ORDER

Harsimran Singh Sethi, J. (Oral). - In the present writ petition, the prayer of the petitioner is that the daily wage service, which the petitioner had rendered with the respondent-Nigam starting from 23.09.1979 till his services were regularized i.e. 17.10.1990 should be taken into account as qualifying service for computing his pensionary benefits.

2. As per the averments made in the petition, the petitioner initially joined the respondent-Nigam on 23.09.1979. While the petitioner was working, his services were terminated on 20.05.1982 and the said termination was challenged by the petitioner before the Industrial Tribunal and vide Award dated 24.10.1986, termination of the services of the petitioner was held to be bad and the petitioner was reinstated in service with all back wages. In pursuance to the said award, the petitioner was reinstated in service and ultimately his services were regularized by the respondent-Nigam on 17.10.1990. On 20.09.1992, the petitioner was promoted as Assistant Line Man and, thereafter, on 04.03.2010 as Line Man from which post he retired on attaining the age of superannuation on 30.04.2016.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner argues that once