IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. L.P.A. No.1474 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision: 19.8.2011 The Karnal Central Cooperative Bank Ltd. -----Appellant Vs. State of Haryana & others -----Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ADARSH KUMAR GOEL ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present:- Mr. Jagdeep Singh, Advocate for the appellant. --- ADARSH KUMAR GOEL, ACJ 1. This appeal has been preferred against order of learned Single Judge declining to interfere with the award of the Labour Court reinstating the respondent-workman without backwages. 2. The workman was engaged as temporary workman after regular selection process in the year 1981. According to the workman, after 240 days of service, his services were terminated without following the due procedure. He raised an industrial dispute which was referred for adjudication. The Labour Court vide award dated 25.1.1989 held the workman to be entitled to reinstatement with continuity of service but without backwages. Writ petition against the award has been dismissed. 3. We have heard learned counsel for the appellant. L.P.A. No.1474 of 2011 4. Learned counsel for the appellant submits that the workman actually worked only for 227 days and not for 240 days. 5. We do not find any merit in the submission. A perusal of the award shows that the management did not dispute the completion of 240 days of service by the workman. On being asked, learned counsel for the appellant expressed ignorance about the status of the workman. In normal course, in absence of stay, the workman may have joined service in pursuance of award dated 25.1.1989 more than 22 years ago. The workman may even have retired. In any case, the finding recorded by the Labour Court as upheld by learned Single Judge, on a question of fact, is not shown to be perverse. 6. There is, thus, no ground to interfere with the view taken by learned Single Judge. The appeal is dismissed. (ADARSH KUMAR GOEL) ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE August 19, 2011 ( RAJESH BINDAL ) ashwani JUDGE 2