ORDER

1. Leave granted.

2. This appeal is directed against the judgment of the Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The respondents herein had undergone the Nurses Training Course with the appellant institution and were later appointed there as nurses and continued in service for a period of 12 years. Thereafter, their services were terminated and at their instance the matter was referred to the Labour Court and the Labour Court, by an award, directed reinstatement of the respondents with full back wages. The award passed by the Labour Court was challenged by the appellant on the ground that these f respondents had not secured registration with the Punjab Nurses Registration Council. The Division Bench did not accept this argument and held that the respondents had served the appellant for a period of 12 years and it was unjustifiable on the part of the appellant to remove them from the service and declined to interfere with the award passed by the High Court.

3. We have heard Mr Ashwani Kumar, learned Senior Counsel for the appellant and learned counsel for the respondents. The counsel for the appellant points out that as per the provisions of the Punjab Nurses Regi