IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 12447 of 1989 Date of decision : March 14, 2011 M/s Sirsa Central Co-operative Bank Ltd. ...Appellant The Presiding Officer Labour Court, and another ...Respondents Present: Ms. Sukhpreet Kaur , Advocate for Mr. A. S. Kalra, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Rajat Khanna, Advocate for for the respondents. **** K. Kannan, J (Oral) 1. The writ petition challenges the order of reinstatement issued in favour of the workman and the workman had been served with several charges including the charge of embezzlement of funds. The Labour Court found that the charges were not established and the award was passed directing the reinstatement along with continuity of service and back wages. While ordering notice in the writ petition the Division Bench of this Court had originally ordered notice in stay application also and subsequently passed an order on 6.2.1990 dismissing the prayer for stay and directing that the workman shall be reinstated but only the provision for back wages was withheld. The workman who had been ordered to be reinstated and who had served for 22 years cannot lose his job at this length of time. Probably the workman has since been supperannuated. Even the question of whether he should be terminated from service now does not arise. I take the challenge to the reinstatement as having become infructuous, having regard to the subsequent order passed by this Court at the interlocutary stage directing the reinstatement to be made. There was a stay only for recovery of back wages for the period from 5.11.1986 to 19.4.1989 when he was terminated from service. The counsel appearing for the writ petitioner has no specific reasons to assail the award passed by the Labour Court and I therefore, confirm the award which would mean that the workman is also entitled to the back wages as was granted to him through the impugned award. The writ petition is dismissed. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE March 14, 2011 archana