IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 13271 of 2025 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE:

HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK Sd/-

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

RAJALBHAI HARAJIBHAI MAHLA Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR.

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Appearance:

MR JIGNESH D LAMBA WITH MR YOGEN N PANDYA(5766) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1 MS ROSHNI PATEL AGP for the Respondent(s) No. 1,2 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK Date : 17/02/2026

ORAL JUDGMENT

1. Rule returnable forthwith. Learned AGP waives service of notice of rule on behalf of the respondent.

2. Present petition is filed by the petitioner under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India r/w the provisions of Industrial Disputes Act challenging the impugned award dated 11.02.2025 in Reference (LCV) No. 28 of 2012 passed by the Labour Court, Valsad, whereby the Labour Court has partly allowed the reference and awarded Rs.60,000/- as lumpsum compensation without continuity o