RAVEENDRAN, J.

Leave granted.

This appeal is filed against the judgment dated 15.6.2005 passed by the High Court of Karnataka in Writ Appeal No.2131/2005.

2. The appellant claims that he was employed as a daily-wage labourer in the Rural Dairy Centre, Bijapur, on 13.5.1977. He further alleges that he worked continuously and uninterruptedly till his services were illegally terminated with effect from 1.3.1980. The appellant did not challenge his termination.

3. Section 10 of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 ( ’ID Act’ for short) was amended in Karnataka by the Industrial Disputes (Karnataka Amendment) Act, 1987 [Karnataka Act No.5 of 1988] inserting the following as sub-section (4A) with effect from 7.4.1988 :

"(4A) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 9-C and in this section, in the case of a dispute falling within the scope of section 2-A, the individual workman concerned may, within six months from the date of communication to him of the order of discharge, dismissal, retrenchment or termination or the date of commencement of the Industrial Disputes (Karnataka Amendment) Act, 1987, whichever is later, apply, in the prescribed manner, to the Labour Court for adjudication of t