Supermax closure illegal: Labour Commissioner

A representative appointed by the Commissioner would go to the factory premises everyday and mark their attendance, a copy of which would be supplied to the company as well. The company would also be bound to pay wages to the employees from Thursday, directed the Labour Commissioner.

Orders have also been sent to Supermax, owned by Tigaksha Metallics Private Limited, to immediately make the factory functional, as their closure for such a long time was illegal, due to which the employees were suffering.

The factory was closed after a firing incident on the factory premises, in which one worker died.

A few months back, the company had sought financial help from the government to restart the factory. The company had told the government that the damage to factory machinery due to violence by workers that ensued after the firing incident was huge and the company cannot resuscitate on its own.

An employee of the company, Sanjeev Dogra, said today 200 employees were marked present at the factory site by a representative of the Labour Commissioner.

The Labour Commissioner has transferred the case for wages and compensation to employees from June till date to the Labour Court.