JUDGMENT

Rajbir Sehrawat, J. (Oral) - This is a petition filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of Certiorari for quashing the award dated 28.10.2014 (Annexure P-3), passed by respondent No.1.

2. The facts in brief, as pleaded in the present petition and as submitted by the counsel for the petitioner, are that the respondent No.2-workman had asserted that he had worked with the petitioner-employer from March, 2000 till March, 2005. However, on 14.03.2005 the service of the petitioner was terminated. The respondent-workman was aggrieved against the termination of his service. He raised the industrial dispute.

3. The conciliation having failed, the appropriate government had referred the dispute to the Labour Court. That reference has been answered against the petitioner-employer and in favour of the respondentworkman. It is against that award, the present petition has been filed by the petitioner-employer.

4. Carrying forward the arguments, the counsel for the petitioner-employer has submitted that, in fact, the respondent-workman had joined the service with the petitioner-employer on 18.09.2000. The respondent-workman had voluntar