Madhya Pradesh Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1961

The respondent, Manoj Shrivastava, was engaged by the M.P. Housing Board as a daily‑wage Sub‑Engineer and worked for more than 240 days. He claimed permanent status under Clause 2(i) of the Standard Standing Orders, which provides that an employee who has completed six months' satisfactory service in a clear vacancy be…

The case concerned a dispute over the retirement age of employees of the Madhya Pradesh Electricity Board. The Board, under Section 79(c) of the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948, reduced the retirement age to 58 years by a notification dated 26‑December‑2000, overturning an earlier agreement (dated 10‑June‑1996) that had…

The respondent, S.K. Yadav, a Homeopathic Assistant, was transferred after the closure of his dispensary and protested, subsequently remaining absent from duty from 10 September 1991 to 1 December 1993. A disciplinary proceeding found him guilty of two charges and imposed a penalty of reduction of pay to the minimum an…

The petitioners, originally engaged as daily‑wage workers in Madhya Pradesh, were classified as "permanent employees" under the Madhya Pradesh Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Rules, 1963, and obtained court orders directing that their pay be fixed in the regular pay‑scale of the posts. The State Government, how…