IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.6285 of 1996 Date of decision:13.07.2009 Jaivir Singh ...Petitioner versus Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Panipat and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.KANNAN Present: None for the petitioner. Mr. D.S.Nalwa, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. --- 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest ? K.Kannan, J.(Oral) The writ petition challenges the award dismissing the reference against the workman on a finding that the workman had not established that he had completed 240 days of continuous service prior to the alleged date of termination. The Labour Court had only considered M-1 to refer to obtain evidence regarding the number of days of service and found on examination that he had not completed 240 days' service in the calendar year. If reckoning of the calendar year were to be taken as an error and if it is to be taken for a period of 12 months prior to the date when his services were to be terminated, even then the number of days Civil Writ Petition No.6285 of 1996 - 2 - that he had shown to have served was only 218 days. The finding recorded by the Labour Court that there had been no completion of 240 days was correct and therefore, there was no requirement for complying with the condition under Section 25-F of the Industrial Disputes Act. The award passed by the Labour Court, under the circumstances, cannot be assailed and it calls for no interference under Article 226 of the Constitution. The petition is, accordingly, dismissed. No costs. (K.KANNAN) JUDGE 13.07.2009 sanjeev