Darshan v. Vs. Vs. Vs. vs Presiding Officer, Industrial Tribunal
Case Details
LPA-2917-2025 (O&M) & other connected cases 1 130+157 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 1. LPA-2917-2025 (O&M) Date of decision : 15.12.2025 Darshan ...Appellant Vs. Vs. Vs. Vs. Vs. Presiding Officer, Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court, Ambala and another 2. LPA-2939-2025 (O&M) Lakhwinder Singh Presiding Officer, Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court, Ambala and another 3. LPA-2955-2025 (O&M) Ram Phal Presiding Officer, Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court, Ambala and others 4. LPA-3183-2025 (O&M) Naresh Kumar Presiding Officer, Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court, Ambala and another 5. LPA-3248-2025 (O&M) Ramesh Chand Presiding Officer, Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court, Ambala and another VANITA 2025.12.18 10:16 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this order and judgment ...Respondents ...Appellant ...Respondents ...Appellant ...Respondents ...Appellant ...Respondents ...Appellant ...Respondents LPA-2917-2025 (O&M) & other connected cases 2
Legal Reasoning
CORAM: HON9BLE MR. JUSTICE ANUPINDER SINGH GREWAL HON9BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK MANCHANDA Present: Mr. Yash Kaushik, Advocate for Mr. Ajay Chaudhary, Advocate for the appellant(s). *** DEEPAK MANCHANDA , J. CM-8064-LPA-2025 in LPA-3248-2025 This is an application seeking condonation of delay of 05 days in re-filing the appeal. For the reasons mentioned in the application, the same is allowed. Delay of 05 days in re-filing the appeal is condoned. in LPA-2917-2025 CM-7337-LPA-2025 CM-7397-LPA-2025 in LPA-2939-2025 CM-7413-LPA-2025 in LPA-2955-2025 CM-7923-LPA-2025 in LPA-3183-2025 CM-8066-LPA-2025 in LPA-3248-2025 These are applications seeking condonation of delay of 102 days in filing the appeal(s). For the reasons mentioned in the applications, the same are allowed. Delay of 102 days in filing the appeal(s) is condoned. Main Appeal By this common order the aforementioned five Letters Patent Appeals shall stand disposed of. These intra-court appeals involve similar questions of law, therefore, the facts of LPA No.2917 of 2025 are being considered for the adjudication of the appeals. 2. Through this intra-court appeal, the appellant has challenged the impugned judgment dated 30.04.2025 passed by the learned Single Judge, VANITA 2025.12.18 10:16 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this order and judgment LPA-2917-2025 (O&M) & other connected cases 3
Decision
whereby the writ petition preferred by appellant seeking quashing of award dated 28.03.2018 passed by Labour Court, Ambala, was dismissed. 3. The brief facts emanating from the pleadings of the present appeal are that the Labour Court passed an award against the appellant, whereby his claim that the appellant was appointed as Labourer on daily wages on 25.01.2000 with the respondent-management at Machhrehri in Saraswati Range, Katihal for maintenance of plants etc. The services of the appellant were illegally terminated on 10.03.2017 without the compliance of Section 25F of the Industrial Disputes Act. It is pleaded that after the issuance of demand notice and consideration proceedings, the appellant approached the Labour Court, where, by an award dated 28.03.2018, the claim of the appellant was rejected. Being aggrieved, the appellant challenged the said award dated 28.03.2018 through writ petition bearing CWP No.7290-2019, which was dismissed vide the impugned judgment dated 30.04.2025 and the learned Single Judge upheld the award passed by the Tribunal with the observations that there was no existence of master and servant relationship between the appellant and respondent-department. Now, this intra court appeal has been preferred against the impugned judgment dated 30.04.2025. 4. Learned counsel for the appellant contends that the learned Single Judge failed to appreciate that the appellant was initially appointed directly by the department prior to introduction of the alleged contract system. It was pleaded that the work was carried out by Contract Labour on Muster Rolls from 01.04.2015 to 30.06.2015, which was withdrawn on 24.08.2015, thereafter the work was taken through Village Forest Committee (VFC), therefore, there is no direct link with the contractors of VFCs. It was further VANITA 2025.12.18 10:16 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this order and judgment LPA-2917-2025 (O&M) & other connected cases 4 pleaded that they could not produce any appointment letter or salary receipt as the department was making online payments. It was contended that the services of the appellant were terminated without issuance of notice or retrenchment compensation, in complete violation of Sections 25-F and 25-T of the Act, rendering the action arbitrary and discriminatory. Hence, the impugned judgment dated 30.04.2025 deserves to be set aside. 5. 6. Heard. A perusal of the impugned judgment dated 30.04.2025 and award dated 28.03.2018 passed by the Labour Court shows that the appellant- workman failed to prove the master and servant relationship with the respondent-department. No documentary evidence such as the appointment letter or the salary being disbursed to the workman employee by the department was ever produced before the Labour Court. 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This Court has also dealt with an identical issue in LPA-1507- 2025 titled Nishan Singh vs. State of Haryana & others, decided on 10.09.2025 filed against the judgment passed in CWP No.1046 of 2025 titled Nishan Singh vs. State of Haryana and others, wherein the appeal was dismissed and the learned Single Judge has also relied upon the judgment passed in CWP No.1046 of 2025, while dismissing the CWP No.7248 of 2019 filed by the appellant. 8. Learned counsel for the appellant is unable to dispute the above- referred judgment, which squarely covers the present appeal on identical facts. No other argument has been addressed. 9. Given the above discussion, we believe that the learned Single Judge rightly dismissed the writ petition vide impugned judgment dated 30.04.2025 preferred by the appellant-workmen and the same does not contain any perversity or error. 10. Consequently, the above-mentioned Letters Patent Appeals stand dismissed. All pending miscellaneous application(s) shall also stand disposed of. (DEEPAK MANCHANDA) JUDGE (ANUPINDER SINGH GREWAL) JUDGE 15.12.2025 vanita Whether speaking/reasoned : Whether Reportable : Yes/No Yes/No VANITA 2025.12.18 10:16 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this order and judgment