Civil Writ Petition No.11219 of 1999 -: 1 :- IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.11219 of 1999 Date of decision: October 06, 2010. Shamsher Singh ...Petitioner(s) v. State of Punjab & Ors. ...Respondent(s) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Shri Baljit Puri, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). Ms. Sudeepti Sharma, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. for the respondents. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia , J. (Oral): In the present petition, it has been prayed that petitioner be granted annual grade increments with effect from 21.3.1979, on which date the petitioner was taken back in service in pursuance of the award dated 12.12.1995 (Annexure P-3), passed by the Labour Court. Briefly stated, services of the petitioner were terminated and he raised an industrial dispute. Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Patiala gave an award in favour of the workman and granted the following relief:- “In view of the findings on issue No.2 above, I hold that the workman is entitled to reinstatement with continuity of service. Coming to the relief of back wages, I find that the workman frankly admitted that he is married having two children and that he is meeting his monthly family expenses by doing labour Civil Writ Petition No.11219 of 1999 -: 2 :- job. It means that the workman remained gainfully employed during the period of his forced idleness. I therefore disallow the relief of back wages to the workman from the date of termination till his reinstatement. He is directed to report for duty after the publication of the award. The reference stands answered accordingly. No order as to costs.” Admittedly, petitioner was not entitled to back wages and only continuity of service was granted in his favour. The case of the petitioner is that with reinstatement and continuity of service, he is entitled to periodical increments for the period during which he was out of employment. Counsel for the State, on instructions from Shri Brij Lal, Patwari, Drainage Department, Sub Division, Sangrur has stated that increments for the period during which the petitioner remained out of employment, have already been granted. In view of the statement made by Counsel for the State, upon instructions from Shri Brij Lal aforesaid, nothing survives in the present petition and the same is disposed of as such. [Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia] October 06, 2010. Judge kadyan