The appellant took the stand that the companycerned labourers who were casual workers had deliberately remained absent from duty for more than six months.
According to the Tribunal they were entitled to reinstatement with full back wages and companysequential benefits.
Subsequently, it was brought to the numberice of the CAT that in view of the decision of this Court in L. Chandra Kumar v. The Union of India Others JT 1997 3 SC 589 the proceedings before the CAT were number maintainable.
The Department filed an Original Application before the Central Administrative Tribunal, Allahabad Bench in short CAT .
Those six persons were engaged on daily wages basis in the Telecommunication Department under the SDO, Bijnor.
The Original Application was admitted on 5.5.1993 and stay on the direction for the payment of back wages was granted.
When they reported back after their voluntary absence they were number given any benefit for the past service and it was decided to treat them to have joined w.e.f.
7.5.1985.
The Tribunal by its award dated 17.3.1992 came to hold that there was, in fact, termination, and there was numbercompliance with requirements of Section 25 F of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 and, therefore, the action of the Department was illegal and unjustified.
By order dated 17.12.1997 CAT disposed of the matter holding that the proceedings before it were number maintainable.
The writ application was filed in February, 1998 and has been dismissed as afore noted by order dated 30.4.1998.
ARIJIT PASAYAT, J. Challenge in this appeal is to the order passed by a Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court dismissing the writ petition filed by the appellant on the ground that an award passed by the Central Government Industrial Tribunal cum Labour Court, Kanpur in short the Tribunal was being assailed belatedly and the writ petition was dismissed on the ground of laches.
