IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE VIVEK JAIN

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ON THE 30 OF JANUARY, 2026 MISC. PETITION No. 3483 of 2025 INDRABHAN YADAV Versus SUPERINTENDING ENGINEERING PUBLIC HEALTH ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS Appearance:

Shri Manoj Chandurker - Advocate for the Petitioner.

Smt. Kanak Gaharwar - Government Advocate for the Respondent No.1/State.

ORDER The present Petition has been filed challenging the award of the Labour Court Annexure P-1 dated 08.05.2025 whereby the Labour Court has granted lumpsum compensation of Rs.50,000/- to the Petitioner in lieu of reinstatement.

2. The Petitioner had initiated proceedings under Industrial Disputes Act which was referred by the appropriate Government to the Labour Court in the matter of alleged illegal retrenchment/termination of services of the Petitioner. The claim of the Petitioner was that he had been engaged in the Public Health Engineering Department and had worked from 01.07.1999 to the year 2018 as on 15.02.2018, he was illegally retrenched without payment of any retrenchment compensation.

3. It was his case that he was getting minimum wages upto the date of retrenchment on hand receipts and HR Voucher