CWP No.15571 of 1989 (O&M) [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.15571 of 1989 (O&M) Date of Decision: 30.09.2011 The Ludhiana Central Co-operative Bank Limited, Ludhiana through its Manager. ... Petitioner Versus The Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Ludhiana and another. ... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present:Mr. Vivek Sharma, Advocate forms Mr. D.S. Patwalia, Advocate, for the petitioner. None for respondent No.2. ***** 1.Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? NO 2.To be referred to the reporters or not? NO 3.Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest? NO K. KANNAN, J. (Oral) 1 The Management enters a challenge against the award of the Labour Court allowing the termination order to be operative only from the date of the judgment. The workman had sought a reference of adjudication of industrial dispute challenging the termination made on 06.05.1982. The reference itself was after the order of termination and the question was whether the termination was justified and in order. The charge against the workman was that he was a habitual absentee and that he had been absent from service without obtaining leave from 1st March, 1976 to 13th June, 1976. The Labour Court observed that the Management had established that the CWP No.15571 of 1989 (O&M) [2] petitioner had been guilty of misconduct and that he was on unauthorized absence of more than 3 months, directed that the termination order will be effective only from the award of the Labour Court, which was rendered on 19.05.1989. I cannot understand the legal principle in allowing the termination order to be effective later when the Court affirmed the finding rendered by the disciplinary authority that there had been unauthorized absence without leave for well over 3 months. The order of termination will be effective only from the date when it was passed namely on 06.05.1982 and shall not be effective only from the date of the award namely 19.05.1989, as directed by the Labour Court. 2. The writ petition is allowed on the above terms. SEPTEMBER 30, 2011 ( K. KANNAN ) Rajan JUDGE