IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No. 5340 of 2006. Date of Decision : January 20, 2009. Haryana Urban Development Authority. ...... Petitioner. Versus. Presiding Officer, Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court, Panipat, and another. ...... Respondents. -.- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH. Present: Mr. Amandeep Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. None for the respondents. -.- AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J. (ORAL). The present writ petition has been filed challenging the award dated 08.06.2004 (Annexure-P-3), passed by the Industrial Tribunal-cum- Labour Court, Panipat, wherein the reference has been answered in favour of the workman, holding that the workman has been terminated illegally by the petitioner in violation of mandatory provisions of Section 25-F of the Industrial Disputes Act. He has been held entitled to reinstatement with full back wages from the date of demand notice. Counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the workman was employed on purely daily wage basis on a fixed salary on 01.06.1995 and even if finding given by the Labour Court is accepted, he continued till 31.07.1996. He submits that at the most the workman would be entitled to compensation for the period he has worked with the petitioner but he cannot be reinstated in service in the light of Division Bench Judgment of this Court C.W.P. No. 5340 of 2006. in the case of State of Haryana Versus Ishwar Singh and another, 2008 (3) S.C.T. 788. The Division Bench of this Court has held that a daily wage employee even in case there is non compliance of the Act and there is violation of Section 25-G, is not entitled to reinstatement but would be entitled to compensation. In the said Judgment also workman had worked for more than one year and the Court was pleased to grant him Rs. 20,000/- as compensation. None has put in appearance on behalf of respondent No. 2. Following the Judgment of this Court in the case of State of Haryana Versus Ishwar Singh and another (supra), the award dated 08.06.2004 (Annexure-P-3), passed by the Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court, Panipat, is hereby set aside. The workman is held entitled to compensation of Rs. 20,000/- to settle the equities between the parties. A direction is issued to the petitioner to make the payment of the compensation of Rs. 20,000/- within a period of three months from today. This petition stands disposed of accordingly. (AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH) JUDGE January 20,2009. sjks. -2- C.W.P. No. 5340 of 2006. -3-