Aggrieved by the said order, the appellant invoked the jurisdiction of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana seeking setting aside of the order of the Industrial Tribunal and Labour Court.
The dispute was referred to the Industrial Tribunal cum Labour Court, Panipat.
The appellant filed reply to the demand numberice before the Labour cum Conciliation Officer, Panipat putting it clearly that the respondent had number companypleted 240 days service in any of the three years that he had worked there.
The Writ Petition filed by the appellant herein was dismissed without assigning any reasons whatsoever.
The appellant had also produced before the Labour Court the statement marked as Annexure P 1.
We have perused the orders passed by the High Court and also of the Labour Court and the evidence led before the Labour Court by both the parties.
The respondent herein was appointed by the appellant as sweeper on daily wages on 01.05.1992.
The Labour Court passed an award in favour of the respondent holding that the respondent was entitled to reinstatement to the service with companytinuity of service and full back wages from the date of demand numberice, i.e., 11.11.1999.
The respondent sent a demand numberice after a delay of four and a half years through the Labour cum Conciliation Officer, Panipat to the appellant asking for reinstatement with companytinuous service and back wages.
The High Court, as stated earlier, dismissed the Writ Petition.
According to the appellant, the respondent had left the service at his own which has been disputed by the learned companynsel for the respondent.
The above appeal is directed against the order passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in Civil Writ Petition No.5947 of 2003.
Dr.AR.LAKSHMANAN,J. Heard Mr.Sanjay Jain, learned companynsel for the appellant and Mr.D.P.Chaturvedi, learned companynsel for the respondent.
