I have been
always a law abiding citizen and respect the laws of my mother land INDIA. Ever
since childhood, we were brought up as law abiding students by teachers,
parents and everyone. Even when accepting any job offers, I have amply made it
clear to prospective employers that cutting corners was not my cup of tea, on
account of this have lost a lot of money by way of salary which does not cause
any regret in my life. I value a good
night sleep much more than that.
But for a
few instance of traffic violations, there were no issues with law all through
my life.
But all
these things changed a few years back, when I was on employment in Himachal
Pradesh. As a unit of the company, we had more than 1600 people on our rolls.
Apart from that we used to employ a lot of contract workmen time to time to
meet the seasonal demands. These workmen used to be supplied by labour
contractors.
These
migratory labour used to come from places like Bihar, Jharkhand, UP etc. These
contractors used to bring labour to the factory. They used to stay within the
factory premises to take care of their wards. They used to be provided with a
few rooms and facility to cook within the rooms. Company used to pay money to
the labour directly and a over- riding commission to the contractor every
month.
Thus there
used to be good rapport between the local supervisory staff and contractors.
Some Supervisors were alleged to be in the pay roll of contractors, as they
used to be found dining, partying with the contractors. This had led to some
acrimony among some of the contractors and I had prior information that some
mischief by way of inflated numbers, extra over time, proxy etc. being done by
one supervisor by name PK.
PK was put under watch and he was soon caught
red handed with such malpractices and relevant documents. PK was one of the old
school supervisor and a local person too. He was vehemently opposed to local
communist union. In our factory we had three unions one by congress party and
the sitting MLA from the area was the industrial minister of the state. Second
one was Communist union which was more popular among the workmen and staff.
Third one was dormant BJP union which was living in its past glory.
............ to be continued ...
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