Soubhagya Chandra Pradhan v. Presing Officer Central Government Industrial Tribunal Cum Labour Court
Case brief
What is this about?
Orissa High Court W.P.(C) 13766 of 2020, decided 11.11.2024, Justice Arindam Sinha with Justice M.S. Sahoo; CGIT-cum-Labour Court order dated 27.02.2020 set aside as perverse for setting off management's rent claim for alleged post-retirement extended occupation of quarter IC/90; vacation intimated by letter dated 30.06.2010, endorsed to Area Security Officer implying watch and ward; no demand for rent or penal rent, no prior notice, possession taken 20.07.2013 and given to next allottee; benefit of set off on a claim not made; claim petition restored to Tribunal, expeditious disposal directed within four weeks.
What did the court decide?
Impugned Tribunal order set aside as perverse (not based on the evidence); claim petition restored to the Tribunal with direction for expeditious disposal within four weeks of communication. ¶37