IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (232) CWP No. 31109 of 2019 (O&M)

Date of Decision : 03.07.2025 Ashok Kumar ...Petitioner Versus Quantum Communication and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI Present: Mr. Jatinder Singh Gill, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. P.K. Gupta, Advocate for respondent No. 1.

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Harsimran Singh Sethi J. (Oral)

1. In the present petition, the challenge is to the Award dated 09.04.2019 (Annexure P-3) passed by the Labour Court, wherein, the termination of the services of the petitioner was held to be bad and rather than giving benefit of reinstatement in service to petitioner, the benefit of ₹

compensation was awarded to the tune of 1,26,000/- along with interest @

8% per annum from the date of the Award till the actual realization.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner argues that the petitioner had worked for a period of ten years starting from 16.07.2002 and he remained working with the Management till 16.12.2012 when his services were terminated hence, keeping in view the settled principle of law settled by the Division Bench of this Court in LPA No. 1203 of 2021 titled as Sukhbir Singh Vs. State of Haryan