AMRELI DISTRICT PANCHAYAT Vs. HARESHBHAI BIJALBHAI SONDHARVA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) HEARD learned advocate Mr. H. S. Munshaw for the petitioner.

(2.) THE petitioner Amreli District Panchayat challenged in this petition judgment and award dated 20th November, 2013 passed by the Labour Court, Amreli in Reference (LCA) No. 4 of 2012 whereby the labour court directed petitioner employer to pay to the respondent -workman Rs. 50,0000/ - being a lumpsum amount in lieu of relief of reinstatement and back wages.

(3.) THE facts stated in nutshell were that the respondent workman was employed as peon. His services came to be terminated w.e.f. 10.02.2006. The workman invoked jurisdiction of labour court. In his statement of claim (Exh. 5), he contended that he was employed with effect from 9.11.1998 and for all the times discharged his duties faithfully. From 11.07.2000, his duties were placed under the District Development Officer and he used to work for 9 hours every day. It was his case that he put in continuous service for all these years and termination of the service was illegal and in breach of provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.