CWP No. 11431 of 1995 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 11431 of 1995 Date of decision: 06.05.2009 Kundan Singh son of Nazir Singh .....PETITIONER VERSUS The Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Amritsar and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH Present: Mr. Sudhir Mittal, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. D.S.Patwalia, Advocate, for the respondents. *** AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J. (ORAL) After the arguments were heard for some time, a consensus has been reached between the parties that there was no demand notice served by the workman and as a matter of fact, on an appeal preferred by the workman against the order of termination, provisions of Section 10-A of the Industrial Disputes Act were invoked referring the matter before the Arbitrator for decision. The said matter could not be concluded leading to a reference being made by the State of Punjab for adjudication of the dispute leading to the passing of the award dated 11.05.1994 (Annexure P-1). In the said award, the Labour Court was pleased to direct the payment of half of the back wages from the date of demand notice. CWP No. 11431 of 1995 2 As there was no demand notice, the award shall read that the workman would be entitled to 50% back wages from the date of reference made to the Arbitrator invoking Section 10-A of the Industrial Disputes Act. The award dated 11.05.1994 (Annexure P-1) passed by the Labour Court, Amritsar is modified to that extent. A direction is issued to respondent No. 3 to calculate the amount of remaining back wages for this additional period and release the same to the petitioner within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. Writ petition stands disposed of in above terms. ( AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH ) JUDGE May 06, 2009 pj Whether referred to Reporters..................Yes/No. CWP No. 11431 of 1995 3