Judgment

PATHAK. J. :- This appeal by special leave is directed against the judgment of a Division Bench of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana dismissing a Letters Patent appeal against the judgment of a learned single Judge allowing a writ petition filed by the Municipal Committee, Mansa and quashing an award made in favour of the appellant Kanshi Ram Verma by the Labour Court, patiala.

2. The appellant was appointed by the Municipal Committee, Mansa to the post of Sectional Officer on a temporary basis. The appellant entered upon his duties on 4th September, 1974. He was required to furnish a certificate from a recognized University that he had passed a Diploma examination in Engineering and also an affidavit that he was not a dismissed employee. The Municipal Committee alleges that he did not file the requisite certificate and affidavit and consequently his services were terminated, The appellant disputed the validity of the termination of his services. Accordingly, an industrial dispute was referred to the Labour Court, Patiala, and on 4th August, 1977 the Labour Court made an award that the termination was illegal and it directed the reinstatement of the appellant and payment