1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH AT NAGPUR WRIT PETITION NO.5998/2010 [VISHWANATH G. CHAVAN ..VS.. EXECUTIVE ENGINEER & ANOR ] WITH WRIT PETITION NO.80/2011 [DEVRAO GOVINDA CHAVHAN ..VS.. EXECUTIVE ENGINEER AND ANOTHER - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, Court's or Judge's orders appearances, Court's orders of directions and Registrar's orders - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Shri S.T. Harkare, Advocate for petitioner Shri D.B.Patel / Mrs. I.L.Bodade, AGP. for respondents CORAM : SMT. VASANTI A. NAIK, J. DATE : FEBRUARY 17, 2011. Since facts involved in these writ petitions are almost identical, they are heard together and are decided by this common order. The petitioners had challenged the order passed by the Labour Court, Akola, so far as it rejected the prayer of the petitioners for grant of reinstatement with back-wages. It appears that the Labour Court instead of granting reinstatement to the petitioners, has granted compensation to the petitioners to the tune of Rs.30,000/- with one month's notice pay of Rs.3000/- and costs of Rs.2000/-. On seeking instructions from the respondents – State of Maharashtra, it is submitted on behalf of the respondents that the petitioners cannot be accommodated on daily wages and there are no posts vacant with the respondents at this stage. Moreover, it is necessary to note that though the petitioners' services were terminated as early as in the year 1997, they filed 2 the reference before the Labour Court at Akola in the year 2006 i.e. after long lapse of period of 9 years. It is also noticeable that the petitioners were merely working as daily wagers with the respondents. In fact, though the petitioners might have been working as daily wagers, somewhere else, during the pendency of the proceedings and also thereafter, the Labour Court by taking a humanitarian view of the matter has granted retrenchment compensation to the petitioners to the tune of Rs.30,000/- and also granted an amount of Rs.5000/- to the petitioners towards one month notice pay and costs. The award passed by the Labour Court appears to be extremely fair and proper and calls for no interference in exercise of the writ jurisdiction. In the result, the writ petitions fail and are dismissed with no order as to costs. JUDGE SMP