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2006 (1) JLJ 392
(FULL BENCH)
A.K. Patnaik, C.J., Dipak Misra and Shantanu Kemkar, JJ.
Heavy Electricals Mazdoor Trade Union v. State of M.P. and others
Writ Petition No. 14069 of 2005;
Decided on 24.2.2006.
The petitioner has challenged the validity of notification dated 10.10.2005 issued by the State Government and sub-section (3) of section 1 of the said Act. [Para 1
In May, 2000, M.P. Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act, 2000 (for short "the Amendment Act, 2000") was enacted and in section l, sub-section (4) was introduced providing that the State Government may, by a notification direct that the provisions of the Act shall cease to apply to such industry in such area and from such date as may be specified in the notification..... Sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Amendment Act, 2000 provided that the Amendment Act shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification, specify. As yet, the State Government has not issued a notification appointing the date from which the Amendment Act, 2000 shall come into force. The result is, sub-section (4) of section 1 of the Act introduced by the amending Act 2000 has not been brought in force. Yet by the impugned notification dated 10.10.2005, made in purported exercise of powers under sub-section (3) of section 1 of the Act, the State Government has amended the notification dated 31.12.1960 so as to delete from the said notification dated 31.12.1960 the industries specified against Serial Nos. 1,2,3,4,7,10,15 and 16 including electrical goods industry. By the impugned notification, therefore, the industries mentioned against the said serial numbers including ‘Electrical goods industry‘ are sought to be excluded from the purview of the Act. [Para 3
Held: There is no provision in sub-section (3) of section 1 or any other section of the Act saving the rights, privileges, obligations or liabilities, which have accrued under the different provisions of the Act or saving such agreements, settlements, awards and orders made by Industrial Courts and Labour Courts under the Act or saving the proceedings pending before different authorities under the Act on the issue of such amending notification under sub-section (3) of section 1 of the Act. Obviously, the legislature could not have intended such drastic consequences affecting adversely the rights of the employers and the employees and would have made a provision in the Act saving such rights, if the legislative intent of the said Sub-section (3) of section 1 was to empower the State Government to issue an amending notification amending the first notification bringing the remaining provisions of the Act into force to the industries or undertakings specified in the first notification. Hence, we cannot hold that under sub-section (3) of section 1 of the Act read with section 21 of the M.P. General Clauses Act, the State Government can by notification under sub-section (3) of section 1 of the Act amend the notification dated 31.12.1960 so as to exclude industries or undertakings in respect of which the remaining provisions of the Act were brought into force by the notification dated 31.12.1960. In our considered opinion, the nature, limits and dimensions of the power of the State Government under sub-section (3) of section 1 of the Act are such that it cannot include the power to amend or rescind the notification dated 31.12.1960. The Division Bench judgment of this Court in M.P. Dainik Vetan Bhogi Karmachari Sangh, Jabalpur v. State of M.P. [2003(4) MPHT 199] in so far as it holds to the contrary, is thus not a good law and is overruled. Since Sub-section (4) of section 1 of the Act has not been brought into force as yet, we refrain from deciding the vires of the said provision. AIR 1951 SC 332 and AIR 1976 SC 714 followed. 1981 JLJ 437 relied on. 2003 (4) MPHT 199 overruled. AIR 1989 SC 572 and (1996) 6 SCC 634 distinguished. [Paras 8 & 10
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Patnaik, C.J. -- 1. In this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has challenged the validity of notification dated 10.10.2005 issued by the State Government under sub-section (3) of section 1 of the M.P. Industrial Relations Act, 1960 as well as the vires of sub-section (4) of section 1 of the said Act.
2. The facts relevant for the purpose of disposal of the petition are that under Entry 22 of List III to the Second Schedule to the Constitution read with Article 246 of the Constitution, both Parliament and State Legislature have concurrent power to make law relating to trade union and industrial and labour disputes. In exercise of such powers, the State Legislature has enacted the M.P. Industrial Relations Act, 1960 (for short 'the Act') with the assent of the President of India. Sub-section (3) of section 1 of the Act provides that section 1 and section 112 of the Act shall come into force at once and the State Government may, by notification, bring any or all of the remaining provisions of the Act into force in respect of (a) any or all industries, or (b) undertakings in industries where the number of employees on any day during 12 months proceeding the date of notification or any day thereafter was or is more than such number as may be specified in such notification, on such date as may be specified therein. In exercise of such powers under sub-section (3) of section 1 of the Act, by notification dated 31.12.1960, the State Government directed that all the provisions of the Act other than section 1 and 112 thereof shall come into force on 31.12.1960 in respect of undertakings or the industries specified in the Schedule to the notification wherein the number of employees on any date during 12 months preceding or on the date of the notification or any day thereafter was more than 100. In the Schedule to the said notification, 32 industries were specified. 'Electrical goods' industry is one of the 32 industries specified and hence industry of the respondent No.3 in Madhya Pradesh came within the purview of the Act. The petitioner which is trade union of employees working in the industry of the respondent No. 3 was recognised by the Registrar under Chapter III of the Act. The Act regulated the relations between the employees and the industry of the respondent No.3 and all industrial disputes between the employer and the employees in the industry I' of the respondent No.3 were settled in accordance with the provisions of the Act.
3. In May, 2000, M.P. Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act, 2000 "'short "the Amendment Act, 2000") was enacted and in section 1, sub-section (4) was introduced providing that the State Government may, by a notification direct that the provisions of the Act shall cease to apply to such industry in such area and from such date as may be specified in the notification. The Statement of Objects and Reasons of the Amendment Act, 2000 stated that at present the State Government had no power to displace the application of the provisions to the industry to which the Act has already been applied and the need of this power has been felt at different times, hence the proposed amendment. Sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Amendment Act, 2000 provident that the Amendment Act shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification, specify. As yet, the State Government has not issued a notification appointing the date from which the Amendment Act, 2000 shall come into force. The result is, sub-section (4) of section 1 of the Act introduced by the Amendment Act, 2000 has not been brought in force. Yet by the impugned notification dated 10.10.2005, made in purported exercise of powers under Sub-section (3) of section 1 of the Act, the State Government has amended the notification dated 31.12.1960 so as to delete from the said notification dated 31.12.1960 the industries specified against Serial Nos. 1,2,3,4,7,10,15 and 16 including electrical goods in
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