IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 5061 of 2024 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE:

HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK Sd/-

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

DIVISIONAL CONTROLLER Versus GENERAL SECRETARY ASHOK J KACHIYA ================================================================

Appearance:

MR HAMESH C NAIDU(5335) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1 RULE SERVED for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ================================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK Date : 19/02/2026

JUDGMENT

1. The petitioner has preferred present petition under Articles 14, 19(1)(g), 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India r/w the provisions of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 challenging the impugned award dated 27.4.2022 passed by the Industrial Tribunal, Vadodara in Reference (IT) No. 394 of 2020, whereby the Industrial Tribunal has partly allowed the reference and modified the order of punishment dated 09.04.2018 passed in Departmental First Appeal and reduced the punishment from stoppage of two increments t