IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on:23.09.2025 Date of Pronouncement:10.12.2025 Date of uploading: 11.12.2025 DESHBIR SINGH -PETITIONER V/S PRESIDING OFFICER, LABOUR COURT-III, FARIDABAD AND ANOTHER -RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP TIWARI Present: Mr. Ravi Kant Sharma, Advocate and Mr. Himanshu Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Contesting respondent no.2 proceeded against ex parte.

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KULDEEP TIWARI, J.

1. Through the instant petition cast under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner-workman challenges the enquiry dated 20.12.2006 (Annexure P-7), as also the order dated 17.12.2012 (Annexure P-15), wherethrough, the preliminary issue, as to “whether the enquiry conducted by management was not fair and proper?, was decided against him by learned Industrial Tribunal (respondent no.1), holding the enquiry proceedings to be legally sustainable. The petitioner further, seeks quashing of an Award dated 10.01.2013 (Annexure P-16), whereby, the reference was answered against him.

2. The principal argument, as raised before this Court, in an attempt to throw challenge to aforesaid order as well as Award (supra), as made by le