JUDGMENT

ORDER — Civil Appeal No. 2574/1972 preferred by the appellant Mahendra Singh Dhantwal was disposed of by this Court on May 7, 1976. The decision of this Court is reported in Mahendra Singh Dhantwal v. Hindustan Motors Ltd., (1976) Supp SCR 635.

2. The operative portion of the judgment reads as under :

"We, therefore, feel that, in the interest of industrial peace and above all to draw a final curtain to this unhappy litigation, we would be justified in quantifying the compensation payable to the workman in this case to a sum of Rs. 20,000/- only in lieu of reinstatement with full back wages as ordered by the Tribunal, which we accordingly order".

3. The respondent was accordingly required to pay Rs. 20,000/- only in lieu of his reinstatement. In order to fully grasp the meaning of the operative portion of the judgment, it may be recalled that in an earlier round of litigation between the parties, the Industrial Tribunal made an award directing reinstatement of the workman (present appellant) with 50% of his backwages for the period of his forced, unemployment as compensation. After this award the respondent-company paid, lip sympathy by reinstating the appellant but again ter