JUDGMENT

Court hearing convened via video-conferencing on account of COVID-19]

Rajiv Shakdher, J. (Oral)

CM APPL. No. 28976/2020

1. This is an application filed on behalf of the respondent/workman under Section 17B of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 [in short `I.D. Act']. The petitioner-corporation opposes this application.

2. To be noted, the petitioner-corporation has assailed the award dated 17.10.2019, passed by the concerned labour court, whereby, the labour court has directed the petitioner-corporation to reinstate the respondent/workman, and grant him continuity of service, full back wages, and all consequential benefits.

2.1. The record shows that the respondent/workman had joined the petitioner-corporation on 01.01.1993 as a Safai Karamchari. According to the petitioner-corporation, he was working as a daily wager, and was paid fixed wages, which were revised from time to time, in consonance with the MINIMUM WAGES ACT , 1948.

2.2. It appears that the respondent/workman, on acco