(1.) PRESENT writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is against the award dated 27.06.1998 passed by the Presiding Officer, Industrial Tribunal -V, U.P., Meerut in Adjudication Case No. 137 of 1995, which has been published on 16.01.1999 in view of the Government Order No. 947 dated 19.12.1998.
(2.) THE aforesaid award was given by the Industrial Tribunal on Reference being made under Section 4 -K. for the adjudication of the following disputes:
(3.) IN view of the said facts, no adverse inference could have been drawn by the Industrial Tribunal and there was no occasion for rejecting the attendance register produced by the employer which was strictly in Form -12. The Industrial Tribunal had clearly erred in law in doing so. In this regard, reliance is placed on the following cases: