IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE DEEPAK KHOT

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ON THE 13 OF NOVEMBER, 2025 WRIT PETITION No. 2130 of 2018 SURESH PRASAD CHAUDHARI Versus CONSERVATOR OF FOREST AND EX OFFICIO DIVISIONAL FOREST OFFICER AND OTHERS Appearance:

Shri Sanjay Kumar Verma - Advocate for the petitioner.

Shri Neeraj Tiwari - Panel Lawyer for the respondents/State.

ORDER The present petition has been filed by the petitioner against the award dated 09.09.2015(Annexure-P/1) whereby, the Labour Court, Satna has rejected the claim of the petitioner/workman for reinstatement and backwages against the illegal retrenchment on the ground of delay.

2 . It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner was retrenched from the respondent-Department in the year 2006. The appropriate government has referred the matter for adjudication of the dispute vide order dated 07.11.2014. It is further submitted that Section 2-A of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (for brevity, 'the Act') though provides for limitation to file an application but that is only in case if the Conciliation Officer/appropriate government has not referred the dispute within 45 days then such ap