Civil suit for excess recovery by employer
Alok
(Querist) 10 February 2015
This query is : Resolved
Hello Experts,
I need urgent attention to below given matter.
I left an Pvt Company registered in Delhi and office in Noida where they agreed to relieve me by mentioning INR 1,08,000 /- (Short Notice period money + Training Bonds amount ), signed by me and I have handed over cheques to them for the same amount as per details mentioned in short notice period recovery notice. No break-up of liability was mentioned in due letter and only sum was there.
I was chasing this company to seek my Exp, NOC letters etc but didn’t get any response over phone call for next 11 days after cheques hand over ( handed over on 14th Sep 2007) and during one call made to HR to ask for letters required by next employer including break-up of liability, I got to know that they are preparing to send legal notice to me. As they were not issuing any break-up of how this much needed then I decided to stop cheque payments and notified HR person by email and call.
Below given is the email which was sent by me to inform about cheque payment stop:
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Hi , ,
I have observed that the declared amount by you to be paid against short notice period is high. The amount to be paid should be less than the conveyed amount.
I request you to send me the letter for the final amount to be paid with break up. For the mean time please don't deposit the handed over cheque to for the amount INR 54,000 /- dated 15 Sep 2007 and INR 54,000 /- dated 20 Sep 2007. Please confirm that do I need to pay the full month salary or only basic salary for the short noice period.
I have requested my bank to stop these cheque payment.
After getting final amount letter to be paid from , I will hand over fresh cheuqe for the amount to be conveyed. The cheque is only stopped because of discrepancy in sum of the payment to be made by me to as per the letter issued by you.
Regards
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After few months, I received a legal notice from this company asking INR 5,00,000 for loss in project and replied from my side mentioning same amount to be payable for my mental stress and suffer caused in absence of requested exp and NOC letters due to them.
After few months ( ~1 year) of last working day with this company, I received court Civil suit copy where they asked for INR 14,00,000 for “Short Notice period money + Training Bonds amount + Project loss which was participated by me” but Employment agreement only says for 2 months notice period and no clause to share/bear project profit/loss.
I would like to get experts view on this considering Due letter signed for INR 1,08,000 /- , cheques handed over but no break-up was given stating leave balance etc..:
1. Can employer ask for higher amount than INR 1,08,000 stated in due letter as they didn’t give me break-up. Delhi Shops and Establishment act says Employer needs to settle balance Annual Leaves in employee account during employee’s exit but they didn’t consider this?
2. Can employer ask for full Bond amount even if Employee has served some period for that bond. I saw few rulings by HC and SC asking to consider training bonds on prorate basis by considering served period out of total period?
3. Can ignorance of law when due letter was signed takes over any law/policy. In my case if I signed letter to give INR 1,08,000 /- when was not aware about Leave settlement and Training Bond rulings then it cant be considered now and base is only INR 1,08,000 to talk further?
4. Does court considers mental suffer of defendant party on such matters where contract or conditions are always put in favor to employer and employee has to sign considering circumstances?
Thanks a lot in advance.
M V Gupta
(Expert) 11 February 2015
Repeat query.Already answered.
Rajendra K Goyal
(Expert) 11 February 2015
Repeated query:
http://www.lawyersclubindia.com/experts/Civil-suit-for-excess-recovery-by-employer-522706.asp#.VNsCVeaUePw
T. Kalaiselvan, Advocate
(Expert) 13 February 2015
If the query was repeated in another query then no reply here for this.
