THE PROJECT MANAGER, CATTLE & POULTRY FEED PROCESSING PLANT, ORISSA AGRO INDUSTRIES CORP. LTD. Vs. P.O., LABOUR COURT, BHUBANESWAR AND ANOTHER

JUDGEMENT

(1.) In both the writ petitions award dated 20.03.1996 passed in I.D. Case No. 180 of 1991 is under challenge.

(2.) OJC No. 4417 of 1996 has been filed by the management assailing the entire award while OJC No. 10135 of 1996 has been challenged by the workman for a direction to make payment of full back wages.

(3.) Case of the opposite party-workman is that he was working as Khalasi in the Cattle and Poultry Farm Plant, Mancheswar under the control of the Project Manager, Cattle and Poultry Farm, Laxminagar on payment of consolidated amount of Rs. 250.00 and subsequently by virtue of revision of minimum wages w.e.f. 1.7.1999, he got payment @ Rs. 25.00 per day. The management called him and forced him to sign in a bond in support of his service as contract basis. He disagreed to sign it, the management instead of paying revised wages has retrenched from service w.e.f. 22.09.1990.