The Management v. Five Men Committee
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court Division Bench dismisses Transport Corporation's writ appeal against Single Judge order in W.P.No.5009 of 2022 dated 30.01.2025; holds that a workman alleged to be contract labour may raise an Industrial Dispute to establish himself as a workman of the establishment for conferment of permanent status, notwithstanding the objection that the Authority under the Tamil Nadu Industrial Establishments (Conferment of Permanent Status to Workmen) Act, 1981 alone had jurisdiction; relies on The Superintending Engineer, Erode Electricity Distribution Circle, TNEB vs. Inspector of Labour (W.P.No.4061 of 2013 etc., batch cases, dated 07.03.2022); direction to implement award within four weeks; Labour Court award in I.D.No.241 of 2009; Clause 15 Letters Patent; no costs; connected C.M.P.No.24574 of 2025 closed; paragraph 5 modified on 24.11.2025 when listed 'For Being Spoken To'.