JUDGMENT :

Prayer: Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Certiorari, calling for the records in I.D.No.95 of 2003 on the file of Labour Court, Salem the first respondent herein, to quash the award dated 14.02.2013 (sent on 02.05.2013) passed therein.

1. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner.

2. The brief facts of the case are as follows:-

The award of the Labour Court, Salem, directing reinstatement of the second respondent back into services together with 40% back wages in I.D.No.95 of 2003 dated 14.02.2013, is challenged by the Management in the present Writ Petition.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that though the second respondent herein was a regular operator under them, he had resigned from the services on 24.06.2002, which was accepted by them on 28.06.2002. When the Management had sent the full and final settlement, he had refused to accept the same and returned the postal cover. In this background, there was a conciliation raised and the second respondent had received a sum of Rs.24,000/- on 10.12.2003, as a full and final settlement of all his dues. In the meantime, he had already filed a cl