. K.Anguraj 4.Kandasamy 5.S.Ayyar ... Respondents PRAYER : Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue of Writ of Certiorari, calling for the records of the 1st Respondent, in relation to his proceedings in Na.Ka.No.1792/2010 dated 30.06.2012 directing the petitioner to confer permanent status to the Respondents - 2 to 5 herein as workers in TANGEDCO/Mettur Electricity Distribution Circle, Mettur and quash the same as illegal.

W.P.No.25150 of 2013 1 THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER COIMBATORE ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION CIRCLE/ SOUTH TANGEDCO TATABAD COIMBATORE-641 012

...Petitioner

Vs 1 INSPECTOR OF LABOUR CONNOOR UDHAGAMANDALAM

2 K.SAMIYAPPAN 3 K.KARTHIK 4 G.KATHIRVEL SAMY 5 B.SARAVANAKUMAR 6 K.NATARAJAN 7 A.SRIDHAR 8 R.MURUGESAN 9 R.VIJAYAKUMAR 10 P.NAGAKUMAR 11 S.MOHANSAMY 12 K.MOHANKUMAR 13 A.THIYAGARAJAN ... Respondents Prayer Writ petition praying to writ of Certiorari calling for the records of the 1st respondent in relation to his proceedings in Na.Ka.No. 3604/2008 dated 13.11.2009 directing the petitioner to confer permanent status to the respondents -2 to 13 herein as workers in TANGEDCO/ Coimbatore Electricity Distribution Circle/South Coimbatore and quash the same as illegal. WP.30276 OF 2013:

1 THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER METTUR ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION CIRCLE TAMILNADU ELECTRICITY BOARD METTUR

...Petitioner

Vs 1 INSPECTOR OF LABOUR SALEM 2 S.PONNUSAMY ... Respondents

Prayer Writ petition praying to writ of Certiorari calling for the records of the 1st respondent in relation to his proceedings in Na. Ka. Aa. No. 5036/2005 dt 17.2.2006 with respect to the 2nd respondent and quash the same as illegal WP.3449 OF 2014:

1 THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER VELLORE ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION CIRCLE TANGEDCO VELLORE

...Petitioner

Vs 1 THE INSPECTOR OF LABOUR VELLORE 2 K. SARAVANAN ... Respondents Prayer Writ petition praying to writ of Certiorari calling for the records relating to the award passed by the 1st respondent made in Na. Ka. No.B/4678/2009 dt 28.7.2010 quash the same WP.17487 OF 2014 1 THE CHAIRMAN TNEB NO.144 ANNA SALAI CHENNAI-2 2 THE CHIEF ENGINEER/PERSONNEL TNEB VII FLOORS NO.144 ANNA SALAI CHENNAI- 2 3 THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER TNEB CHENNAI ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION CIRCLE/NORTH NO.791 ANNA SALAI CHENNAI-2 4 THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER TNEB CHENNAI ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION CIRCLE/CENTRAL VALLUVARKOTTAM 110-KV SS CHENNAI-34

...Petitioner

Vs 1 THE INSPECTOR OF LABOUR III CIRLE NANDANAM CHENNAI-35

2 M.ANAND 3 G.WILSON 4 PANEERSELVAM 5 SARAVANAN 6 V.VARUN KUMAR 7 A.DEEPAM 8 V.GUNASEKARAN 9 S.SUDHAKAR 10 T.VENKATESAN 11 M.AMARDEPAN 12 R.RAJESH 13 K.RAVI 14 K.CHANDRASEKAR 15 M.PATTABHI 16 S.ARUL 17 C.PRABHAKARAN 18 S.BASKAR 19 V.VEERAMANI 20 J.VELMURUGAN 21 K.DEVI 22 S.SARAVANAN 23 J.VENKATESAN 24 M.SURENDRA KUMAR 25 V.MARIMUTHU 26 A.KUMAR

27 E.JOTHISEKAR 28 K.ARUMUGAM 29 J.DINESHKUMAR 30 SEIYATHU MUSA 31 K.ANANDHAN 32 V.KRISHNAMURTHY 33 C.SRINIVASAN 34 D.S.GEORGE PRATHAP 35 G.KUMARAN 36 D.SENTHILKUMAR 37 S.VINESH KUMAR 38 C.SAKTHIVEL 39 V.MAHESH 40 R.SARAVANAN 41 P.RAJESH 42 G.MURUGAN 43 D.DAS 44 M.VINOTH 45 M.P.VIMALATHITHAN 46 J.JHONSON 47 A.RASU 48 A.KUMAR 49 S.DANASELAN 50 U.SATHISHKUMAR 51 P.SARAVANAN

