( 1 ) THE petitioner, Uttar Gujarat Vij Company Limited (hereinafter referred to as, "the Company") a successor to the Gujarat Electricity board (hereinafter referred to as, "the Board"), has preferred the present petition under Arts. 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India against the judgment and award dated 5th May, 2005 passed by the learned Labour Judge, Ahmedabad in Reference (L. C. A.) No. 1926 of 1993. By impugned award, the respondent no. 2 (hereinafter referred to as, "the workman") has been ordered to be reinstated in service on the same post and on the same terms and conditions without any other service benefits or the wages.

( 2 ) AT the outset, Mr. Dave has sought permission of the Court to place on record and rely upon two documents viz. , the order of appointment of the workman as an Apprentice and the order relieving him on completion of the period of apprenticeship. Mr. Dave has candidly admitted that though the said documents were in possession of the Board, they were not produced before the Court below. He, however, has submitted that the said orders were referred to in the pleadings. The workman also has, in his evidence, admitted that he was