IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 887 of 2026 ==========================================================

STATE OF GUJARAT Versus BERADIYA ASHOKBHAI CHHAGANBHAI ==========================================================

Appearance:

MS AGNEYA MANKAD AGP for the Petitioner(s) No. 1 MR JEET Y RAJYAGURU(8039) for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIRUDDHA P. MAYEE Date : 27/04/2026

ORAL ORDER

1. By the present Writ Petition, the petitioner has impugned the award dated 08.08.2025 passed in the Reference (T) Case No.58 of 2024 by the learned Labour Court, Junagadh, whereby the respondent workman has been granted reinstatement with continuity in service without any back-wages.

2. The learned AGP Ms. Agneya Mankad appearing for the petitioner submits that the learned Labour Court has not properly appreciated the evidence in support of the claim of the respondent workman. The learned AGP submits that the entire claim of the respondent workman is based on assumption. She further submits that there was no evidence on record to prove the case of the respondent workman before the lear