JUDGMENT :

Mr. Harjit Singh Bedi, J.

Leave granted.

2. The appellant herein, a workman, was engaged on daily wages in the year 1992. His services were terminated in the year 1999 on the ground that he had been involved in a criminal case. It is the conceded position that the criminal case has ended in his acquittal. The appellant also raised an industrial dispute alleging violation of Section 25(f) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. The matter was referred to the Labour Court which held in favour of the appellant directing his reinstatement with fifty per cent back wages. The State of Haryana challenged the order of the Labour Court exclusively on the plea that the award of back wages was not justified. The learned Single Judge, however, allowed the writ petition filed by the State in toto and set side the Award of the Labour Court and instead awarded a compensation of Rs. 60,000/- to the appellant. The matter was thereafter taken before the Letters Patent Bench and it was argued that the challenge in the writ petition had been limited to the award of back wages and the judgment of the Single Bench setting aside the Award in toto was beyond the prayer. The Division Bench noticed th