THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO W.P.No.24387 OF 2002 ORDER: This writ petition has been instituted by the General Manager, Singareni Collieries Company Limited ( ‘the SCCL’, for short), Srirampur Area, Adilabad Dsitrict, calling in question the validity of the Award dated 29.05.2002 passed in L.C.I.D.No.118 of 2001, by the Central Government Industrial Tribunal-cum- Labour Court, Hyderabad. Through the impugned Award, the Tribunal ordered that the respondent workman be appointed as a temporary Badli Filler afresh on or before 01-07-2002 and if he puts in minimum 190 muster rolls for three continuous years, he should be made permanent Badli Filler. It is submitted that in cases involving unauthorized absenteeism, the Lok Adalat, which was constituted in terms of Section 21 of the Legal Services Authority Act, 1987, has passed Awards directing appointment of the workman afresh without any benefits of continuity of service or past service. Learned counsel for the 2nd respondent workman, Sri K. Vasudeva Reddy, submits that in all such cases, the SCCL has implemented the Awards by re-engaging such workmen to duty. Even in this case, the respondent workman is willing to be appointed afresh without any benefits of continuity of service and without taking into account the past service rendered for any benefit, whatsoever. Learned Standing Counsel for Singareni Collieries Company Limited, Ms. Uma Devi, submits that, no doubt, the case of the respondent workman also stands at par with such cases, but however, there is no Award in this particular case passed by the Lok Adalat. I see no difference, in principle, between such cases, where the Lok Adalat intervened and settled the disputes, and the present claim. The respondent workman is engaged as Badli Coal Filler, at the time his services are brought to an end. It is, therefore, appropriate that he should be re-engaged by the SCCL as Badli Coal Filler without any benefit of continuity of service or any benefit for the past service. Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of directing the writ petitioner to re-engage the respondent workman as Badli Coal Filler afresh, without any benefit of continuity of service or benefit of his past service, within a maximum period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs. --------------------------------- Nooty Ramamohana Rao, J 31st December 2009 Note: Copy to be dispatched within one week. (bo) mrk