IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

241 Date of decision: 27.01.2025 ANGOORI ......Petitioner VERSUS STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS .......Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD S. BHARDWAJ *****

Present: - Mr. Ajay Chaudhary, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. P.C. Goyal, Addl. A.G. Haryana.

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VINOD S. BHARDWAJ, J. (Oral)

Challenge in the present writ petition is to the impugned office order No. 39 dated 11.12.2023 (Annexure P-4) whereby claim of the petitioner for grant of pension has been rejected.

2. Learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner contends that the petitioner was appointed as daily wager, Beldar and that her services were terminated illegally without following the procedure prescribed in the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. Against the said decision, the petitioner sought a reference to the Labour Court which such reference was allowed in favour of the petitioner vide Award dated 22.04.2013 granting her benefit of reinstatement with continuity of service. The operative part of the Award passed by the Presiding Officer, Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court, Panipat is extracted as under:-

“15. In view of my findings on the above-discussed is