ORDER

1. Leave granted.

2. This appeal has been preferred by the appellant who succeeded in getting an order of reinstatement in his favour by the Central Government Industrial Tribunal at Calcutta in Reference No. 27 of 1997 dated 13th May, 2002, by which the order of reinstatement was passed in his favour. However, the Tribunal declined to grant back wages to the appellant except Rs.20,000/- to be paid by the respondent as compensation towards back wages. This Award was passed by the Tribunal since the Management had failed to produce relevant documents to disclose the actual number of days for which appellant has worked and so his termination was held to be in violation of Section 25F of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.

3. The respondent-Management of the BSNL, however, appealed against the Award passed by the Tribunal by way of a Writ Petition in the High Court before the Single Judge whereby the learned Single Judge affirmed the Award passed by the Tribunal and dismissed the writ petition filed by the respondent-Management. The respondent was not satisfied with the order passed by the Single Judge and refused to give effect to the Award in favour of the appellant and prefer