the 18-year-old case
H/l: 18 years on, sacked worker still waits for backpay, reinstatement Posted: Tuesday , Feb 09, 2010 AADITI JATHAR LAKADE Twenty years ago, in 1989, Tukaram Ganpat Gaikwad lost his job as a painter with M/s Bhagwat Glass because he demanded a minimum fixed wage from his employer L N Shinde. Not the one to give up, Gaikwad has been fighting his case in the labour court ever since — to get back his wages and reinstatement. In 1992, the Pune labour court ordered Shinde to reinstate Gaikwad and pay back his wages. Shinde is yet to carry out the court order. Said advocate Santosh Mhaske, counsel for Gaikwad, “Shinde has been consistently disobeying the court orders, thrice till date. Taking cognisance of the repeated contempt of court, IIIrd labour court judge P T Rahule on January 22 ordered Shinde to pay a fine of Rs 2,000 or undergo 15-day simple imprisonment. While Shinde has paid up, Gaikwad has not got any assurance of reinstatement of payment of wages. Now 50, Gaikwad, wh...