Petitioners sought writs against trade unions scheduled to strike, claiming threat to public safety and essential services. Unions cancelled the strike; petition disposed as infructuous.
Petition disposed of as having become infructuous following the cancellation of the strike by the respondents.
This page shows the compact analysis of this judgement. The full analysis — procedural history, issue-by-issue holdings with ratio and obiter, advocates, and paragraph-level evidence for every claim — is being added to the record in batches and will appear here when this judgement has been through it.
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.3086 of 2020
======================================================
Versus
====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sudhanshu Trivedi (In person)
Patna High Court CWJC No.3086 of 2020(3) dt.11-02-2020 2/5
Mr. Neeraj Kumar (In Person)
For the Respondent/s :
======================================================
CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S. KUMAR ORAL ORDER
(Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE)
3 11-02-2020 Petitioners have prayed for the following relief:-
“(i) To issue a writ of mandamus and/or passing of an order of restraint against the respondents 2nd set and also against their members represented through the Association of persons and/or registered as Trade Unions represented by the ex-employees of the erstwhile Bihar State Electricity Board and/or the companies mentioned hereinbefore;
(ii) To issue a writ of mandamus commanding the respondents 2nd set, its members who are in the employment of the companies and/or not, be likely to cause adverse effect to public safety, maintenance of public order or for maintenance of services necessary to the life of the community be restrained from going on strike and/or to take such action which is not in consonance with their terms and conditions of service and/or is/are contrary to the interest, right and liberty of other general people;
(iii) To issue other appropriate writ/writs, order/orders, direction/directions to the respondents to maintain the peace, tranquility, public order, public safety and to continue the supply of electrical energy throughout the State of Bihar without causing any hindrance to the essential services”
Patna High Court CWJC No.3086 of 2020(3) dt.11-02-2020 3/5
Petitioners have placed on record an affidavit of service as also communication dated 10th of February, 2020, which is reproduced, in toto, as under:-
“To
Sub:- Postponement of one day token strike scheduled on 6 A.M. of 11th February, 2020 to 06:00 A.M. of 12 th February, 2020.
Sir,
We all the workers Unions and Associations of Vidyut Kamgar Padadhikari-Abhiyanta Sanyukt Shangarsh Morcha (Bihar) have jointly decided that the proposed token strike scheduled on 06:00 A.M. of 11th February 2020 to 06:00 A.M. of 12th February 2020 is being postponed in honour of the order passed by Hon’ble High Court, Patna in C.W.J.C. No. 3086 of 2020.
This is for your kind information and necessary action.
Yours faithfully (Chakradhar Prasad Singh) General Secretary Bihar State Electric Supply Workers Union
(Arjun Prasad Yadav) (Devki Rai)
Patna High Court CWJC No.3086 of 2020(3) dt.11-02-2020 4/5
General Secretary Gen. Secretary Bihar Bijli Mazdoor Union Bihar Vidyut Takniki Kamgar Union
(Surendra Kumar) (Dhirendra Kumar) General Secretary PESA Bihar State Progressive Electric Workers Union (Pravin Kumar) (Nishikant) (Shatrughna Kr. Suman) President JESA Bihar Pradesh Vidyut Shramik Sangh Gen. Secretary BSE Adm. Service Association
Copy forwarded for information and necessary action:Hon’ble Chief Minister, Bihar Hon’ble Energy Minister, Govt. of India, New Delhi Hon’ble Energy Minister, Bihar Hon’ble Minister of Labour Resources, Bihar Chief Secretary, Bihar Principal Secretary, Energy Department, Bihar, Patna Labour Commissioner, Bihar, Patna
(Chakradhar Prasad Singh) General Secretary Bihar State Electric Supply Workers Union”
Shri Surendra Kumar, General Secretary, Power Engineering Services Association (Bihar), Shri Upendra Kumar Chaudhary, General Secretary, Junior Engineering Service Association, Shri Rameshwar Prasad Singh, Working General Secretary, Bihar State Progressive Electric Workers Union,
Patna High Court CWJC No.3086 of 2020(3) dt.11-02-2020 5/5
Bagachi Bhawan, Patna, Shri Deoki Rai, General Secretary, Bihar Vidyut Takniki Kamgar Union, Shri Nishikant, General Secretary, Bihar State Vidyut Sramik Sangh and Shri Arjun Prasad Yadav, General Secretary, Bihar Bijli Mazdoor Union, who are present in Court, state that they shall not revert on strike and pursue their grievances with the appropriate authorities in accordance with law.
We are sure that as and when any such exercise is undertaken by the employees/their unions, in accordance with law, the appropriate authority shall consider and decide the same expeditiously after affording opportunity of hearing to all concerned.
Petitioners state that the petition be disposed of as having become infructuous.
Ordered accordingly.
(Sanjay Karol, CJ)
(S. Kumar, J)
P.K.P./-Utkarsh
U
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the petition seeking injunction against strikes should be disposed of as having become infructuous
Sudhanshu Trivedi
Neeraj Kumar
The State of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Department of Energy
The Principal Secretary, Energy Department
The Collector, Patna
Power Engineering Services Association
HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE
S. Kumar
As recorded by the court registry
Judgements on the same questions, provisions and authorities, from every court
