HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.6962 of 1997 ORDER: The petitioner has invoked the jurisdiction of this Court aggrieved by the award of the Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court, Visakhapatnam in I.D.Nos.144, 145, 146, 147 and 148 of 1990, dated 25.07.1996. All the five workmen filed separate applications under Section 2-A(2) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (for short ‘the Act’) challenging their removal from the service of the petitioner- institution, which was running a Law College in the name and style of “Nyaya Vidya Parishad”. The Tribunal, while directing reinstatement of the respondents-workmen, denied them back wages and directed payment of compensation of amounts ranging between Rs.2,000/- to Rs.5,000/- for the hardship suffered by them on account of their unjust removal. On instructions both Sri A.K.Jayaprakash Rao, Learned Counsel for the petitioner, and Sri S.V.R.Subrahmanyam, Learned Counsel for the respondents-workmen, would agree that, instead of an adjudication on merits, it would suffice if the Writ Petition were disposed of directing the petitioner to pay monetary compensation of Rs.75,000/- to each of the respondent-workman in lieu of reinstatement and the compensation awarded by the Industrial Tribunal. Recording the submission of both the counsel and, since they are in agreement, this Writ Petition is disposed of in the following terms:- “The award of the Industrial Tribunal, in I.D.Nos.144, 145, 146, 147 and 148 of 1990, dated 25.07.1996, is set aside and, in lieu of reinstatement with compensation but without backwages as awarded by the Industrial Tribunal, the petitioner shall pay compensation of Rs.75,000/- (Rupees Seventy Five Thousand Only) each to the respondents-workmen within a period of five months from today.” The Writ Petition is disposed of accordingly. However, in the circumstances, without costs. RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J Date:26.08.2010 usd