JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of Writ of Certiorari, calling for the records relating to I.D.No.276 of 2012 on the file of the Second Respondent, I Additional Labour Court, Chennai – 600 104 and quash the award dated 28.06.2016 made in I.D.No.276 of 2012.)

(through video conference)

Heard Mr. M. Vijayan, Learned Counsel for the Petitioner and Ms. Gopika, Learned Counsel for the First Respondent through video conference and perused the materials placed on record, apart from the pleadings of the parties.

2. The chronological sequence of events leading to the filing of the Writ Petition has been aptly capsuled by this Court in the self-explanatory order dated 24.10.2016, at the time of admission of the Writ Petition, as follows:-

“The Management is before this Court challenging the award of the 2nd respondent/I Additional Labour Court, Chennai dated 28.06.2016 passed in I.D.No.276 of 2012, whereby, the 1st respondent was directed to be reinstated with continuity of service and to pay 25% of the backwages from the date of termination viz., 19.03.2012 till the date of reinstatement.

2. The 1st respondent was working