HIGH COURT OF MADRAS
Hon`ble Mr Justice G.K. ILANTHIRAIYAN
V.GOPALAKRISHNAN – Appellant
Versus
THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR – Respondent
O R D E R
The Writ Petition has been filed to issue a Writ of Certiorari, calling for the records of the second respondent pertaining to the Notice of Attachment dated 14.08.2013 issued in Form 5 under Section 27 of the Tamil Nadu Revenue Recovery Act, 1864 and quash the same.
2. The case of the petitioner is that he was one of the Director of M/s.Shri Lakshmi Gayathri Engineering Works Limited. It was engaged in the sale of machine parts by engaging more than 400 workers. However, the Company suffered losses and ultimately it was closed down on 28.03.1998.
Due to non payment of salaries, several employees as respondents 3 to 115 filed different computation petitions before the Labour Court under Section 33(c) (ii) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. Several awards have been passed and the respondents 3 to 115 are entitled for amounts claimed by them. In the computation petitions, Labour Court passed award by specifically holding that the award is passed only against the Company i.e. M/s.Shri Lakshmi Gayathri Engineering Works Limited and not as against the individual capacity of the petitioner herein. Therefore, the salary of the employees have to be settled by the Company and not
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