Lok Sabha Question No. 3576 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-21
Subject: Vacancies in Labour Courts
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: PANKAJ CHOWDHARY, RAJAN BABURAO  VICHARE, RAYAPATI SAMBASIVA RAO, NISHIKANT  DUBEY, UDIT RAJ

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3576

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2015

VACANCIES IN LABOUR COURTS

†3576. SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY:

SHRI RAJAN VICHARE:

SHRI RAYAPATI SAMBASIVA RAO:

SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:

DR. UDIT RAJ:

Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)the  number  of  labour  courts/tribunals  set  up  across  the  country,
- State/UT-wise;
- (b)the  details  of  the  cases  pending  in  these  courts  for  the  last  three years,  State/UT-wise  including  Maharashtra  and  the  reasons  for  the delay in settlement;
- (c)whether  the  number  of  labour  courts  and  tribunals  working  in  the country are adequate to take care of the labour disputes and if so, the details thereof and if not, the steps being taken by the Government to
- set up more such courts/tribunals;
- (d)the  details  of  vacancy  of  judges  in  these  courts/tribunals,  State/UTwise and the remedial steps being taken in this regard; and
- (e)whether instances have been reported whereunder the orders of the tribunals are not being complied with by the employers and if so, the reaction of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA)

- (a) to (c): As  per  the  provisions  of  Industrial  Disputes  Act,  1947,  the Central Government has set up 22 Central Government Industrial Tribunals-cum-Labour Courts (CGIT-cum-LCs) in various states for resolution of industrial disputes arising in Central Sphere.  Out of these, two  CGIT-cum-LCs  at  Mumbai  and  Kolkata  also  function  as  National Industrial Tribunal (NIT).The list of CGIT-cum-LCs is at Annexure I.

Industrial

The details in respect of Labour Courts and Tribunals falling in the State Sphere are not maintained centrally.

The details of cases pending in CGIT-cum-LCs and NITs for the November,  2015)  are  at year 2013-14, 2014-15  and  2015-16  (upto Annexure II, III& IV respectively.

The reasons for pendency of cases, inter alia, include:

- (i)
- Absence of affected parties at the time of hearing;
- (ii) Seeking of frequent adjournments by the parties to file documents;
- (iii) Parties approaching the High Courts challenging orders of reference issued  by  the  appropriate  government  as  well  as  orders  issued  by the Tribunals on preliminary points;
- (d): The details of the vacant posts of Presiding Officers in CGITcum-LC are given as under:
- i.
- ii.
- iii.
- Presiding Officer, CGIT-cum-LC, Bhubaneswar.
- Presiding Officer, CGIT-cum-LC, Bangalore.
- Presiding Officer, CGIT-cum-LC No.2, Dhanbad.

Offer of appointment has already been issued to the selected candidates for the post of Presiding Officer at CGIT-cum-LC, Bhubaneswar and  Bangalore.    The  applications  of  suitable  candidates  for  the  post  of Presiding Officer of CGIT-cum-LC No.2, Dhanbad have been received and under process.

- (e): Orders passed by the Central Government Industrial Tribunals (CGIT-cum-LCs) are notified in the official gazette and are binding on the employers.  In  case  an  award  is  not  implemented,  the  worker  can approach  the  Labour  Department  of  the  appropriate  Government  for implementation of the Award. The implementing authority, after following due  process  of  law,  prosecutes  the  employers  under  section  29  of  the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 for not implementing the Award/Order of the CGIT-cum-LCs.

Further,  Section  11  of  the  Industrial  Disputes  Act,  1947  has been  amended  whereby  every  award  made,  order  issued  or  settlement arrived at by or before Labour Court or Tribunal or National Tribunal shall be executed in accordance with the procedure laid down for execution of orders  and  decree  of  a  civil  Court  under  order  21  of  the  Code  of  Civil Procedure, 1908. Also, the Labour Court or Tribunal or National Tribunal shall  transmit  any  award,  order  or  settlement  to  a  Civil  Court  having jurisdiction  and  such  Civil  Court  shall  execute  the  award,  order  or settlement as if it were a decree passed by it.

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## ANNEXURE -I

Annexure referred to in the reply to Part (a) to (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3576 to be answered on 21.12.2015.

