The Management v. the Presiding Officer
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court writ appeal W.A.No.2484 of 2025 (CMP.No.19200 of 2025), decided 22.09.2025 by M.S. Ramesh and R. Sakthivel, JJ. Management's appeal against Single Judge order dated 03.04.2025 in W.P.No.23094 of 2015 dismissed. Held: pendency of SLP(C) No.2543 of 2022 before Supreme Court on conferment of permanent status does not exempt employer from paying bonus; with permanent status declared under the Tamil Nadu Industrial Establishments (Conferment of Permanent Status to Workmen) Act, 1981 (480 days continuous service within 24 months) and no interim stay, bonus payable at 8.33% under the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965. Keywords: bonus 8.33%, permanent status, 480 days, co-operative society, Labour Court Salem, trade union, no interim stay.
What did the court decide?
None to the appellant; the Writ Appeal is dismissed without costs, the connected miscellaneous petition is closed, and the learned Single Judge's direction to pay bonus at 8.33% stands.