F.A.O. No. 232 of 2011 (O&M) [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. F.A.O. No. 232 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision: January 14, 2011 Principal and Director, Moti Lal Nehru School of Sports, Rai, District Sonepat. …..Appellant Vs. Dalel Singh …..Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M.S. BEDI. -.- Present:- Mr. Ajay Gulati, DAG, Haryana. for the appellant. -.- M.M.S. BEDI, J. (ORAL) In view of the provisions of social legislation i.e. Workmen’s Compensation Act, I have taken into consideration the contention of Mr.Ajay Gulati, Deputy Advocate General, Haryana, that the claim petition is barred by time and that the respondent do not fall within the definition of workman. F.A.O. No. 232 of 2011 (O&M) [2] As per the last proviso of Section 10 of the Workmen’s Compensation Act (for short ‘the Act’), the Commissioner has got an authority to entertain an application for claim to compensation beyond the period of limitation. The Commissioner in exercise of his said jurisdiction has suo motu condoned the delay and entertained the application. No ground is made out for interfering in the said satisfaction. So far as Chowkidar/ watchman working with the petitioner employee is concerned, a person employed as Watchman in any factory or establishment is covered in Schedule II of the Act, as application to Utter Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Punjab, as per the notifications in the official gazettes. So far as Punjab is concerned, Schedule II has been adopted w.e.f. September 5, 1969, vide Punjab Gazette Part III (L&S). As per Schedule II and the various similar amendments in different States as well as in Punjab it is apparent that the employees working as Care Takers and Chowkidars have been included in Schedule II. No intervention in first appeal is permissible as per Section 30 of the Act when there is no substantial question of law is involved in the case. I do not find any substantial question of law involved in the present case as such the appeal under Section 30 of the Act is dismissed. January 14, 2011 (M.M.S.BEDI) sanjay JUDGE