The Management, v. The Presiding Officer
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ appeal dismissed; TNSTC (Madurai) Ltd. management v. Labour Court Tiruchirapalli (Dindigul Camp) and TNSTC Workers Union (AITUC); I.D.No.213 of 2006 award dated 30.04.2009; punishment of withholding increment for three years after fatal accident; Standing Orders do not provide for such punishment; no interference with single Judge order in W.P.(MD)No.5883 of 2011 dated 31.10.2017; Madurai Bench of Madras High Court; Bench G.R.Swaminathan and K.Rajasekar; decided 12.08.2025; no costs; connected C.M.P.(MD)No.5202 of 2020 closed.
What did the court decide?
The learned single Judge had recorded that the management's counsel was unable to point out any error in the Labour Court's finding based on the Standing Orders, and no case for interference with that order was made out; consequently the Division Bench dismissed the writ appeal with no costs and closed the connected miscellaneous petition.