(1.) ALLEGING that the services were illegally terminated on October 03, 2004, the workman of the appellant raised an industrial dispute which resulted in an award dated January 23, 2012 being passed directing reinstatement of the workman with further direction that such workman who had received the compensation under Section 25(FF) of the ID Act, 1947 would refund the same to the management. Since much turns on the final direction issued by the Industrial Tribunal, we note the exact language used by the Tribunal. In para 89 and 90 it was directed as under: -
(2.) IT needs to be highlighted that there is no specific direction in the award that the workman would be paid wages from the date their services were illegally terminated on October 03, 2004 till reinstatement.
(3.) NEITHER party challenged the award dated January 23, 2012, which attained finality.