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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
M.A.ABDUL HAKHIM
Executive Engineer, Malampuzha – Appellant
Versus
Secretary, Malampuzha Irrigation Thozhilali Union (INTUC) – Respondent
| Table of Content |
|---|
| 1. challenge to the award on permanency (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. context of long-term casual employment (Para 3 , 4 , 5) |
| 3. management's contention regarding employment status (Para 8 , 9) |
| 4. court's consideration of employment relationship (Para 10 , 12 , 19) |
| 5. final determination on regularisation and compensation (Para 14 , 26 , 28) |
JUDGMENT :
1. The Petitioner is challenging Ext.P3 Award of the Industrial Tribunal, Palakkad, in favour of twenty numbers of Workmen in I.D. No.10/2014 (Old No.48/1995). The Petitioner is the Executive Engineer, Irrigation Division, Malampuzha Dam of the State Government. The Petitioner is the Management in I.D. No.10/2014. The Respondent No.1 is the Trade Union which represented the Respondents Nos.2 to 21/Workmen in I.D. No.10/2014 before the Industrial Tribunal. Respondent No.5 died during the pendency of the Writ Petition, and the Additional Respondent Nos.22 to 24 were impleaded as his legal representatives.
3. Since the Management did not appear before the Tribunal, the Tribunal passed an ex parte Award dated 09.01.1997 in favour of the Workmen. The Management filed O.P. No.35899/2001 challenging the said ex parte Award, and this Court passed
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The court affirmed that prolonged employment of daily wagers without regularization constitutes unfair labor practice, necessitating their regularization under the Industrial Disputes Act.
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Long-standing service and fulfillment of criteria establish entitlement for regularization under service law, preventing arbitrary denial of rights.
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