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Friday, August 17, 2012

entitlement of back wages

 In PNB v. Virendra Kumar Goel, AIR 2004 SC 3988, the Hon'ble Supreme Court has been pleased to hold as under:

 

"The applicants shall be reinstated into their posts with continuity in service, back wages and all consequential benefits as are entitled to them under the law. They shall, however, refund the entire amount deposited into their bank accounts with interest accrued, if any, to the bank. Full refund of the amount by the applicants would be the condition precedent for reinstatement. Mr. Mukul Rohtagi learned ASG submits that applying the principle of 'No Work No Pay', back wages should not be allowed to them on their reinstatement. We are unable to accept this contention. The applicants were out of their jobs for no fault of theirs. Even otherwise, party in breach of contract can hardly seek for any equitable relief."

 

Similar view has been taken by this Hon'ble Court in 2007(3)ADJ1 Brijendra Prakash v. Director of Education and also in 2007 4 AWC 3382, Ram Narain Singh's Case, and in Mukeem Ahmad v. State of UP, Writ Petition No. 4599 of 2010 (S/S) dated 5.1.2011 (reported at MANU/UP/0056/2011

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