214 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-8024-2001 (O&M)

Date of Decision : 19.02.2026 JAIBIR SINGH .....Petitioner VERSUS THE PRESIDING OFFICER, INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL-

CUM-LABOUR COURT, ROHTAK, AND ANOTHER.

.....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP TIWARI Present : Mr. Mukesh Kumar Verma, Advocate, (through V.C.)

with Mr. Dharam Pal Saini, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Kapil Bansal, DAG, Haryana for respondent no.1.

Mr. Bhupender Singh, Advocate, for respondent no.2.

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KULDEEP TIWARI , J.(Oral)

1. Through the instant writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the workman has approached this Court seeking full back wages by modifying the Award dated 13.08.1998, wherethrough the reference was partially answered against him, while granting the relief of reinstatement, but with only 25% back wages.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner-workman submits that while denying the relief of 100% back wages to the petitioner-workman, learned Tribunal, had placed reliance upon “M.K.Kohli vs. Alfadeal Chemicals, Faridabad” 1997-2(116) PLR 81, and presumed that the petitioner-workman must have been gainfully employed during the interregnum peri