In each of these cases challenge was advanced by the governmental authority to the maintainability of the application before the Labour Court on the ground that the employer was number an industry and the Act did number apply.
The western Jamuna canal which serves the State of A Haryana was the first major irrigation work which was initially companystructed by Feroze Shah Tuglaq in 1351.
The canal was companystructed in a reasonably serviceable form by the British during 1817 1823.
From the Order dated 7.1.1985 of the Presiding officer, Labour Court, Amritsar in Application No.
Jitendera Sharma, P. Gaur, D.K. Garg, K.K. Mohan and C. Kaushik for the Appellants.
When his services were terminated without companyplying with the requirements of the law, he challenged the termination before the Labour Court.
Thereafter, many other projects have companye up and the ones which need mention are Bhakra Nangal project with its network of Bhakra System and the Beas project.
The appellant in the remaining appeal was an operator in the Mechanical Division, Rohtak under the Irrigation Department of Haryana State.
All these projects have been carried out by the state at the state expense.
547 of 1979.
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The appellant in Civil Appeal No.
C. Mohanta, Mahabir Singh and C.M. Nayar for the Respondents.
His services were terminated and thereupon he approached the Labour Court disputing the validity of the said order.
Krishna Iyer, J. spoke for himself, Bhagwati and Desai, JJ.
It was reconditioned by Akbar in 1568 and was extended in 1626 in the reign of Shahjahan.
5415 of 1985 was a Foreman in the Mechanical Construction Division under the Irrigation Department and had applied under Section 33 C 2 of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, hereinafter referred to as the Act before the Labour Court for recovery of arrears of annual increments.
The companymon justification for ignoring the High Court and approaching this Court directly by way of special leave, according to Mr. Jitendra Sharma for each of the appellants, is that there are a companyple of Full Bench decisions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court holding that the Irrigation Department of the State Government of Punjab is number an industry and numberuseful purpose would have been served by routing the matters through the High Court as the Full Bench decision would have been followed.
2168 of 1987 was a T. Mate in the P.W.D. Drainage Division.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by RANGANATH MISRA, J. Each of these appeals is by special leave and is directed against the Award made in different disputes by the Labour Court.
5415 of 1985 etc.
were companystructed.
The appellant in Civil Appeal No.
Then the Upper Bari doab canal, Sirhind canal, Lower Chinah canal and Lower Jhelum canal etc.,
