JUDGMENT

A.K. Sikri, J.

1. W.P.(C) No. 3237/1994 is taken up with the consent of the parties.

2. In all these petitions, the workmen were working on daily wage basis with the petitioner, namely, All India Institute of Medical Sciences. Their services were terminated and challenging their termination, they raised industrial disputes. Separate references were made for adjudication and the awards were given holding that their termination is illegal. However, while giving the relief of reinstatement with back wages, the Industrial Tribunal (for short 'the Tribunal') directed that back wages shall be given at par with the regular employee in their category in view of the judgment of this Court in the case of MCD v. Ganesh Razak, 1994 LLR 82.

3. All these workmen were taken into service Mr. Gupta, learned Counsel for the petitioner submitted that their services except Mr. Ram Kumar have since been regularised as he is no more in the employment of the petitioner as of today and according to the petitioner, he had left his services on his own will.

4. The challenge in these petition is only qua the direction given by the Tribunal directing payment of back wages at the rate at whic