IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-7577-2005(O&M) Reserved on:22.01.2026 Pronounced on:16.04.2026 Uploaded on: 16.04.2026 Salik Ram ….Petitioner Versus The Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Ludhiana, and others ….Respondents

2) CWP-8780-2005 (O&M)

Ram Parshad ….Petitioner Versus The Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Ludhiana, and others ….Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP TIWARI Present: Mr. Sumeet Jain, Advocate, (Legal Aid Counsel), for the petitioners-workmen (in both cases).

Mr. Sanjeev Sharma, Advocate, for respondents No.2 to 4.

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KULDEEP TIWARI, J.

1) Since awards of even date, rendered by the same learned Labour Court on identical issues, are assailed, learned counsel for the parties are ad idem that these writ petitions are amenable to be decided together. Accordingly, both the cases are taken up together. However, for the facility of reference, facts are being derived from CWP-7577-2005.

2) Having received a negative response to his reference, under Section 10(1)(c) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, (for short, ‘the Act), vide impugned award dated 02.03.2004, the petitioner-workman has approached this Court by instituting the instant wri