IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civl Writ Petition No.9562 of 2011 Date of Decision : July 13, 2011. Dalbir Singh .....Petitioner versus Presiding Officer, Industrial Tribunal and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.G.S.Sidhu, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 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? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner-workman seeks quashing of the Award dated 26.11.2009 passed by the Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court, Hisar whereby the reference has been answered against him. The question referred to for adjudication was as to whether the alleged retrenchment of the petitioner-workman was illegal? The Tribunal- cum-Labour Court has responded to the question with a finding that the petitioner was employed on daily wages in November, 1993 and he worked till March 1994. He was again employed in July, 1994 and worked till December, 1994. In this manner, it was held that the workman at the best worked for 184 days till December, 1994 and at no point of time he has CWP No.9562 of 2011 [2] completed 240 days in the year preceding the date of his alleged retrenchment. The inordinate delay in raising the industrial dispute has also been relied upon to draw the inference of abandonment of the employment. Similarly, the Tribunal has relied upon a decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court to contend that a daily wager employee is not entitled to the relief of reinstatement in service even if violation of Section 25-F of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, stands proved. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the records. In my considered view, in the absence of any proof contrary to the fact that the petitioner has not worked for 240 days, the impugned Award warrants no interference by this Court in exercise of its writ jurisdiction. Dismissed. July 13, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE