IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.13757 of 1989 Date of decision:08.12.2009 Ram Dhari ....Petitioner versus The Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Ambala and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN ---- Present: Mr. R.K.Malik, Senior Advocate, with Mr. Ashish Choudhary, Advocate, for the petitioner. None for the respondents. ---- 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 ? ---- K.Kannan, J. (Oral) 1. The writ petition challenges that portion of the award which disallows back wages to the workman. The writ petition filed by the management against the very same award directing reinstatement was disposed of by this Court in Civil Writ Petition No.5564 of 1989 on 07.12.2009. I confirmed the award, taking note of the fact that the workman had been reinstated in terms of the award and he had also been superannuated from service. The award challenging the reinstatement was, therefore, found to have become infructuous. The claim for back wages shall also be disallowed. The workman having obtained the benefit of reinstatement and also superannuated, I do not think that there is any need for modifying even the directions for back wages. The award Civil Writ Petition No.13757 of 1989 - 2 - of the Labour Court shall stand confirmed as regards the finding of disentitlement of back wages also. The writ petition is dismissed. (K.KANNAN) 08.12.2009 JUDGE sanjeev