52 J.SARAVANAN 53 J.MAGIDHAR 54 M.RAJESHKUMAR 55 G.PRADEEP 56 R.RAJESH 57 M.RAJALINGAM 58 M.RAJKUMAR 59 G.RATHINAVELPANDIYAN 60 M.SOUNDARAPANDIYAN 61 N.SANMUGAVEL 62 K.BASKARAN 63 S.DINESH 64 D.VIJAYAKUMAR 65 A.MOHAN PRABHU 66 JEGAN 67 M.PONNURANGAM 68 S.SURESH 69 K.SURESH 70 K.UDHAYAKUMAR 71 S.MEHANATHAN 72 K.SENTHIL 73 S.ILAYARAJA 74 G.DILLI RAJA 75 C.NAGARAJAN 76 S.PUVARASAN

77 C.MUNUSAMY 78 JUDO MARAN 79 KIRUBAKARAN 80 R.KANNAN 81 B.KUMARAN 82 R.PALANIVELAN 83 N.THIRUKUMAR 84 P.VIGNESVARAN 85 M.KIRUBAINATHAN 86 V.RAJAVEL 87 V.JAYARAJ 88 P.VIJAYAKUMAR 89 A.SATHISH 90 J.PREMKUMAR 91 M.VEERARAGHAVAN 92 C.DINAKARAN 93 V.JAYAKUMAR 94 NIJALINGAM 95 T.GOPI 96 A.NAGARAJAN 97 C.VIJAYASANKAR 98 K.PREM KUMAR 99 K.BABU 100 SARAVANAKUMAR 101 N.GOPINATH

102 M.KARTHICK 103 P.KARIKALAN 104 G.SURESH 105 G.MARIMUTHU 106 N.MAHESHBABU 107 G.DAYALAN 108 P.BALAJI 109 S.SAMUNDESWARI 110 N.KAMARAJ 111 E.MOHAN 112 C.VIJAYAKUMAR 113 M.JOSEPH THOMAS 114 M.DEENADAYALAN 115 M.SARAVANAN 116 P.RAJA 117 R.MANIKANDAN 118 K.VENKATESAN 119 D.KUMAR 120 P.PRABHU 121 WILLIAMCLARENCE 122 Y.AZHAGIRI 123 S.RAVI 124 V.KALIAPPAN 125 K.RAJENDRAN 126 K.MUGUNDHAVELAN

127 S.BALAJI 128 P.SARAVANAN 129 A.MANIGANDAN 130 P.BOOPALAN 131 K.GOPINATH 132 N.NAGARAJAN 133 S.PRADEEP KUMAR 134 S.AYYANAR 135 U.KESAVAN 136 JOHN SURESH 137 A.EMMANUVEL 138 S.KOTTI 139 M.SENTHIL KUMAR 140 R.MURUGAN 141 M.ELIYAS 142 S.GAJENDRAN 143 A.DEVAN 144 R.RAJASEKAR 145 P.ILAMATHI 146 S.MUNISH 147 K.RAJINI 148 S.VIJAYA BHARATH 149 G.DENADAYALAN 150 K.MOHAN 151 V.GAJAPATHY

152 N.BALAMURUGAN 153 S.VEERAMANI 154 E.ANBARASU 155 K.RAMESH 156 C.SUBRAMANIAN 157 K.RAJENDRAN 158 S.RAJESH KUMAR 159 S.GOPAL 160 K.R.RAMESH 161 K.PARAMASIVAM 162 MADAN KUMAR 163 M.MAGESH 164 M.SURESH 165 D.HARIRAMAN 166 M.MAGESH KUMAR 167 E.PRABHAKAR 168 M.MURUGESAN 169 P.SIVARAM 170 G.PADMANABHAN 171 C.MOHAN 172 S.SIVAKUMAR 173 K.GNANASEKAREN 174 E.VENKATESAN 175 J.VIDHYASAKAR 176 G.KARUNAKARAN

177 R.SATHISH KUMAR 178 A.BALAKRISHNAN 179 S.MOHAN BABU 180 P.PRAKASH 181 G.BOOPATHY 182 M.KARTHICK 183 P.SURESH 184 VINOTH KUMAR 185 P.RAMESH 186 V.SARAVANAN 187 G.SRINIVASAN 188 S.RAVI 189 T.SANTHOSH KUMAR 190 P.BASKAR 191 K.SURENDAR 192 S.P.MANOJ PRABHAKARAN ... Respondents Prayer Writ Petition praying to writ of Certiorari Calling for the records of the 1st respondent relating to his proceedings No.Na.Ka. E2661/2011 dated 7.2.2012 directing the petitioner to confer Permanent Status to the respondents 2 to 192 as workers in Tamil Nadu Electricity Board and quash the same as illegal WP.38061 OF 2015:

1 The Superintending Engineer Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Kallakuruchi Electricity Distribution Circle Villupuram District

...Petitioner

Vs 1 Inspector of Labour Villupuram

2 K.Sridharan 3 P.Sankar 4 R.Rajendran 5 K.Rathinavel 6 M.Thirunavukarasu ... Respondents Prayer Writ Petition praying to writ of Certiorari Calling for the records relating to the Order passed by the 1st respondent made in Na.Ka.No.A/28/2013 dated 30.03.2015 quash the same For Petitioner :Mr.G.Anand in all WPs For M/s.T.S.Gopalan & Co.

