Attachment of salary or allowances of private employees
Full Text
(1) Where the property to be attached is the salary or allowances of an employee other than an employee to whom rule 48 applies, the Court, where the disbursing officer of the employee is within the local limits of the Court’s jurisdiction, may order that the amount shall, subject to the provision of section 60, be withheld from such salary or allowances either in one payment or by monthly instalments as the Court may direct; and upon notice of the order to such disbursing officer, such disbursing officer shall remit to the court the amount due under the order, or the monthly instalments, as the case may be.
(2) Where the attachable portion of such salary or allowances is already being withheld or remitted to the Court in pursuance of a previous and unsatisfied order of attachment, the disbursing officer shall forthwith return the subsequent order to the Court issuing it with a full statement of all the particulars of the existing attachment.
(3) Every order made under this rule, unless it is returned in accordance with the provisions of sub-rule (2), shall, without further notice or other process, bind the employer while the judgment-debtor is within the local limits to which this Code for the time being extends and while he is beyond those limits, if he is in receipt of salary or allowances payable out of the funds of an employer in any part of India, and the employer shall be liable for any sum paid in contravention of this rule.
Plain English Summary
Governs the attachment of salaries of private sector employees, binding private employers throughout India and holding the employer personally liable for any salary disbursed in violation of the attachment order.
Key Legal Elements
- Private Sector Coverage: Applicable to MNCs, private limited companies, firms, and individual employers.
- Jurisdiction Requirement (Sub-rule 1): Disbursing officer / HR payroll office must initially be within court jurisdiction.
- Pan-India Binding Effect (Sub-rule 3): Binds private employer throughout India once served.
- Employer Personal Liability: Employer who pays debtor in defiance of court order must pay decretal sum out of company pocket.
Practical Note
Garnishing Private Salaries: Private employers often ignore court notices. Under Rule 48A(3), if a private company pays the judgment-debtor employee his full salary after receiving the court order, the decree-holder can execute the decree directly against the bank accounts of the private company itself!
हिंदी पाठ
(1) जहां कुर्क की जाने वाली संपत्ति प्राइवेट कर्मचारी (निजी क्षेत्र के कर्मचारी) का वेतन या भत्ते हैं, वहां न्यायालय, जहां कर्मचारी का संवितरण अधिकारी न्यायालय की अधिकारिता की स्थानीय सीमाओं के भीतर है, यह आदेश दे सकेगा कि धारा 60 के उपबंधों के अधीन रहते हुए ऐसी राशि एकमुश्त या मासिक किस्तों में वेतन से काटकर न्यायालय को भेजी जाए।
(2) यदि कुर्क योग्य भाग पूर्व आदेश के अधीन पहले से काटा जा रहा है, तो संवितरण अधिकारी पूरे विवरण के साथ आगामी आदेश लौटाएगा।
(3) प्रत्येक ऐसा आदेश निजी नियोक्ता (Private Employer) पर आबद्धकर होगा; और यदि नियोक्ता इस नियम के उल्लंघन में कोई राशि कर्मचारी को चुका देता है, तो नियोक्ता उस राशि के लिए स्वयं उत्तरदायी होगा।