Monday, August 8, 2022

Madras HC | WP No. 23154 of 2015 | D Ramkumar Vs. Pondicherry Society for Higher Education and Others | 08 Aug 2022

 Court: High Court of Madras

Bench: MR. JUSTICE M.S. RAMESH

Case No. & Title: W.P.No.23154 of 2015, D Ramkumar Vs. Pondicherry Society for Higher Education and Others.

Date of Judgement: 08 Aug 2022

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Brief Facts:

The petitioner, a 100% blind Associate Professor/HOD of English was transferred to another college citing that it was women college and all male teachers need to be shifted to other colleges, while many male teacherss continued to work and only the petitioner was transferred with malafile objectives. This was challenged by the petititioner. Single bench rejected his case but the in the appeal before the  Division Bench of this Court, the bench clearly held that the order of transfer was discriminatory and arbitrary, which has to be regarded as illegal. And thus the petitioner returned to his colleges. The college however, refused to pay salary and other monetary benefits for the period and rejected on the ground of "no work no pay" and that the Bench had specifically not directed to pay the wages.

The petitioner again had to take up the matter. The bench held, the claim for the monetary benefits including the salary after the transfer order, cannot be rejected on the ground of 'no work, no pay.  The court further held that  when the order of transfer of the petitioner was set aside by this Court, the consequential service and monetary benefits arising therefrom between 26.11.2013 and 29.06.2014 would automatically become a part of such an order and no specific directions need be given for payment of such benefits. If that be so, the petitioner herein need not specifically plead for the relief of consequential service and monetary benefits, in the earlier round of litigations. Incidentally, since the Hon'ble Division Bench had not denied these benefits to the petitioner, it ought to be held that he would be entitled for all these benefits. 

The court passed direction to the first respondent to forthwith regularise the period between 25.11.2013 and 29.06.2014, as duty period for all purposes and extend all the service and monetary benefits arising thereto, within a period of four (4) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.

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