IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 19371 of 2015 With R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 22099 of 2017 ==========================================================

PIDIYABHAI VIRJIBHAI BHAGORA Versus RANGE FOREST OFFICER & ANR.

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Appearance:

SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 19371 of 2015 MR DIPAK R DAVE(1232) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1 MS SWEETY SAMARA, AGP for the Respondent(s) No. 1,2 SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 22099 of 2017 MS SWEETY SAMARA, AGP for the petitioner-State MR DIPAK R DAVE(1232) for the respondent-workman ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIRUDDHA P. MAYEE Date : 10/03/2026

ORAL ORDER

1. Both these writ petitions impugned the common judgment and award dated 27.08.2015 passed by the learned Labour Court, Dahod in Reference (LCD) No. 965 of 2008.

2. The factual matrix in the present case is that the petitioner herein in Special Civil Application No. 19371 of 2015 was working as a Watchman with respondent No.1 since 1988 and had served continuously for more than 15 years before he came to be terminated orally w.e.f. 01.01.2003. The