The Superintending Engineer v. the Asst.Commissioner of Labour
Case brief
What is this about?
Permanent Status Act 1981; conferment of permanent status; contract labourers; TNEB TANGEDCO; Inspector of Labour jurisdiction versus Labour Court; K2/Chit agreements; 480 days in 24 calendar months; Sections 2(3), 2(4), 2(6), 3(1), 5 and 7; Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act 1970 Section 10 prohibition notification; Industrial Disputes Act Section 12(3) settlement; Jaggo v Union of India 2024 INSC 1034; Umarani (2004) 7 SCC 112 distinguished; State of UP v Arvind Kumar Srivastava (2015) 1 SCC 347 parity Article 14; certiorari under Article 226; continuity of service; no back wages; recall of order dated 15.09.2025; Madurai Bench of Madras High Court; B.Pugalendhi J.
What did the court decide?
Mixed disposal of the batch: (i) first-category Management writ petitions (WP(MD)Nos.25950-25954 of 2022, 16609 of 2020, 28176 of 2024, 4983 of 2022 and the 2025 petitions) dismissed - Management directed to implement the permanent-status orders within 3 months, with continuity of service and attendant benefits to workmen but no back wages, no costs; (ii) WP(MD)No.29968 of 2023 allowed with the hearing notice dated 05.12.2022 quashed, WP(MD)No.20477 of 2021 dismissed, and consequential orders dated 13.12.2023 in Na.ka.No.2055/2022 set aside; (iii) third-category matters recalled from the order dated 15.09.2025 and directed to be relisted as per roster. Connected miscellaneous petitions closed.