JUDGMENT :

This intra Court appeal under Section 4 of the Karnataka High Court Act, 1961 has been filed against the order dated 19.11.2012 passed by the learned Single Judge by which writ petition preferred by the appellant has been partly allowed and the order of the Central Government Industrial Tribunal (hereinafter referred to as 'the Tribunal' for short) has been modified and the appellant has been held entitled to a compensation of Rs.1,50,000/-instead of relief of reinstatement in services.

2. Facts leading to filing of this appeal briefly stated are that the appellant was employed as a messenger in the establishment of the respondent initially from 25.03.1982 for a period of 91 days and on 23.06.1982 the services of the appellant were terminated by the management. The appellant again was appointed as messenger w.e.f. 19.07.1994 till 27.03.1996 and on the aforesaid date, the services of the appellant were terminated by the management. It is the case of the appellant that since he has worked for a period of more than 240 days in each of the calendar year as defined under Section 25B of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act' for short), the termi