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2016 Supreme(UK) 710

K.M.JOSEPH, ALOK SINGH
Satish Kumar Chauhan – Appellant
Versus
Uttarakhand Forest Development Corporation – Respondent


Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant :Mr. Tapan Singh, Advocate
For the Respondent:Mr. Virendra Kaparwan, Advocate

JUDGMENT :

K.M. Joseph, C.J.

Appellants are the writ petitioners. It appears that they were appointed as Seasonal Workers by the Uttar Pradesh Forest Corporation. It appears that they were engaged for a period of nine months as seasonal workers, subject to availability of work. They were, however, retrenched, according to the respondents on account of non-availability of work by the U.P. Forest Corporation by giving one month’s wage in lieu of the notice and retrenchment compensation. There is no dispute that the appellants challenged the said termination order before the Labour Court, Haridwar and the Labour Court, after hearing the parties, passed the award dated 31.07.2013, whereby, the Labour Court directed the respondents to reinstate the petitioners with 25% back-wages after adjusting the retrenchment compensation (See Ground B of the writ petition). It is also not in dispute that the respondents challenged the aforesaid award before the High Court and the High Court disposed of the matter by directing the respondents to pay Rs. 1,50,000/- to the petitioners as compensation in lieu of their reinstatement and back-wages (See Ground –C in the writ petition). It is equally beyond











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