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## LIST  OF  CGIT-CUM-LABOUR  COURTS  AND  NATIONAL  INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNALS IN THE COUNTRY

|   Sl. No. | Name of CGIT-cum-Labour Court   |
|-----------|---------------------------------|
|         1 | Mumbai I                        |
|         2 | Mumbai II                       |
|         3 | Nagpur                          |
|         4 | Dhanbad I                       |
|         5 | Dhanbad II                      |
|         6 | Kolkata                         |
|         7 | Asansol                         |
|         8 | Chandigarh I                    |
|         9 | Chandigarh II                   |
|        10 | Delhi I                         |
|        11 | Delhi II                        |
|        12 | Kanpur                          |
|        13 | Lucknow                         |
|        14 | Jabalpur                        |
|        15 | Chennai                         |
|        16 | Bangalore                       |
|        17 | Hyderabad                       |
|        18 | Bhubneshwar                     |
|        19 | Jaipur                          |
|        20 | Guwahati                        |
|        21 | Ernakulam                       |
|        22 | Ahmedabad                       |

NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNALS

| Mumbai-I   |
|------------|
| Kolkata    |

## Annexure referred to in the reply to Part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3576 to be answered on 21.12.2015

## Financial year-wise Statement regarding cases and  applications during  2013-2014

## Central Government Industrial Tribunals cum Labour Courts

|                        |          | CASES    | CASES   | CASES                  | CASES    | CGIT     | CGIT    | CGIT                          | CGIT          |
|------------------------|----------|----------|---------|------------------------|----------|----------|---------|-------------------------------|---------------|
| B/F from previous year | Received | Disposed | Pending | B/F from previous year | Received | Disposed | Pending | No. 1                         | Mumbai I      |
| 208                    | 50       | 16       | 242     | 94                     | 51       | 7        | 138     | 2                             | Mumbai II     |
| 417                    | 96       | 43       | 470     | 381                    | 12       | 17       | 376     | 3                             | Dhanbad I     |
| 1457                   | 107      | 167      | 1,397   | 297                    | 12       | 110      | 199     | 4                             | Dhanbad II    |
| 751                    | 170      | 140      | 781     | 39                     | 1        | 4        | 36      | 5                             | Asansol       |
| 518                    | 29       | 76       | 471     | 51                     | 5        | 14       | 42      | 6                             | Kolkata       |
| 265                    | 74       | 14       | 325     | 48                     | 5        | 8        | 45      | 7                             | Chandigarh I  |
| 205                    | 312      | 75       | 442     | 30                     | 27       | 9        | 48      | 8                             | New Delhi I   |
| 387                    | 144      | 155      | 376     | 42                     | 24       | 23       | 43      | 9                             | Kanpur        |
| 612                    | 172      | 44       | 740     | 261                    | 21       | 59       | 223     | 10                            | Jabalpur      |
| 1897                   | 96       | 398      | 1,595   | 224                    | 3        | 56       | 171     | 11                            | Chennai       |
| 320                    | 101      | 123      | 298     | 14                     | 5        | 6        | 13      | 12                            | Bangalore     |
| 538                    | 56       | 65       | 529     | 102                    | 35       | 22       | 115     | 13                            | Hyderabad     |
| 1053                   | 156      | 309      | 900     | 613                    | 6        | 30       | 589     | 14                            | Nagpur        |
| 356                    | 95       | 200      | 251     | 7                      | 8        | 2        | 13      | 15                            | Bhubneshwar   |
| 383                    | 73       | 72       | 384     | 357                    | 33       | 10       | 380     | 16                            | Lucknow       |
| 497                    | 72       | 55       | 514     | 46                     | 16       | 11       | 51      | 17                            | Jaipur        |
| 360                    | 67       | 29       | 398     | 114                    | 1        | 4        | 111     | 18                            | New Delhi II  |
| 506                    | 140      | 95       | 551     | 59                     | 64       | 14       | 109     | 19                            | Guwahati      |
| 76                     | 44       | 29       | 91      | 8                      | 31       | 7        | 32      | 20                            | Ernakulam     |
| 100                    | 56       | 28       | 128     | 11                     | 7        | 12       | 6       | 21                            | Ahmedabad     |
| 2219                   | 198      | 81       | 2,336   | 1,624                  | 18       | 76       | 1,566   | 22                            | Chandigarh II |
| 515                    | 95       | 107      | 503     | 54                     | 20       | 10       | 64      |                               | TOTAL         |
| 13,640                 | 2,403    | 2,321    | 13,722  | 4,476                  | 405      | 511      | 4,370   | National Industrial Tribunals |               |
| Mum.I                  | 6 2      |          | 0       | 8                      | 153      | 0        | 1       | 152                           |               |
| Kolkata                | 10 1     |          | 1       | 10                     | 79       | 0        | 0       | 79                            |               |
| Grand Total            | 13,656   | 2,406    | 2,322   | 13,740                 | 4,708    | 405      | 512     | 4,601                         |               |

