N. Chinnaiyya v. the Chief Executive Officer
Case brief
What is this about?
CGHC WPL 168/173/175/172 of 2025, decided 14.7.2026 by Justice Rakesh Mohan Pandey: writ petitions by retired Bhilai Steel Plant/SAIL (Nandani Mines) employees dismissed; challenge to Labour Court Durg orders dated 27.3.2025 rejecting Section 33(C)(2) Industrial Disputes Act 1947 applications for refund of house building allowance recovered with 18% interest; applications filed about ten years late against one-year limitation without sufficient cause; no oral or documentary evidence adduced; no interference; no order as to costs.
What did the court decide?
Though applications were moved for refund of the recovered amounts, the petitioners failed to adduce oral as well as documentary evidence; according to Section 33(C)(2) of the Act of 1947 the prescribed period of limitation is one year, whereas the applications were moved after more than ten years without explaining sufficient cause for such huge delay; the learned Labour Court examined the dispute at length and dismissed the applications on those grounds.