Relieving letter

You had initiated same matter in your following thread:

https://www.lawyersclubindia.com/forum/Igatepatni-employee-griviance-reliving-letter-not-providing--65134.asp#.UFcSqmcWrts

Various enactments which are applicable to your industry were discussed in above mentioned thread initiated by you.

The right person is good offices of your appointing Authority, MD, Chairman, Company Secretary.

If company has been merged in new company then it is good office of appointing Authority, MD, Chairman, and Company Secretary, of new entity.

You may apply exceptional levels of reasoning, persuasion, persistence, negotiation skills with these offices.

Your engagement with HR has not fetching you any relief. HR is there to serve its masters and bound by norms and policies set for them.

If the good offices do not grant relief you have the option to approach a competent and experienced labor consultant/service lawyer, court of law.

Let your lawyer take over the matter and evaluate the merits and structure and draft your representations to suit you in the long run. Good offices of the company may grant you relief if you can peruse and push them to give a good beating of mind to your case or you may have to approach appropriate forum. You may choose the option of moving jurisdictional High Court as suggested by learned Mr. Balakrishnan.

In a given situation employee can invoke the Industrial Employment standing orders Act, Payment of Wages Act, SE Act, and ID Act as per explanation of employee under these Enactments or approach civil court. Designation alone does not decide employee is a workman or not.