1. Being aggrieved by the Award in I.D.No.53 of 2003 ordering reinstatement of 1st Respondent with backwages, BSNL has filed this Writ Petition.

2. Brief facts are that 1st Respondent joined the service in 1986 as Casual Labourer and he was granted temporary status Mazdoor in 1994. 1st Respondent was selected for Group 'D' post and was sent to two months training from 25.09.2000 to 17.11.2000. 1st Respondent has completed theoretical training and he could not attend the training from 01.11.2000. According to 1st Respondent, because of illness, he could not attend the training and informed the Junior Engineer, Training incharge that he would report after recovery from his illness. When 1st Respondent was on leave, the Officer incharge of Training Centre has sent a show cause notice dated 15.11.2000 to discharge the 1st Respondent from training was sent to his residential house. Since there was no response, by an order dated 24.01.2001 the services of 1st Respondent was terminated and the same sent to the 1st Respondent which was returned unserved. According to 1st Respondent, he was taking treatment from his mother-in-law's house and therefore, he could not get the order.