JUDGMENT :

S. VAIDYANATHAN, J.

Prayer: Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the entire records connected with the impugned Award passed by the Presiding Officer, Principal Labour Court, Vellore in I.D. No. 65 of 2016 dated 18.05.2017 and quash the same and consequently, direct the respondents to reinstate the petitioner in service as Conductor with effect from 13.09.2007 with all consequential monetary benefits.

1. The Writ Petition has been filed, challenging the impugned Award passed by the Presiding Officer, Principal Labour Court, Vellore in I.D. No. 65 of 2016 dated 18.05.2017, by which, the claim of the petitioner/Workman to reinstate him in service was negatived. The petitioner also sought for a direction to the respondents to reinstate him in service as Conductor with effect from 13.09.2007, with all consequential monetary benefits.

2. Facts leading to filing of this Writ Petition are as follows:

2.1. It was the case of the petitioner that he belongs to Most Backward Community and completed his 10th and 12th standard, graduation in B.Sc. (Physics) and typewriting, with an additional qualif