IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 17296 of 2009 Date of decision: 10.09.2010 Bhola Nath ...Petitioner Versus The Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Gurdaspur and others ...Respondents Present: Mr. Arun Abrol, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Monica Chibber Sharma, DAG, Punjab for the State. RANJIT SINGH J. The petitioner has impugned Award, Annexure P-3 whereby his claim has been rejected. The petitioner claims to have been employed in the year 1993 as a Gauge Reader on a regular post on permanent basis. As per the petitioner, he was illegally terminated on 04.08.1995 without complying with the mandatory provisions of Section 25 F, G and H of the Industrial Disputes Act. He raised the dispute and the labour Court has declined reference on 15.09.2008. On the basis of pleadings, one of the issues framed by the labour Court was whether there exists relationship of master and servant between the parties. The evidence was led by the respective parties and the finding by the labour Court in this regard was that the petitioner could not prove the relationship of master and servant between the parties and this issue was accordingly decided against the petitioner. The petitioner primarily failed because he was not properly assisted to make a prayer for summoning the relevant Civil Writ Petition No. 17296 of 2009 -2- record. The record, which was produced by the management was examined and relationship of master and servant could not be established on that basis. The labour Court thereafter observed that no application was filed by the workman to call for the records of two other sub divisions. Accordingly, the workman was not able to establish his relationship and subsequently that the services were wrongly terminated. No cause or reason would arise for interference in the view taken by the labour Court. Dismissed. September 10, 2010 ( RANJIT SINGH ) rts JUDGE