On 20th February, 1985 and Award came to be passed by the Tribunal.
4,16,97,937.98.
By this Award claim for permanency and wages on the basis of permanency was disallowed.
Before me High Court me decision of this Court in Civil Appeal Nos.
ln some of these Orders, all daily wagers who had companypleted 1,000 days, were granted permanency and all benefits of permanency.
4,16,97,93 7.98 and the other to the various Orders passed in companyplaints under the MRTU PULP Act.
A number of Orders came to be passed in these companyplaints.
Thus to be numbered that, even number, the Appellant Universities have number challenged the Award dated 20th February, 1985 in IT No, 48 of 1981 or the Award dated 1st April, 1985 in IT No.
1, as daily wages, an amount equal to 1/30 of the amount of basic starting wages and dearest allowance, payable to a companyfirmed permanent workman of the same or similar grade and category as his monthly wages.
In the meantime, the proceedings under Section 33 C 2 of the Industrial Disputes Act ended in a Judgement dated 27th April, 1994, By this Judgment the Appellant Universities were directed to pay as per the Award dated 20th February, 1985, The amounts payable to each workman as on that date was companyputed arid set but.
2001 3 SCR 1089 The Judgments of the Court was delivered by N. VARIAVA, J. Leave granted in SLP C Nos.
Approximately 2000, out of the 4000 labourers, raised an industrial dispute which was referred to the Industrial Tribunal under Section 10 1 d read with Section 12 5 of the Industrial Disputes Act The said reference was numbered as IT No 48 of 1981.
Further as the benefits granted under this Award were number being granted, even in the limited manner, to the daily wagers who had number raised a dispute, various companyplaints under the Maharashtra Recognition of Trade Unions Prevention of Unfair Labour Practices Act, 1971 hereinafter for sake of companyvenience referred to as the MRTU PULP Act were made.
The Universities own large tracts of land which are used for agricultural education and research activities.
In this reference the workmen claimed permanency, pay scales on the basis of permanency, dearness allowance and enhanced rates of daily wages, house rent allowance, either a vehicular transport or transport allowance and companycessional rates of agricultural produce Like foods, vegetables, eggs, milk etc.
The reference was numbered as IT No.
1103 1117 of 1999 are filed by State of Maharashtra, All the other Appellants are Agricultural Universities in the State of Maharashtra.
Civil Appeals Nos.
In these Appeals we are thus number companycerned with these workmen As stated above the Award dated 20th February, 1985 in IT No.
Thereafter approximately 127 other daily wagers raised an industrial dispute making the same demands.
However, the following reliefs were granted.
It is stated across the bar that there were approximately 4,000 such daily wage labourers.
The State Government companytrols these Universities and is responsible for funding them.
27 of 1984, All these Petitions came to be disposed of by the impugned Judgment dated 16th September, 1997, As stated above the challenge before the High Court was two fold i.e. a challenge to the companyputation of the sum of Rs.
4,16,97,937,98 and the various orders passed in the companyplaints under the MRTU PULP Act.
These Universities are established and function under the provisions of The Maharashtra Agricultural Universities Krishi Vidyapeeth Act, 1983.
48 of 1981 was number challenged However, a restrictive interpretation, as set out hereafter, was given to that Award by the University The workmen, therefore, filed an Application under Section 33 C 2 of the Industrial Disputes Act to have the amounts, payable as per the Award, companyputed.
The Appellant Universities filed a large number of Petitions before the High Court.
These workmen were number granted the same wages and number given the benefits available to permanent workmen.
the Appellant Universities were thus directed to pay a sum of Rs.
9023 903271998 are filed by two Unions, Civil Appeal Nos.
For their agricultural activities these Universities had engaged daily wage labourers.
In other Orders various other periods were fixed for granting permanency.
For the reasons discussed above, I make the award, as Under With effect from 1st February, 1985, workmen of Party No.
418 421 /1999 and SLP C Nos.
Briefly stated the facts are as follows.
All these Appeals are against the Judgment of the High Court dated 16th September, 1997.
I working on daily wages, for whom the present dispute is raised, should be paid by Parry No.
By these Petitions they challenged the Judgment dated 27th April, 1994 awarding a sum of Rs.
In some other Orders daily wagers who had companypleted 6 months were granted permanency and the benefits of permanency.
4461 4470/2001 and 4457 4460/2001 arising out of SLP Nos.
418 421/1999 and SLP C Nos, 9023 9032/1998.
