JUDGMENT :

1. Heard Sri Rohan Gupta, learned counsel for the petitioner; Sri B.P. Singh, learned Senior Advocate, assisted by Sri P.H. Vashishth, learned counsel appearing for respondent no.4 and; Sri Brijesh Kumar, learned counsel appearing for respondent nos. 1, 2 and 3.

2. Present writ petition has been filed against the order of the Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Kanpur dated 26.10.2021 whereby the said authority has acted in exercise of its powers under Section 10(1)(d) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (hereinafter referred to as the 'Act') and referred the following dispute for adjudication to the Central Government Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court, Kanpur.

“Whether the action of management of Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in terminating the services of Shri Ghanshyam Pandey S/O Late Udai Shanker Pandey, Clerk-cum-Typist w.e.f. 09.07.1989, is Legal and justified ? If not, to what relief the workman is entitled to and from which date ?”

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit, the respondent workman was engaged as a temporary Lower Div