Case: DEPUTY EXECUTIVE ENGINEER Vs. KUBERBHAI KANJIBHAI

3. It is the case of the respondent (worker) that he rendered his services in the R & B Department of the State (Surendranagar) as a daily wager for 18 years but his services were brought to an end by the State without following the due procedure prescribed in law. However, the case of the State was that the respondent(worker) worked hardly for 2 years from 1979 to 1981 and that too intermittently and hence he was not entitled to claim any relief of either reinstatement or other relief under the labour laws.      4. After almost 15 years of his alleged termination, the respondent raised a dispute before the Labour Court, Surendranagar (LCS No.120/1994) questioning the legality and correctness of his termination.      5. By award dated 09.05.2007, the Labour Court directed reinstatement of the respondent in State services but without awarding any back wages to him.      6. The State, therefore, felt aggrieved and filed writ petition in the High Court of Gujarat at Ahmedabad.By impugned order, the High Courtdismissed the writ petition and upheld the award of the Labour Court which has given rise to filing of the present appeal by way of special leave by the State through its Authority before this Court.

Court's reasoning:
11. Here is also a case where the respondent was held to have worked as daily wager or muster role employee hardly for a few years in R & B of the State; Secondly, he had no right to claim regularization; Thirdly, he had no right to continue as daily wager; and lastly, the dispute was raised by the respondent (workman) before the Labour Court almost after 15 years of his alleged termination.12. It is for these reasons, we are of the view that the case of the respondent would squarely fall in the category of cases discussed by this Court in Para 34 of the judgment rendered inBharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (supra).13. In view of the foregoing discussion, we are of the considered view that it would be just, proper and reasonable to award lump sum monetary compensation to the respondent in full and final satisfaction of his claim of re-instatement and other consequential benefits by taking recourse to the powers under Section 11A of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 and the law laid down by this Court in Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limiteds case (supra).