The Management v. General Secretary
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court Madurai Bench writ petition WP.(MD)No.6565 of 2022 (22.10.2025, Justice B.Pugalandhi): TNSTC (Tirunelveli) management vs Nellai Chidambaranar Kumari district ST Employees Union; driver Pandaram's unauthorized absence 28.10.2010–04.11.2010 attributed to arrest in property-dispute criminal case ending in acquittal; stoppage-of-increment punishment set aside by Labour Court Tirunelveli (ID No.48/2019, award dated 28.09.2020); writ partly allowed — punishment set-aside upheld, absence treated as leave without pay / loss of pay; Section 2(k) Industrial Disputes Act invoked; no precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition partly allowed: the Labour Court award setting aside the punishment is upheld (not found fault with), subject to the direction that the period of unauthorized absence from 28.10.2010 to 04.11.2010 be treated as leave on loss of pay; no costs awarded; connected miscellaneous petition closed.