IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
M.S.RAMESH, R.SAKTHIVEL
Jipmer Hospital Employees Union Rep. By Its President – Appellant
Versus
Jawaharlal Institute Of Post Graduate Medical Education And Research, Rep. By Its Director – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. nature of drls work and their classification at jipmer. (Para 2 , 3) |
| 2. arguments on the legality and regularization of drls. (Para 4 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9) |
| 3. court's consideration of drl engagement duration and employer obligations. (Para 10 , 11 , 13 , 14 , 15) |
| 4. legal obligations regarding regularization and dhimita from umadevi case. (Para 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 28 , 29) |
| 5. clarification on applicability of umadevi case to industrial adjudications. (Para 32 , 33 , 34 , 38 , 40) |
| 6. judicial review limitations and jipmer's inability to regularize drls. (Para 45 , 46) |
| 7. final court order regarding drls regularization. (Para 49 , 50) |
JUDGMENT :
Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (hereinafter referred to as ‘JIPMER’) is a premier hospital in the Union Territory of Puducherry, which have been engaging daily rated labourers (DRLs) in their various Departments as under:-
LINEN SECTION for the duties of stitching the cloth and cutting pillow cover, bed sheet, face mask.
MEDICAL RECORD DEPARTMENT for the duties of registration of CCR/OP & IP case, medical record file/census collection/dead body put in and take out the dead body for postmortem.
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