## Annexure referred to in the reply to Part (a) to (c) of  Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3576 to be answered on 21.12.2015

## Financial year-wise Statement regarding cases and  applications during  2014-2015

## Central Government Industrial Tribunals cum Labour Courts

| Sl. No.   | CGIT          | CASES                  | CASES    | CASES    | CASES   | APPLICATION            | APPLICATION   | APPLICATION   | APPLICATION   |
|-----------|---------------|------------------------|----------|----------|---------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| Sl. No.   | CGIT          | B/F from previous year | Received | Disposed | Pending | B/F from previous year | Received      | Disposed      | Pending       |
| 1         | Mumbai I      | 242                    | 23       | 22       | 243     | 138                    | 15            | 17            | 136           |
| 2         | Mumbai II     | 470                    | 106      | 57       | 519     | 376                    | 29            | 10            | 395           |
| 3         | Dhanbad I     | 1397                   | 79       | 183      | 1,293   | 199                    | 10            | 127           | 82            |
| 4         | Dhanbad II    | 781                    | 71       | 145      | 707     | 36                     | 0             | 14            | 22            |
| 5         | Asansol       | 471                    | 27       | 79       | 419     | 42                     | 9             | 6             | 45            |
| 6         | Kolkata       | 325                    | 74       | 80       | 319     | 45                     | 11            | 1             | 55            |
| 7         | Chandigarh I  | 442                    | 143      | 122      | 463     | 48                     | 8             | 32            | 24            |
| 8         | New Delhi I   | 376                    | 360      | 47       | 689     | 43                     | 38            | 0             | 81            |
| 9         | Kanpur        | 740                    | 103      | 40       | 803     | 223                    | 26            | 94            | 155           |
| 10        | Jabalpur      | 1595                   | 122      | 374      | 1,343   | 171                    | 5             | 35            | 141           |
| 11        | Chennai       | 298                    | 144      | 173      | 269     | 13                     | 10            | 8             | 15            |
| 12        | Bangalore     | 529                    | 34       | 145      | 418     | 115                    | 47            | 15            | 147           |
| 13        | Hyderabad     | 900                    | 222      | 121      | 1,001   | 589                    | 12            | 527           | 74            |
| 14        | Nagpur        | 251                    | 78       | 99       | 230     | 13                     | 8             | 6             | 15            |
| 15        | Bhubneshwar   | 384                    | 69       | 31       | 422     | 380                    | 25            | 10            | 395           |
| 16        | Lucknow       | 514                    | 78       | 68       | 524     | 51                     | 24            | 8             | 67            |
| 17        | Jaipur        | 398                    | 81       | 32       | 447     | 111                    | 1             | 4             | 108           |
| 18        | New Delhi II  | 551                    | 145      | 89       | 607     | 109                    | 86            | 108           | 87            |
| 19        | Guwahati      | 91                     | 7        | 60       | 38      | 32                     | 20            | 21            | 31            |
| 20        | Ernakulam     | 128                    | 54       | 46       | 136     | 6                      | 20            | 7             | 19            |
| 21        | Ahmedabad     | 2336                   | 88       | 68       | 2,356   | 1,566                  | 38            | 81            | 1,523         |
| 22        | Chandigarh II | 503                    | 124      | 179      | 448     | 64                     | 27            | 1             | 90            |
| TOTAL     | TOTAL         | 13,722                 | 2,232    | 2,260    | 13,694  | 4,370                  | 469           | 1,132         | 3,707         |

## National Industrial Tribunals

| Mum.I       | 8      | 1     | 0     | 9      | 152   |   0 | 0     | 152   |
|-------------|--------|-------|-------|--------|-------|-----|-------|-------|
| Kolkata     | 10     | 1     | 2     | 9      | 79    |   0 | 0     | 79    |
| Grand Total | 13,740 | 2,234 | 2,262 | 13,712 | 4,601 | 469 | 1,132 | 3,938 |

## Annexure referred to in the reply to Part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3576 to be answered on 21.12.2015

Financial year-wise Statement regarding cases and applications during 2015-16 (upto November, 2015)

## Central Government Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Courts

|         |               | CASES                   | CASES     | CASES     | CASES    | APPLICATIONS            | APPLICATIONS   | APPLICATIONS   | APPLICATIONS   |
|---------|---------------|-------------------------|-----------|-----------|----------|-------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| Sl. No. | CGIT          | B/F from previou s year | Receive d | Dispose d | Pendin g | B/F from previou s year | Receive d      | Disposed       | Pending        |
| 1       | Mumbai I      | 243                     | 14        | 15        | 242      | 136                     | 9              | 4              | 141            |
| 2       | Mumbai II     | 519                     | 32        | 5         | 546      | 395                     | 12             | 2              | 405            |
| 3       | Dhanbad I     | 1293                    | 63        | 133       | 1,223    | 82                      | 14             | 24             | 72             |
| 4       | Dhanbad II    | 707                     | 67        | 50        | 724      | 22                      | 1              | 1              | 22             |
| 5       | Asansol       | 419                     | 11        | 57        | 373      | 45                      | 53             | 13             | 85             |
| 6       | Kolkata       | 319                     | 85        | 44        | 360      | 55                      | 7              | 6              | 56             |
| 7       | Chandigarh I  | 463                     | 23        | 44        | 442      | 24                      | 19             | 9              | 34             |
| 8       | New Delhi I   | 689                     | 135       | 54        | 770      | 81                      | 17             | 9              | 89             |
| 9       | Kanpur        | 803                     | 96        | 56        | 843      | 155                     | 22             | 15             | 162            |
| 10      | Jabalpur      | 1348                    | 91        | 250       | 1,189    | 147                     | 1              | 95             | 53             |
| 11      | Chennai       | 269                     | 94        | 76        | 287      | 15                      | 15             | 3              | 27             |
| 12      | Bangalore     | 418                     | 22        | 6         | 434      | 147                     | 26             | 0              | 173            |
| 13      | Hyderabad     | 1001                    | 61        | 3         | 1,059    | 74                      | 1              | 0              | 75             |
| 14      | Nagpur        | 230                     | 32        | 0         | 262      | 15                      | 5              | 0              | 20             |
| 15      | Bhubneshwar   | 422                     | 33        | 0         | 455      | 395                     | 6              | 0              | 401            |
| 16      | Lucknow       | 524                     | 57        | 59        | 522      | 67                      | 7              | 14             | 60             |
| 17      | Jaipur        | 447                     | 61        | 43        | 465      | 108                     | 2              | 3              | 107            |
| 18      | New Delhi II  | 607                     | 122       | 34        | 695      | 88                      | 0              | 4              | 84             |
| 19      | Guwahati      | 38                      | 5         | 10        | 33       | 31                      | 2              | 1              | 32             |
| 20      | Ernakulam     | 136                     | 43        | 7         | 172      | 19                      | 8              | 2              | 25             |
| 21      | Ahmedabad     | 2356                    | 47        | 3         | 2,400    | 1,523                   | 3              | 0              | 1,526          |
| 22      | Chandigarh II | 448                     | 52        | 77        | 423      | 90                      | 25             | 3              | 112            |
| TOTAL   | TOTAL         | 13,699                  | 1,246     | 1,026     | 13,919   | 3,714                   | 255            | 208            | 3,761          |

## National Industrial Tribunals

| Mum.I       | 9      | 0     | 1     | 8      | 152   |   1 |   1 | 152   |
|-------------|--------|-------|-------|--------|-------|-----|-----|-------|
| Kolkata     | 9      | 0     | 0     | 9      | 79    |   0 |   0 | 79    |
| Grand Total | 13,717 | 1,246 | 1,027 | 13,936 | 3,945 | 256 | 209 | 3,992 |

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