IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P.No.7416 of 2011 Date of decision : 28.4.2011 Satish Kumar ....Petitioner Versus Presiding Officer, Industrial Tribunal-cum- Labour Court, Gurgaon and another ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MAHESH GROVER .... Present : Mr.P.L.Verma, Advocate for the petitioner. ..... MAHESH GROVER, J. The petitioner impugns the award of the Labour Court, Gurgaon dated 22.1.2010. He had raised a dispute that termination of his services was in violation of the provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act. He contended that he had joined the respondent No.2 as a Helper in 1994 at a monthly wage of Rs.1,642/- and that he has completed more than 240 days. The Tribunal noticed while declining the reference that the petitioner had failed to prove that he had completed 240 days and he had made no attempt or efforts to produce some record to demonstrate that he was employed by respondent No.2 and had put in 240 days. It is the settled principle of law that the onus to prove that the workman had put in 240 days lies upon him. The instant petition is held to be without any merit more so when even C.W.P.No.7416 of 2011 -2- before this Court no attempt has been made by the petitioner to show that he had completed 240 days or was ever employed by respondent No.2. Having failed to discharge such onus, the instant petition is held to be without any merit and is hereby dismissed. 28.4.2011 (MAHESH GROVER) JUDGE dss