IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 06.03.2026 The Jind Cooperative Sugar Mills Ltd. ….Petitioner Versus The Presiding Officer, Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court, Panipat and another ….Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP TIWARI Present: Mr. Ankur Sheoran, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Surender Pal, Advocate, for respondent No.2.

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KULDEEP TIWARI, J. (Oral)

1. Through the instant writ petition, as cast under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, an award dated 08.01.2001 (Annexure P-4) is assailed, vide which, the reference was answered in favour of the respondent-workman, and he was held entitled for reinstatement with continuity of service and full back wages from the date of demand notice, i.e. 05.07.1993.

2. Vide order dated 19.01.2026, this Court had directed the learned counsel for the petitioner-Management to have apt instructions about the status of the respondent-workman, and also, if the compliance of Section 17- of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, was made or not?

3. In response thereto, on 12.02.2026, an affidavit of Managing Director of the petitioner-Cooperative Sugar Mills, was filed delineating that the respond