IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision :12.03.2025 Mewa Singh ...Petitioner Versus Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court, Ambala and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI Present: Mr. Ravi Malik, Advocate for the petitioner.

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Harsimran Singh Sethi, J. (Oral)

1. In the present petition, the challenge is to the impugned order dated 09.08.2024 (Annexure P/2) passed by the Industrial Tribunal-cum- Labour Court, Ambala by which, the claim of the petitioner-workman that his services were wrongly terminated by respondents in the year 1998 despite the fact that he had completed 240 days during proceeding twelve months in service prior to the date when his services were terminated, has not been accepted by the Tribunal.

2. Hence, it is the prayer of the petitioner that the impugned order dated 09.08.2024 (Annexure P/2) be set aside along with reinstatement in the service with back wages and continuity.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner-workman submits that the services of the petitioner-workman were terminated by the respondent-

department in the year 1998 and as a means for redressal against the grievance caused, the petit