J.V.GUPTA, M.S.LIBERHAN
Punjab Agro Ind Corp Ltd – Appellant
Versus
Presiding Officer Labour Court – Respondent
, J.
1. This Judgment will also dispose of Civil Writ Petition No.2851 of 1985 as both these petitions arise out of the same award of the Labour Court dated November 30, 1984.
2. The workman, Shri G. S. Pannu, was employed as Assistant Storekeeper with the Corporation, that is, the Punjab Agro-Industries Corporation, Limited, with effect from June 30, 1972. His services were terminated by order dated October 29, 1980, on the basis of a regular departmental enquiry on the charges the essence whereof is that hr showed the issuance of stores in excess of what had been actually requisitioned from him and made interpolations in the record to cover that lapse, the value of such stores being about Rs.30,000/-. He raised dispute with regard to the legality of the said order in his demand notice dated February 11, 1981, and ultimately, the Chandigarh Administration referred the same to the Labour Court vide order dated November 13, 1981, under Sec.10 (1) (c) of the Industrial Disputes Act, (hereinafter called the Act ). The Labour Court, after framing the issues, came to the conclusion :-
"the evidence led before the department did not warrant an increase of the element of dishonest
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