judgment

Dr. ARIJIT PASAYAT, J. —

1.Leave granted.

2.Challenge in this appeal is to the order passed by the Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court dismissing the writ petition filed by the appellant questioning the correctness of the decision rendered by the Presiding Officer, Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court, Hissar.

3.The reference made to the Labour Court by the State Government of Haryana in terms of Section 10 (1) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (in short the ‘Act’) was answered in favour of the respondent (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Board’) holding that the claim was highly belated and therefore dis-entitled the appellant from any relief.

4.A brief reference to the factual aspects would suffice.

“The appellant was appointed as DPL in August 1993 and worked upto October 1994. According to the appellant his services were terminated without any charge sheet or holding any enquiry though he had worked for more than 240 days. In that context it was contended that provisions of Section 25-F of the Act were not complied with. He had prayed for re-instatement with full back wages alongwith all consequential benefits. The claimant who was examined as WW-1 had