1964 (12) TMI 70

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.... the Labour Court, Madurai, made on an application filed by the respondents under S. 33-C(2) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 for computation of retrenchment benefits and arrears of salary. The respondent claimed a total sum of ₹ 637.50 comprised of notice pay at ₹ 85, retrenchment compensation at ₹ 127.50 and arrears of salary at ₹ 425 for the period from 1-2-1961 to 3....

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....and thus disputed the claim thereto, the determination of this question would be outside the purview of S. 33-C. It is also said that a claim like arrears of salary which does not call for computation in terms of money value, will not be within the purview of S. 33-C(2). On the first point, the Labour Court, as a matter of fact, found that the plea of discharge was not established. No ground has b....

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....ail in view of Central Bank of India Ltd v. Rajagopalan, MANU/SC/0149/1963 : (1963)IILLJ89SC . In that case, the Supreme Court, on a consideration of the scope of S. 33-C, expressed the view that sub-sec. (2) of that section takes within its purview cases of workmen who claimed that the benefit to which they are entitled should be computed in terms of money even though the right to the benefit on ....

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.... the contention for the petitioner is that the word "benefit" in S. 33-C(2) should be confined to non-monetary benefit which is required to be converted into terms of money. It is true that this specific question was not expressly decided by MANU/SC/0149/1963 : (1963)IILLJ89SC . In fact, as we find form the judgment, no dispute in that regard was raised before the Supreme Court. But is m....