CWP No. 8720 of 1996 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH CWP No. 8720 of 1996 Date of decision July 31, 2009 Chief Conservator of Forests, Haryana, Chandigarh and another ....... Petitioners Versus Sukhbir Singh son of Sh. Attar Singh and another. ........ Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present:- Mr. D. S. Nalwa, Advocate for the petitioners. None for the respondents. **** 1. Whether reporters of local newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment ? No 2. To be referred to the reporters or not? No 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest? No K. Kannan, J(oral). 1. The award challenges a direction for back wages from 10.8.1987 to 21.5.1990. The direction was on the assumption that the workman had completed 240 days in the preceding 12 months of continuous service prior to the date of his alleged termination. It was an admitted case that the workman had been appointed on a regular job in Excise and Taxation Department and therefore, he did not claim any relief of reinstatement. Learned counsel appearing for the State would point out that still he could be said to have worked for 240 days by wrongly reckoning the service from 15.10.1985 to 10.8.1987. The relevant period for the purpose of continuous service of 240 days was from the date commencing from 12 months prior to the date of alleged termination, and calculating the period commencing from 1.9.1986 to 10.8.1987, the total number comes only to 233 days. Therefore, the observation that the CWP No. 8720 of 1996 2 termination/retrenchment had been in violation of Section 25-F is not correct. 2. Learned counsel appearing for the workman states that the award was given effect to and the amount of wages as payable from 10.8.1987 to 21.5.1990 has already been paid. If the amount has already been it shall not be recovered. 3. Under the peculiar circumstances of the case, the writ petition is dismissed. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE July 31, 2009 archana