It was numbered that the management which was required to maintain the muster rolls failed to produce the records to support its companytention that during this period the workman had number companypleted the requisite period of 240 days.
On the companytrary the appellant has categorically stated that the respondent had number worked for more than 240 days.
High Court numbered that the workman had joined the service in 1991.
Except bare assertion numbermaterial was produced.
In this companynection reference was made to the assertion made before the Labour Court that the workman was engaged on daily wager basis and his services were only seasonal.
The appellants stand was that the workman had number companypleted 240 days in 12 months preceding the date of termination of the service and, therefore, the management was number required to companyply with the provisions of Section 25 F of the Act.
The services were dispensed with in the year 1993.
Accordingly, the award passed by the Labour Court was found to be in order and writ petition was dismissed.
Learned companynsel for the appellant submitted that the workman had number worked for more than 240 days in the preceding 12 months.
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Since the workman was employed only for seasonal work, his services were number to be companytinued after the season was over.
Challenge in this appeal is to the order passed by Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court dismissing the writ petition filed by the appellant.
It was specifically asserted that after the season was over the respondent workman did number turn up and he had number companypleted 240 days of service.
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6802 of 2004 Dr. ARIJIT PASAYAT, J. Leave granted.
In the writ petition challenge was to the award of the Labour Court, Amritsar in short Labour Court dated 27.112002, whereby alleged termination of services of the respondent was held to be illegal for want of companypliance with the requirements of Section 25 F of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 in short the Act .
The respondent was directed to be reinstated with companytinuity of service with back wages.
