JUDGMENT :

Abhay Manohar Sapre, J.

This appeal is directed against the final judgment and order dated 05.12.2007 passed by the High Court of Gujarat at Ahmedabad in Special Civil Application No. 19622 of 2007 whereby the High Court dismissed the petition filed by the appellant herein.

2. By impugned order, the High Court upheld the award dated 09.05.2007 passed by the Labour Court, Surendranagar in LCS No. 120/1994 and directed the appellant (State) herein to reinstate the respondent (worker) without awarding to him any back wages. Against this order, the State felt aggrieved and filed the present appeal by way of special leave before this Court.

3. It is the case of the respondent (worker) that he rendered his services in the R & B Department of the State (Surendranagar) as a daily wager for 18 years but his services were brought to an end by the State without following the due procedure prescribed in law. However, the case of the State was that the respondent (worker) worked hardly for2 years from 1979 to 1981 and that too intermittently and hence he was not entitled to claim any relief of either reinstatement or other relief under the labour laws.

4. After almost 15 years of his alle