IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.12088 of 1989 (O&M) Date of decision: 14.03.2011 The Punjab State Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation Limited, Chandigarh (MARKFED) ....Petitioner versus The Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Gurdaspur and another ....Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN ---- Present: None. ---- 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? No. 2. To be referred to the reporters or not ? No. 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest ? No. ---- K.Kannan, J. (Oral) 1. The challenge in the writ petition is against the award of the Labour Court directing reinstatement of the workman with continuity of service and back wages. It appears from the record that the management had a benefit of stay issued by this Court on 15.03.1990. The workman, however, had the benefit of Section 17-B. The issue of reinstatement does not arise at this length of time. However, there is no representation for the petitioner to assail the order. The workman had 10 years of continuous service at the time when the termination order was made. I do not propose to re-examine the issue of whether the termination was correct or not. Having regard to the fact that there is no representation on behalf of the Management, while confirming the order passed by the Civil Writ Petition No.12088 of 1989 (O&M) - 2 - Labour Court finding that the order of termination was not justified. I will not direct reinstatement, but would afford to the workman a compensation of Rs.1,50,000/- in view of the relief of reinstatement of service. This shall be an additional amount over what the workman has obtained by way of benefit under Section 17-B of the Industrial Disputes Act. The liability to make the payment of compensation will also attract interest at 6% from the date of this order. 2. The writ petition is disposed of with the above direction. (K.KANNAN) JUDGE 14.03.2011 sanjeev