HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** CWP No.1799 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision: 01.08.2011 **** Chattar Singh . . . . Petitioner VS. Presiding Officer, Labour Court-III, Faridabad . . . . Respondents **** CORAM : HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT **** 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? **** Present: Mr. Anil Shukla, Advocate for the petitioner **** SURYA KANT, J. (ORAL) (1). The petitioner seeks quashing of the award dated 05.02.2009 passed by Labour Court-III, Faridabad whereby the reference – as to whether the services of the petitioner-workman were terminated illegally? – has been answered against him. The Labour Court has returned categorical finding that the petitioner has failed to prove that he worked for 240 days in the respondent- Management immediate before his alleged illegal retrenchment. (2). While arriving at this conclusion, the Labour Court has taken into consideration the evidence led by both the parties, especially the deposition made by ME-3 who produced the relevant record to show that the petitioner CWP No.1799 of 2011.doc - 2 – never worked under him from July 1995 to December, 1995. It may be mentioned here that the petitioner’s own case was that he worked from 01.06.1995 to 01.04.1996. Once the period of July 1995 to December, 1995 is excluded there is no escape but to hold that the petitioner never worked for 240 days. (3). No interference with the impugned Award is called for by this Court in exercise of its writ jurisdiction. (4). Dismissed. Dasti. 01.08.2011 vishal shonkar (S u r y a K a n t) Judge