DILIP SINGH Vs. ASSISTANT ENGINEER, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

JUDGEMENT

(1.) All these writ petitions are being decided commonly by a common order.

(2.) All the Counsel agree that the issue involved in the present petitions is common and the only issue before this Court is "whether the labour Court after arriving at a finding that the retrenchment of the workman was not in consonance with the provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (hereinafter referred to as the 'Act of 1947') and there had been a violation of the provisions thereto, still the reference has been answered against the workman on the ground that workman has raised the dispute after a delay."

(3.) This issue is no more res integra in view of the judgment rendered by this Court in Gopal Lal Parashar v. The Presiding Officer and Anr. (S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 175/2003) pronounced on 14.02.2017 wherein it was held as under:-