PaRCha - JNU - Letters to Administration - 2008 ID-66287
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so l~1r. call upon thclll to rccn!!,llli'.c a11d hoiJour their duty as Princ1pal l.mploycr so as to protect the right:-; ~lrHI intcr<.!sts <lf c< ntrnct labo ur. .
!'he .INU ;\uministration has <lltcmptcd to cvadc its responsibility as 'principal .
employ r' by claiming that the CPWI) is the Principal l ~ntployer, and thc legal onus compliance of labour Jaws is on the contractor and CI'WD. 1-lo\vcvl!r, as the report rclcascu by the People's Union or Democwtic Rinhts shows the JNU Administration's assertion that the CPWD is tht: principal cmployer is 111 fuct incorrec t. The PUDR report (Feffer ed Li1es. June '2007 ( arg ues: .
"On its website 'PWD defines itself "s "the principal agency nf the Government of lndia. under the Ministry for lJrb:m Develo rmcnt for creation nnd maintenance f all 'cntral Government usscts." The repcatc l refere nces .
' lie nts· and bein 'be t s rvice pro ill<.!rs· on the webs ite too lea ve little d o ubt ab ut the nature r the organization in essence an agency of the .
'entral Government providing construction and tnaintena nce service to various c lients. JNU adrninistration's at-gument the~t PWD and not JNU is the 'p rincipal employer' must then be examined in the light of these circumstances. While PWD is merely an ex cuting agency, it is clear that -whether in the case of the School of Physical Scien ces or the other buildit gs, it is the University that pays for the assets, is the beneficiary and nakes use of su h asse ts and retains c ntr I and supervision ov<!r the construction which is on its premises... nee the payment of the am.ount is made to PWD, it .
onstruets the building and hands the same o ver· to JNU. It is there for-e evident that JN would be an 'es tablishment' as required by the definition of ' prin ipal ernployer' in Se tion (g) TV of the ontntct Labour Ac t'' [Pg 12 -1 J .
ln th case o£ the contr:::~ct signed '-'Vith Rites Ltd. With r··"'gan.l to v al'ious con s truction ~r·oje t s. JN cl early i<.h .:ntiiics itsel'f:rs the Princi1 al 1-:onpl ycr und des ·ribcs l~ites as n "(_.. ons'l.dtant'". ~111i~ situntion is r·c og niz(.!d and stated ·cpe.ntc dly in v:u·ious claus~s f rhc ~ntntct. .
.rN adn1injstrntinn'"s argu1nent that CPWD is th ~ P.-in ipal r:::.rnployc...: ~ is c lc.n rly null and void in ca .ses where c ntn.Jcts ar directly sign c..::c.l h "1-.. vccn JNlJ /\.dn,inistn_llin nn<.l vru-in us contr-actors f'o· .
providing lubout· in the pr·iv atizcd n'"lcsscs~ g;_u-dencrs and .
c le anjng sta:fT. housekeeping stall etc. loT<.:spe 'tiv.., u t' th · trovis ions .
or the o nu·act l ,abour A c t. JNt J C~llollOt avoid its ,. ·sp o n s ibility a s th.., P-inci~al l·:n,ploycr· und , ,. S ectio n 2 1(4). .
In this n..:g:.u·<.l, \ V C 1nay u1 so point l<) til..: cas.., n t' I I 1 -K u nput·, ' h <.:r-c l'ullnw ing a .
sus tninc..!d ag itation on caJTlpus f'ot· con1pli:.utcc ' vlth n1init·nun'"\ \V~gcs and la bout-lavvs., .
tile univers ity adrninistration set Uf"J '-I Minimutn \V:tgcs l'vlo nitoring · Hllmittec. The g uide lines < f' this committee ( 1\pp<.:ndi:--: I) st:tl<.! that IIT-Kanpur is th<.; '"pri11ci al entployer' Of' the entire Contingent \\'Orki'Ot'C<.! l'll l"<llllpliS that is a t·esuJt Of' the lnstitutc's SUb-l'Oiltractin._' o(' Work itt \'<t l'iOtlS :l f'<': ts o l' C011 Slt'l1Cti o n iiiH..l civil maintc1w ncc, ~ccurity, sanitation, horticulturc. C\'Cn n.:~;carcll a~sistancc and ollicc hclp." l.ikt: IIT-Kanpur, .INU J\dlllinistralillll luo must accept its rcsponsibilily as Principal l·:mploycr and CIISlli'L' tllc cf'li.:clivc runctillllin~:. or the Committee {()r .
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PaRCha - JNU - Letters to Administration - 2008 ID-66287
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so l~1r. call upon thclll to rccn!!,llli'.c a11d hoiJour their duty as Princ1pal l.mploycr so as to protect the right:-; ~lrHI intcr<.!sts <lf c< ntrnct labo ur. .
!'he .INU ;\uministration has <lltcmptcd to cvadc its responsibility as 'principal .
employ r' by claiming that the CPWI) is the Principal l ~ntployer, and thc legal onus compliance of labour Jaws is on the contractor and CI'WD. 1-lo\vcvl!r, as the report rclcascu by the People's Union or Democwtic Rinhts shows the JNU Administration's assertion that the CPWD is tht: principal cmployer is 111 fuct incorrec t. The PUDR report (Feffer ed Li1es. June '2007 ( arg ues: .
"On its website 'PWD defines itself "s "the principal agency nf the Government of lndia. under the Ministry for lJrb:m Develo rmcnt for creation nnd maintenance f all 'cntral Government usscts." The repcatc l refere nces .
' lie nts· and bein 'be t s rvice pro ill<.!rs· on the webs ite too lea ve little d o ubt ab ut the nature r the organization in essence an agency of the .
'entral Government providing construction and tnaintena nce service to various c lients. JNU adrninistration's at-gument the~t PWD and not JNU is the 'p rincipal employer' must then be examined in the light of these circumstances. While PWD is merely an ex cuting agency, it is clear that -whether in the case of the School of Physical Scien ces or the other buildit gs, it is the University that pays for the assets, is the beneficiary and nakes use of su h asse ts and retains c ntr I and supervision ov<!r the construction which is on its premises... nee the payment of the am.ount is made to PWD, it .
onstruets the building and hands the same o ver· to JNU. It is there for-e evident that JN would be an 'es tablishment' as required by the definition of ' prin ipal ernployer' in Se tion (g) TV of the ontntct Labour Ac t'' [Pg 12 -1 J .
ln th case o£ the contr:::~ct signed '-'Vith Rites Ltd. With r··"'gan.l to v al'ious con s truction ~r·oje t s. JN cl early i<.h .:ntiiics itsel'f:rs the Princi1 al 1-:onpl ycr und des ·ribcs l~ites as n "(_.. ons'l.dtant'". ~111i~ situntion is r·c og niz(.!d and stated ·cpe.ntc dly in v:u·ious claus~s f rhc ~ntntct. .
.rN adn1injstrntinn'"s argu1nent that CPWD is th ~ P.-in ipal r:::.rnployc...: ~ is c lc.n rly null and void in ca .ses where c ntn.Jcts ar directly sign c..::c.l h "1-.. vccn JNlJ /\.dn,inistn_llin nn<.l vru-in us contr-actors f'o· .
providing lubout· in the pr·iv atizcd n'"lcsscs~ g;_u-dencrs and .
c le anjng sta:fT. housekeeping stall etc. loT<.:spe 'tiv.., u t' th · trovis ions .
or the o nu·act l ,abour A c t. JNt J C~llollOt avoid its ,. ·sp o n s ibility a s th.., P-inci~al l·:n,ploycr· und , ,. S ectio n 2 1(4). .
In this n..:g:.u·<.l, \ V C 1nay u1 so point l<) til..: cas.., n t' I I 1 -K u nput·, ' h <.:r-c l'ullnw ing a .
sus tninc..!d ag itation on caJTlpus f'ot· con1pli:.utcc ' vlth n1init·nun'"\ \V~gcs and la bout-lavvs., .
tile univers ity adrninistration set Uf"J '-I Minimutn \V:tgcs l'vlo nitoring · Hllmittec. The g uide lines < f' this committee ( 1\pp<.:ndi:--: I) st:tl<.! that IIT-Kanpur is th<.; '"pri11ci al entployer' Of' the entire Contingent \\'Orki'Ot'C<.! l'll l"<llllpliS that is a t·esuJt Of' the lnstitutc's SUb-l'Oiltractin._' o(' Work itt \'<t l'iOtlS :l f'<': ts o l' C011 Slt'l1Cti o n iiiH..l civil maintc1w ncc, ~ccurity, sanitation, horticulturc. C\'Cn n.:~;carcll a~sistancc and ollicc hclp." l.ikt: IIT-Kanpur, .INU J\dlllinistralillll luo must accept its rcsponsibilily as Principal l·:mploycr and CIISlli'L' tllc cf'li.:clivc runctillllin~:. or the Committee {()r .
Workers 1\ ights. .
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