C.W.P. No.7818 of 1989 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No.7818 of 1989 Date of Decision: 08.12.2009 Managing Committee of the C.R.A. College, Sonepat through its President Chaudhary Hukam Singh Advocate. ....Petitioner Versus The Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Rohtak and another ....Respondents Present: None for the parties. CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN 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. By the impugned order, the Labour Court admitted the claim of the workman partially for encashment of earned leave and gratuity that had not been paid to the workman. The workman had also claimed that an amount of Rs.399/- per month, which had been collected by the college by way of donation was obtained by force and also sought for recovery of Rs.19,600/-, which according to the workman had again been collected by the management by force on false imputation that he had embezzled the said sum. The Labour Court upheld only the claim in relation to the encashment of earned leave on consideration of the fact that C.W.P. No.7818 of 1989 -2- the petitioner had during his 22 years of continuous service availed only 10 days of earned leave whereas he was entitled to one month's earned leave for every completed year of service and the Rule 16 of the relevant University Rules specifically provided for encashment of leave at the time of his retirement. The Labour Court also considered that for 22 years of service, the workman was entitled to reckoning of gratuity. The Labour Court has considered all the relevant facts and has come to the correct conclusion. 2. The college-management, which has questioned the order of the Labour Court is not before me and the case being of the year 1989, I found no justification for adjourning the case and I hasten to dispose it of on the basis of the records. 3. The writ petition is dismissed. No costs. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE December 08, 2009 Pankaj*