IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. CWP(T) No.- 5567 of 2008. Decided on : 09.09.2009. Sh. Dharam Chand. …….. Petitioner. Versus State of H.P. and others. ………Respondents. Coram: The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Sharma, J. Whether approved for reporting ?1 No. For the petitioner : None. For the respondents : Mr. R.K. Sharma, Senior Additional Advocate General. Rajiv Sharma, Judge (Oral): The petitioner has assailed his retrenchment dated 1.8.1995. The case of the petitioner, in nut-shell, is that he was initially engaged as daily rated Beldar w.e.f. 1.3.1984 and he had been working with the respondent-department regularly. The case of the respondent-State is that he had worked intermittently and has never completed 240 days before his retrenchment. The respondents have placed on record copy of the Mandays Chart showing the details of the days, the petitioner has worked as daily rated Beldar. A bare perusal of Mandays Chart Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? No. : 2 : reveals that the petitioner has not worked for 240 days continuously before his retrenchment. He has worked for 20 days in the year, 1984. Thereafter, he has abandoned his job from 1985-1987. He has worked for 78 days in the year, 1988, 66 days in the year, 1991and 78 days in the year, 1992 only. He has worked in the year, 1995 only for a period of 121 days. He has not filed any rejoineder to the reply filed by the respondents-State. Consequently, there is no merit in this petition and the retrenchment of the petitioner is not in violation of Section 25-F of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, as projected in the petition. Accordingly, the petition is dismissed. No costs. (Rajiv Sharma), J. September 09, 2009. (bhupender)