CWP No.11394 of 1989 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.11394 of 1989 DATE OF DECISION: March 22, 2011 BALWINDER KAUR ...PETITIONER VERSUS PANCHAYAT SAMITI, JHUNIR & OTHERS ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.KANNAN. 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement? No 2. To be referred to the reporters or not? No 3. Whether the judgement should be reported in the digest? No ---- PRESENT: MR. VIKAS SINGH, ADVOCATE FOR THE PETITIONER. MS. REETA KOHLI, ADDL.A.G., PUNJAB. K.KANNAN, J.(ORAL) 1. The petitioner's claim was under the Payment of Wages Act before the Labour Court for the period when she was working as Craft Teacher, namely, from 11.10.1984 to 29.5.1985. It appears from the record that one Om Parkash, Accountant had deposed that the petitioner and yet another person Jaswant had not worked during the said period. The claimants, however, relied on the attendance register to show that the petitioner had actually been working during that period and that wages had not been paid. 2. The Deputy Secretary, Government of Punjab who has filed reply has stated that Panchayat Samities who run the schools are being given the grants-in-aid for defraying the salaries of Craft Teachers, but the Finance Department was not releasing the grant-in-aid for one reason or the other. CWP No.11394 of 1989 -2- 3. If there was an attendance register in the school that was produced by the Teacher to prove the fact of actual service rendered, that ought to have been sufficient in a Labour Court to uphold the claim of the workman. The amount of `7064/- being the wages payable from 11.10.1994 to 29.5.1985, shall be paid with interest @ 9% from the date when it fell due till the date of payment. The writ petition is allowed to the above extent. March 22, 2011 (K.KANNAN) Gulati JUDGE