IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision : 22.11.2010 COCP No.2163 of 2010 (O&M) Rishi Pal Singh ...Petitioner Versus A.K.Yadav ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA Present : Mr. Ashwani Kumar Bura, Advocate, for the petitioner. HEMANT GUPTA, J. (Oral) The petitioner-workman raised an industrial dispute. The learned Labour Court vide its Award dated 23.12.1994 ordered reinstatement with full back wages. The writ petition filed by the Management against the said Award has been partly allowed inasmuch as while maintaining the Award of reinstatement, the back-wages have been reduced to 50%. The grievance of the petitioner is that though the back- wages were directed to be released within a period of two months, but the same have not been released and, therefore, non-compliance of the directions of this Court is a civil contempt. The Full Bench of this Court in a case reported as Parkash Chand Vs. S.S.Grewal and others, 1975 Crl. L.J. 679 has held that mere non-compliance of a decree of a Court, does not discloses a civil contempt. In view of the said fact, I do not find that it is a fit case for initiation of contempt proceedings. However, the petitioner is at liberty to avail the remedy provided to the petitioner under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 to seek implementation of the Award in accordance with law. 22.11.2010 (HEMANT GUPTA) Vimal JUDGE