MADANLAL SHARMA (DEAD) THROUGH LRS. v. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CIVIL APPEAL No. 14753/2024 [Arising out of SLP (C) No. 18981/2021]

1. Leave granted.

2. Madanlal Sharma1, since deceased, approached the High Court

of Madhya Pradesh, Bench at Indore, invoking its jurisdiction

under Article 226 of the Constitution of India by filing a writ

petition2.

3. The case pleaded in the writ petition was that Madanlal had

initially been appointed on 11th March, 1974 as a mason. He

had approached the Labour Court under the Madhya Pradesh

Industrial Relations Act, 19603 with a prayer for his

“permanent classification”. By an order dated 12th October,

1999, the Labour Court directed the respondents to classify

1 Madanlal 2 W.P.8950/2012 3 the Act

Madanlal as permanent and pay him the arrears of salary with

effect from 04th June, 1996.

4. The order of the Labour Court was challenged by the

respondents before the Industrial Court by presenting an

appeal under the provisions of the Act. Vide order dated 17th

December, 2002, the appeal was dismissed as time-barred.

5. The respondents then approached the High Court by filing a

petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India4 which

also stood dismissed by an order dated 05th July, 2001. While

upholding the order of the Appellate Court (which dismissed

the...