IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA CWP No.2945 of 2008 Decided on : July 13, 2010 Mohan Singh …Petitioner. Versus H.P.S.E.B. and another …Respondents. Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Surjit Singh, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 For the Petitioner : Mr. Ashwani Kumar Gupta, Advocate. For the Respondents : Mr. Vinod Thakur, Advocate. Surjit Singh, J (Oral) Petitioner had been working as Chowkidar-cum- Safai Karamchari with respondent No.1, on daily-wage basis, from November, 1999 to January, 2001, when his services were terminated. Reference was made, at the instance of the petitioner, to the Labour Court-cum- Industrial Tribunal. Petitioner filed his claim, alleging that his termination/retrenchment was unjustified and contrary to the provisions of Section 25-F of the Industrial Disputes Act. The claim was contested. 2. Tribunal, vide award dated 24th August, 2007, though held that petitioner’s termination was bad, on account of non-compliance of the provision of Section 25-F of the Industrial Disputes Act and ordered the re- instatement of the petitioner, but without back wages and Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? …2… without benefit of seniority. Petitioner is aggrieved by the order, to the extent that back wages have not been awarded and seniority of the petitioner has also not been restored. 3. I have heard the learned counsel for the parties and gone through the record. 4. Labour Court-cum-Industrial Tribunal has not assigned any reason for not awarding back wages and also for not restoring his seniority. The order is, thus, not a speaking one. Consequently, the Writ Petition is allowed and the impugned order is partly set aside, to the extent it says that the petitioner will not be entitled to back wages and seniority, and the matter is remanded to the Labour Court-cum-Industrial Tribunal, with a direction to pass a speaking order, with regard to the claim of the petitioner for back wages and seniority. Writ petition stands disposed of accordingly. July 13, 2010(sd) ( Surjit Singh ), J