IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
DEEPAK ROSHAN
Food Corporation of India, through its General Manager (Region), Amit Bhushan son of Shri U.K. Asthana – Appellant
Versus
Mahesh Sharma, Son of Haridwar Sharma – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
DEEPAK ROSHAN, J.
1. Heard the learned counsel for the parties.
2. The Petitioner Food Corporation of India has filed this Writ Petition against the award/order dated 14.01.16 passed by the Learned Central Government Industrial Tribunal No.1, Dhanbad, in Complaint Case No. 06/2014 setting aside the decision dated 27.09.13 by which it was decided not to regularize the service of the Respondents/Workmen and also setting aside decision to terminate their service from Food Corporation of India.
3. The brief facts of the case are that the Food Corporation of India is a Government Corporation constituted under the Food Corporations Act, 1964 and is owned and controlled entirely by the Government of India. The Respondents/Workmen in this case were initially engaged as casual daily wage workers in Food Storage Depot, Koderma and were working since March 1984.
The Respondents were disengaged/retrenched without compliance with the requirement of payment of compensation provided under Section 25F of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. They raised an industrial dispute against the action of retrenchment which was referred to the Central Government Industrial Tribunal No. 2 at Dhanbad and
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