For R1 in :Mrs.A.Sri Jayanthi W.P.No.22715 of 2013 Special Government Pleader For RR2 to 5 in : Mr.S.Elamurugan W.P.No.22715 of 2013 For R1 in :Mrs.A.Sri Jayanthi W.P.No.17487 of 2014 Special Government Pleader For RR2 to 48 and 50 to 192 in W.P.No.17487 of 2014 : Mr.V.Premkumar For R1 in :Mrs.A.Sri Jayanthi W.P.No.30276 of 2013 Special Government Pleader For R2 in : Mr.S.Elamurugan W.P.No.30276 of 2013 For R1 in :Mrs.A.Sri Jayanthi W.P.No.3449 of 2014 Special Government Pleader For R2 in : Mr.G.Anandkumar W.P.No.3449 of 2014 For R1 in :Mrs.A.Sri Jayanthi W.P.No.38061 of 2015 Special Government Pleader

For R5 in : Mr.V.Karthikeyan W.P.No.38061 of 2015 For RR2 to 4 & 6 in : Mr.G.Anandkumar W.P.No.38061 of 2015 For R1 in :Mrs.A.Sri Jayanthi W.P.No.25150 of 2013 Special Government Pleader For RR7 to 13 : Mr.K.Sasindran in W.P.No.25150 of 2013 C O M M O N O R D E R These writ petitions are filed challenging the award passed by the Inspector of Labour granting permanent status to the workman /2nd & 3rd respondents by the TANGEDCO. 2.The learned counsel appearing on behalf of the workmen made a submission that the board after 12(3)settlement dated 10.08.2007 issued orders in B.P.(Chairman)No.9, Administrative Branch, date 09.01.2008, granting permanent absorption for contract labourers, who all are not covered by 12(3) Settlement. Certain conditions are stipulated in the Board proceedings dated 09.01.2008 for granting permanent absorption. 3.

The learned counsel appearing on behalf of the writ petitioner/ management made a submission that the petitioners are not having any objection for considering the case of the workmen in the light of the terms and conditions as stipulated in B.P. No.9, dated 09.01.2008. In view of the said submissions, the learned counsel appearing for the workmen also agreed and filed their memo stating that the case of the workmen may be considered by the writ petitioners management in terms of the B.P.No.9 dated 09.01.2008.

4.In this view of the matter, the workmen are permitted to submit fresh representations to the writ petitioners management, within a period of three(3) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, along with all necessary documents establishing their engagement as contract labourer. In the event of receiving any such representation from the workmen, the writ petitioner management is directed to consider the same, in the light of the Board proceedings issued dated 09.01.2008 and pass orders on merits and in accordance with law, within a period of twelve (12) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.

5.In view of the submissions made by the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the workmen, the order passed by the

Inspector of Labour granting permanent status cannot be insisted upon and in the event of considering the case of the workmen in the light of the B.P.No.9 dated 09.01.2008, the orders passed by the Inspector of Labour need not be given effect to. 6.Accordingly, these writ petitions stand disposed of. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are closed. However, there is no order as to costs.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS-IV) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar maya To

1. THE INSPECTOR OF LABOUR, SALEM.

2. THE INSPECTOR OF LABOUR, VELLORE.

3. THE INSPECTOR OF LABOUR CONNOOR, UDHAQAMANDALAM.

4. THE CHAIRMAN, TNEB, NO.144 ANNA SALAI, CHENNAI 2

5. THE CHIEF ENGINEER/PERSONNAL, TNEB, VII FLOOR NO.144 ANNA SALAI, CHENNAI 2

6. THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER TNEB CHENNAI ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION CIRCLE/NORTH NO.791 ANNA SALAI CHENNAI 2 7 THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER TNEB, CHENNAI ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION CIRCLE/CENTRAL VALLUVARKOTTAM 110-KV SS, CHENNAI 34.

8. THE INSPECTOR OF LABOUT, III CIRCLE NANDANAM CHENNAI 35.

9. INSPECTOR OF LABOUR III CIRCLE, NANDANAM CHENNAI-35.

10. INSPECTOR OF LABOUR, VILLUPURAM.

+1cc to Mr.K.SASINDRAN, Advocate, S.R.No. 30826 +2cc to Mr.S.ELAMURUGAN, Advocate, S.R.No. 30849 W.P.Nos.22715, 25150, 30276 of 2013 W.P.Nos.3449, 17487 of 2014 W.P.Nos.38061 of 2015 MG(CO) TR(17/05/2018)