IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P.No.10470 of 2010 Date of Decision:- 28.05.2010 Sunil Kumar s/o Sh.Raj Pal ....Petitioner(s) vs. Presiding Officer, POLC, Panipat and another ....Respondent(s) *** CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH *** Present:- Mr.Deepak Sharma, Advocate for Mr.Pankaj Bali, Advocate, for the petitioner. *** AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J. (Oral) Challenge in the present writ petition is to the Award dated 23.10.2007 (Annexure P-1) passed by the Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court, Panipat vide which reference has been answered against the petitioner-workman on the ground that he has failed to prove that he had completed more than 240 days in service in the 12 preceding months from the date of termination of his services and, therefore, is not entitled to any relief. Counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner had worked continuously with the respondents from 18.10.1996 to 12.4.1999 and, therefore, had completed more than 240 days in service. He, on this basis, contends that the findings recorded by the Labour Court cannot be sustained. I have heard counsel for the petitioner and have gone through the records of the case. The respondents had produced on record of the Labour Court the appointment letters issued to the petitioner which were for a specified term. When the said documents were taken into consideration C.W.P.No.10470 of 2010 -2- by the Labour Court, it stood proved that in the 12 preceding months from the date of his alleged termination, the workman had not completed more than 240 days in service with the respondents. The findings recorded by the Labour Court being based upon the evidence so brought on record by the parties, no illegality or irregularity appears to have been committed by the learned Labour Court while passing the impugned Award dated 23.10.2007 (Annexure P-1) which would call for any interference by this Court. The present writ petition is accordingly dismissed. May 28, 2010 ( AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH ) poonam JUDGE