Civil Writ Petition No. 8378 of 2008 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh. Civil Writ Petition No. 8378 of 2008 Date of Decision: 19.5.2008 Nirmal Singh …Petitioner Versus Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Amritsar and Others …Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Mr. R.S.Ahluwalia, Advocate for the petitioner. Ashutosh Mohunta, J. (Oral) The precise grievance of petitioner in this case is that the Labour Court ought to have awarded back wages to the petitioner while holding that his services were illegally terminated. The Labour Court vide impugned award dated 26.3.2007 (Annexure P2) has held that although the services of petitioner were terminated illegally by the Management, however, as the workman has not pleaded that he remained unemployed after his services were terminated, therefore, he is not entitled to any back wages. Learned counsel submits that the petitioner had led evidence by way of affidavit (Annexure P1) wherein he has categorically averred Civil Writ Petition No. 8378 of 2008 2 that the petitioner remained unemployed after his termination. Although the petitioner has filed an affidavit but he has not pleaded in his demand notice that he remained unemployed after his termination. Apart from the above, as the petitioner was working as driver we do not believe that he remained unemployed after his termination. Thus, we find no merit in the writ petition and the same is dismissed. (Ashutosh Mohunta) Judge (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge May 19, 2008 “DK”