IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
G.S.KULKARNI, AARTI SATHE
Permanent Magnets Limited – Appellant
Versus
Mahipat Yadav – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
AARTI SATHE, J.
1. This Letters Patent Appeal is filed by the Appellant being aggrieved by the Judgment and order dated 19th July 2010 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the impugned order’) passed by the learned Single Judge in Writ Petition No. 1828 of 2010 dismissing the Petition filed by the Appellant/Petitioner, thereby upholding the order passed by the Labour Court dated 1st August 2009 which held that the respondent/workman was entitled to the benefit of his wages in adjudicating proceedings under Section 33C(2) of the Industrial Dispute Act, 1947.
2. Briefly the facts are as follows:-
i. The Appellant (Org. Petitioner), being the employer, is inter-alia engaged in the manufacture and marketing of industrial magnets. On 20th May 1987, the Respondent joined the employment of the Appellant/Petitioner-Company as a helper in its canteen. There were separate canteens for Supervisors, Executive and Managerial Staff (‘known as managerial canteen’) as well as for visitors (known as ‘Workers’ Canteen’). A separate set of workmen were engaged for these two separate canteens. The service conditions of the workmen working in the managerial canteen were different as they were considered
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