LAWS(MAD)-2008-7-370

HINDUSTAN PETROLEUME CORPORATION LTD Vs. PRESIDING OFFICER CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LABOUR COURT CUM INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL

Decided On July 22, 2008
HINDUSTAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD. REP. BY ITS CHAIRMAN " CUM " MANAGING DIRECTOR Appellant
V/S
PRESIDING OFFICER CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LABOUR COURT CUM INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) W.P. No. 37547 of 2005 is filed by the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited [for short, 'HPCL'], a Public Sector Undertaking, against the Award dated 14.3.2005 passed by the Central Government Industrial Tribunal " cum " Labour Court, Chennai [for short, 'CGIT'] in I.D. No. 311 of 2004 in granting relief of regularisation to the respondents 3 to 10 from the date of their alleged retrenchment with all attendant benefits including backwages quantified at 50%.

(2.) W.P. No. 12772 of 2006 is filed by eight workmen challenging the very same Award dated 14.3.2005 as well as the order dated 19.9.2005 made in I.A. No. 239 of 2005 and seeks for regularisation of their service from the date of completion of 480 days of service of their service, which was denied by the CGIT.

(3.) HEARD the arguments of Mr. G. Masilamani, learned Advocate General appearing for M/s King and Patridge, representing the HPCL and Mr. K.V. Ananthakrushnan, learned counsel appearing for the workmen and perused the records. For the sake of convenience, the Management is referred to as 'HPCL' and the eight individual workmen are referred to as the 'workmen'.