JUDGMENT :

VIRENDER SINGH, J.

1. The appellant, Madan Lal has filed the present Letters Patent Appeal, under Clause 10 of the Letter’s Patent Act of High Court of Judicature of Lahore, as applicable to the High Court of Himachal Pradesh, against the judgment dated 23.6.2015, passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Writ Court’) in CWPs No. 5449 of 2013 and 4600 of 2014.

2. The parties to the present lis are referred to, in the same manner, in which, they were referred to, by the learned Writ Court.

3. Brief facts, leading to filing of the present appeal, may be summed up, as under:

The appropriate government has made the following reference under Section 10 of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.

“Whether the dismissal of services of Shri Madan Lal (Cook) S/o late Shri Ganga Ram by the Headmaster (Officiating) of the Lawrence School Sanwara, Tehsil Kasauli, District Solan, H.P. after conducting domestic enquiry w.e.f. 22.12.2003 is legal and justified? If not, what relief of back wages, seniority and amount of compensation the aggrieved workman is entitled to?”

4. The said reference has been made on the demand notice, submitted by petitioner Madan La