231 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-7898-2016 Date of Decision : 20.04.2026 SURAJ PARKASH .....Petitioner VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP TIWARI Present : Mr. R.K. Handa, Sr. Advocate assisted by Mr. D.B. Bhandari, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Amit Kumar Goyal, Addl.A.G., Punjab.

Mr. Baljinder Singh, Advocate, for respondent no.2.

KULDEEP TIWARI, J.(Oral)

1. Through the instant petition, filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India, fetching grievance from the Award dated 24.07.2014 (Annexure P-1), wherethrough, despite the reference having been answered in favour of the petitioner, while holding his termination illegal, and thereby, instead of granting reinstatement alongwith back wages, he was granted compensation of Rs.10,000/- only.

2. Learned senior counsel for the petitioner submits that once the termination of the petitioner was held to be violative of Section 25-F of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, the learned Tribunal ought to have granted the relief reinstatement, instead of awarding a meagre compensation of Rs.10,000/-.

3. He further submits that in case, this Court finds that