NMPT Staff urge the Union Labour Minister to action on NMPT

By Santhosh Kumar
Bellevision Media Network

Mangalore Jul 30, 2014 : The New Mangalore Port (NMPT) staff association along with NMPT pensioners welfare association have urged the Union Labour Minister to take action on NMPT regarding the non-payment of incentives to the staff from 1-4-1990.

 

Addressing the press meet in the press club, SM Paul, the general secretary of the NMPT pensioners welfare association said “All the staff working in NMPT are liable to the incentives from 1-4-1990 according to the Industrial Disputes Act 1947. Even though an order has been issued by the Supreme court of India and after the fight of 25 years the company authorities are denying the incentives to the staff.

 

 

The history of the fight goes back to 7.8.2003 when the NMPT challenged the order of the high court with the writ against the incentives and this was dismissed on 19.9.2011. Unsatisfied by the Judgement the NMPT challenged the decision with the writ in the divisional bench of the high court and it was dismissed on 1.8.2012

 

Even after this the unsatisfied NMPT filed the petition in Supreme court and this too was dismissed on 2.8.2014. Instead of honouring the order the NMPT is denying the incentives to the staff.

 

The NMPT is just delaying the payment of the incentives illegally. Hence we want our representatives to raise this issue in the parliament and urge the union labour minister to direct the NMPT officials to pay the incentives.

 

The general secretary of the New Mangalore Port staff association Sudhakara Kamath, Ramesh Poojary and WF D’souza were among the present at the occasion.