JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India, praying for issuance of Writ of Mandamus, calling for the records relating to the Award dated 13.11.2003 passed by the 1st respondent/Labour Court, Coimbatore in I.D.No.269 of 1998 and quash the same as being illegal and unjust and direct the 2nd respondent to reinstate the petitioner with continuity of service, backwages and all other attendant benefits.)

The relief sought in this writ petition is call for the records relating to the Award dated 13.11.2003 passed by the 1st respondent/Labour Court, Coimbatore in I.D.No.269 of 1998 and quash the same as being illegal and unjust and direct the 2nd respondent to reinstate the petitioner with continuity of service, backwages and all other attendant benefits.

2. The case of the petitioner is that the petitioner has joined as Assistant Leaf Supervisor in the second respondent company on 1974, which processes the tea and sell the same. The duty of the petitioner is to weigh the tea leaves in the procurement centers and transport them by tractors to the factory. Subsequently, a letter dated 23.09.1997 was sent by one Kadiresan (Contractor) and Kanagarathinam