CWP No.9799 of 1987 (O&M) and connected cases [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (1) CWP No.9799 of 1987 (O&M) Date of Decision: 18.11.2011 State of Punjab through the Executive Engineer, P.W.D., Public Health (GW) Division No.II, S.A.S. Nagar, District Ropar. ... Petitioner Versus Sh. Harbans Singh son of Shri Narat Singh C/o H.No.694, Phase 4, S.A.S. Nagar, District Ropar and another. ... Respondents (2) CWP No.9800 of 1987 (O&M) State of Punjab through the Executive Engineer, P.W.D., Public Health (GW) Division No.II, S.A.S. Nagar, District Ropar. ... Petitioner Versus Sh. Vishwa Nath son of Shri Raja Ram C/o H.No.694, Phase 4, S.A.S. Nagar, District Ropar and another. ... Respondents (3) CWP No.9801 of 1987 (O&M) State of Punjab through the Executive Engineer, P.W.D., Public Health (GW) Division No.II, S.A.S. Nagar, District Ropar. ... Petitioner Versus Shri Barjinder Singh son of Shri Dalip Singh C/o H.No.694, Phase 4, S.A.S. Nagar, District Ropar and another. ... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present:Mr. S.S. Sahu, AAG, Punjab, for the petitioner None for the respondents. ***** 1.Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? NO 2.To be referred to the reporters or not? NO CWP No.9799 of 1987 (O&M) and connected cases [2] 3.Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest? NO K. KANNAN, J. (Oral) Out of these three cases, one case in CWP No.646 of 1986 arising out of common award has already been disposed of, dismissing the writ petition filed by the State challenging the award passed by the Labour Court. The Bench held that even a casual labourer was a workman entitled to the benefits of Industrial Disputes Act and the order of promotion without following the mandate of law was bad. In terms of the reasoning found in CWP No.464 of 1989, all the writ petitions filed by the State are also dismissed. NOVEMBER 18, 2011 ( K. KANNAN ) Rajan JUDGE