DHARMINDER SINGH Vs. THE PRESIDING OFFICER, INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL-CUM-LABOUR COURT, UNION TERRITORY AND ANR.

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE Petitioner is aggrieved by the award of the Labour Court, Union Territory, Chandigarh dated 4.6.2010.

(2.) AFTER having raised a demand the reference was forwarded to the Labour Court to determine the issue which is extracted here below:

(3.) THE Respondent No. 2 contested the case by filing written statement and raising objections therein. It was pleaded by the Respondent No. 2 that the Petitioner had been appointed purely on contractual basis on 11.12.1998 for a period of 89 days and upon completion of this period, his contract was further extended until his services were finally dispensed with on 12.7.1999. Some of the appointees similarly placed as the Petitioner approached the Central Administrative Tribunal, Chandigarh by filing an application before it. The Tribunal vide its order dated 2.9.1999 allowed the Petitioner, who was an applicant before it, to continue in service till the regular appointments were made by the department. A direction was issued that their services will not be replaced by any other ad hoc employees. The said application was disposed of by the Tribunal allowing the prayer partly and while doing so the Tribunal observed as follows: