IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 2794 of 2021 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE:

HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK Sd/-

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Approved for Reporting Yes No No ==========================================================

STATE OF GUJARAT Versus BHAVINBHAI GORDHANBHAI VADHEDIYA & ANR.

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Appearance:

MS AGNEYA MANKAD AGP for the Petitioner(s) No. 1 NOTICE SERVED for the Respondent(s) No. 2 RULE SERVED for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK Date : 17/12/2025

ORAL JUDGMENT

1. Present petition is filed by the petitioner-State of Gujarat under Articles 14, 16, and 226 of the Constitution of India r/w the provisions of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 challenging the impugned award dated 01.10.2019 in Reference (LCR) No. 02 of 2017 passed by the Labour Court, Rajkot, whereby the Labour Court has granted reinstatement with continuity of service without back wages in favour of present respondent No.1.

2. Facts of the case are that the respondent No.1 was empl