Civil Writ Petition No. 6256 of 2007 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 6256 of 2007 Date of decision: April 23, 2008 Chief Engineer RSD (I.W. Punjab) and another … Petitioners Versus Avtar Singh and another. … Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Mr. Yatinder Sharma, DAG Punjab for the petitioners. ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA, J. (ORAL) Challenge in the writ petition is to the order (Annexure P-6) passed by the Presiding Officer, Labour Court Gurdaspur, vide which application under Section 33(c)(2) of the Industrial Disputes Act filed by the respondent-workman was allowed and he was held entitled to an amount of Rs.1,10,430/-. The management was further directed to pay the same within a period of two months, failing which they were liable to pay interest at the rate of 12% per annum. The respondent-workman raised industrial dispute which was allowed by the Labour Court Gurdaspur vide award dated 16.04.2008 and he was held entitled to reinstatement with continuity of service and 50% back wages from date of demand notice i.e., from 09.10.1989. As the said award was not implemented by the management therefore workman filed Civil Writ Petition No. 6256 of 2007 2 an application under Section 33(c)(2) of the Industrial Disputes Act, which has been allowed vide order (Annexure P-6). While passing the award, the Labour Court has held the workman entitled to 50% back wages from 09.10.1989 to 09.05.1999 and has not allowed any payment to the workman thereafter. After 09.05.1999, the workman has not joined the service. The award of the Labour Court has attained finality. In this view of the matter, there is no reason to deny the workman the amount as computed by the Labour Court with regard to the back wages. [ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA] JUDGE [KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA] JUDGE April 23, 2008 rps