Man Left Stranded in Uganda by Employer Wins Rs 3 Lakh Dues Back | Bengaluru News – Times of India

Bengaluru: A Technical Consultant has won his legal battle against his former employer for unpaid dues amouncing to Rs 3 lakh, a relieving letter, and his original degree certifications. Rakshith MV, A Resident of ITI Layout at Papareddipalya, Joined Locus IT Services Pvt Ltd on Sept 8, 2016, as a Technical Consultant-MSD Navision and Resigned on Aug 27, 2020. The Complainant Claimed the firm deputed Him to a client project in kampala, uganda, in dec 2019. He was left stranded there until new 2020 despite his reepeated requests for Financial Support and Technical Assisthal Assistance Project was delayed. He also alleged his salary, and allowances was arbitrarily cut to half during his extended stay in uganda. During this time, the company continued to deduct Rs 3,600 every month towards his contribution to the employee provident fund, but allegedly failed to deposit it into his pf account. Stranded during the covid-19 lockdown, the techie said he was compelled to buy his own flight ticket to India on July 18, 2020, for $ 890. He also incurred additional expenses on a domestic flight from thiruvananthapuram to bengaluru and cab and cab and other miscellaneous charges, which he said he said should have been borne borne by the curse, Reimbursed. The total expenses he incurred was 3,00,720. All decisions Regarding Pay Cut, And Extending His Stay in Uganda WERE TAKEN Unilaterally by the company, and was not officially communicated by email. INTEAD, they were conveyed verbally by the firm’s managing director, Lending After his result, rakshith sent a legal notice to his former employer on Sept 9, 2021, for Settlement of his dues and release of his documents. However, the notice was returned as “Unclaimed”. With no option left, he filled a civil suit on jan 25, 2022, seeking reimbursment and a mandatory injunction to release his curtifications and reliaving letters. In Its Defense, His Former Employer, REPRESENED BY Its MD Rohith Kudukuli, Termed Rakshith’s Claims Baseles and Said He Had Absconded From The Uganda Proctor Approval. His Return Airfare Cold Not Be Reimbursed Since He Left Mid-Project, The Firm Added.After hearing the arguments, the bench of the lxxv additional City Civil and Sessions Court, Headed by Judge Shivanand Maruti Jipare, Ordered the Techie’s FORMER Employer to Pay the Camplainant ‘ 3 lakh with interest at 6% per annum and hand over the withheld certificates. The bench said the company’s allegations of breach of contract did not absolve it of responsibility to clear dues and release documents. It found while the Firm Proved The Plaintiff Had Left The Workplace without Approval, The Plaintiff Had Simultaneously Proved His Rightful Claim to Arrears and Essential Documants. Stressing that such acts by an employer could not be justified, the court observed that withhlding the relieving letter and Original Certificates Had Endangered Rakshith Rakshith’s Employment Propects and CE Him irreparable hardship.