1 D.B.Civil Special Appeal(Writ) No.900/08 Ram Chandra V/s Regional Mechanical Engineer & anr. 22.7.2008 Hon'ble the Chief Justice Mr.Narayan Roy Hon'ble Mr.Justice Mohammad Rafiq Mr.Girraj Prasad for the appellant. Heard learned counsel for the appellant. Considering the reasons as stated in the application for condonation of delay, we are satisfied that the appellant was prevented by sufficient cause in not filing the appeal in time. Delay in filing the appeal is, therefore, condoned and the matter is heard on merits. This appeal has been preferred by the appellant-workman against the judgment of the learned Single Judge of this Court dated 8.12.2006 whereby the writ petition filed by the respondent no.1 was partly allowed and the award passed by the Labour Court dated 17th December, 1998 directing reinstatement of the appellant-workman was modified to the extent that the appellant workman would be treated in service with effect from 2.11.1989, but he shall not be entitled to get the wages for the period he remained out of service. Learned counsel for the appellant has argued that direction for grant of back wages should follow the declaration of his termination as illegal. However, he could not dispute the fact that the appellant-workman was actually not discharging the duties for the intervening period. The learned Single Judge of this Court has upheld 2 the contention of respondent no.1 in so far as the back wages part of the award was concerned, on the principle of “No Work No Pay”. We do not find any error in the approach of the learned Single Judge of this Court. In view of the above, we find no merit in this appeal. It is accordingly dismissed. (Mohammad Rafiq)J. (Narayan Roy)C.J. Parmar