IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.1928 of 2002 Date of decision:20.10.2009 Tirath Singh ...Petitioner versus The Presiding Officer, Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court, Hisar and others. ...Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN ---- Present: None for the petitioner. Mr. Shailendra Jain, Advocate, for respondents 2 and 3. ---- 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? No. 2. To be referred to the reporters or not ? No. 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest ? No. ---- K.Kannan, J. (Oral) 1. The challenge to the award is a rejection of a reference sought at the instance of the workman to a contention by the workman that he had been unlawfully terminated from service on 31.01.1998. The contention on behalf of the management was that the petitioner had been employed at the time when some construction work had been undertaken and after it was complete, there was no work available for him. His employment itself was only for a particular period during the continuance of work and the termination that took place on completion of such work, did not amount to retrenchment. 2. There is no representation for the petitioner at the time when the matter is called. Counsel for the respondent is present and is ready Civil Writ Petition No.1928 of 2002 - 2 - with the case. The petition is, accordingly, dismissed for default of appearance of the petitioner. No costs. (K.KANNAN) 20.10.2009 JUDGE sanjeev