CWP No. 618 of 2011(O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 618 of 2011(O&M) Decided on : 14-01-2011 Baldev Singh ....Petitioner VERSUS Presiding Officer, Industrial Tribunal, Bathinda and others ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MAHESH GROVER Present:- Mr. Ajay Mahajan, Advocate for petitioner MAHESH GROVER, J The petitioner has impugned the award dated 22.7.2010 passed by the Industrial Tribunal, Bathinda. The petitioner claimed a reference under Section 10(1)(c ) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 to the effect that whether termination of his services as a workman was justified and in order and if not so, what relief he was entitled to. The petitioner claimed that he was employed as Fitter(cully) on monthly salary of Rs.480/- and he had already completed 240 days of service when his services were terminated on 30.4.1988 without any notice, charge-sheet or payment of compensation. The respondents denied the claim of the petitioner and pleaded that he had never completed 240 days in 12 calendar months preceding his alleged termination and justified the termination. The petitioner was to prove his case but he miserably failed to do so.On the contrary, respondents produced evidence to show that the petitioner merely worked for 62 days in CWP No. 618 of 2011(O&M) 2 the preceding year of 1988. The Tribunal was thus right in declining the reference as the petitioner failed to prove that he had ever worked for 240 days with the respondents preceding the year of his termination. No ground to interfere. Dismissed. January 14, 2011 (Mahesh Grover) rekha Judge