JUDGMENT - R.J. KOCHAR, J.:---The petitioner employer is aggrieved by the Award dated 7th January, 1995 passed by the Labour Court in Reference I.D.A. No. 447 of 1992 in the industrial dispute raised by the respondent workman and referred by the State Government for adjudication to the Labour Court under section 10(1)(c) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.

2. According to the respondent workman, he was employed by the petitioner employer in June 1990. According to him, he was terminated from employment with effect from 23rd April, 1991 orally. It was his case that no retrenchment compensation was given to him and no wages in lieu of one month's notice were also offered at the time of termination. Both the parties appeared before the Labour Court and filed their pleadings. According to the petitioner employer, the respondent workman was never terminated from employment but he remained absent from February 1991. It was further averred in the written statement that as and when he reports for duty, he will have to explain his unauthorised absence. The petitioner employer further specifically averred that if the respondent workman was really interested to resume duties he cold do so.

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