Civil Writ Petition No. 6519 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 6519 of 2011 Date of decision:-01.08.2011 Prasar Bharti ...Petitioner Versus Presiding Officer and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RITU BAHRI Present:- Mr. Vikas Chatrath, Advocate for the petitioner. RITU BAHRI J. Challenge is to the award dated 27.9.2010 (Annexure P-6) whereby the Labour Court has reinstated the workman without backwages. Respondent No.2-workman was appointed as Sewadar on 27/28.2.1999 on the salary of Rs.1450/- per month. His services were terminated on 18.5.2005. He raised a demand notice (Annexure P-2) on 14.1.2006. The claim of the workman was contested by the Management by stating that he had not continuously worked for 240 days in any calendar year as per the detailed list filed by the Management. The work in the Department was continuously available and the same was discharged by 4/5 persons in rotation. The workman was engaged after particular period i.e. March 2000 and April 2000. Thereafter, he worked with the Management from March 2001 to August 2001, for the rest of the year different persons were engaged for similar nature of work. The workman was engaged after September 2001 on similar terms and conditions to discharge the same work for October 2001 to January 2002. Other persons were engaged for the same nature of work. The witnesses of the Civil Writ Petition No. 6519 of 2011 -2- Management admitted that other persons had been engaged after termination of the services of workman. Since the workman had completed 240 days and it is an admitted case of the Management that other persons had been employed after terminating the workman for the same nature of work. No ground to interfere in the award, passed by the Labour Court is made out. The writ petition is dismissed. August 01, 2011 ( RITU BAHRI ) Vijay Asija JUDGE