Reserved on:25.07.2025 Delivered on:25.08.2025

IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND

AT NAINITAL

Civil Writ Petition (M/S) No. 3472 of 2016

Manoj Kumar ......Petitioner

Vs.

Executive Engineer, Parikalp Khand …..Respondent

Presence

Mr. Pankaj Miglani, learned counsel for the Petitioner through VC.

Mr. V. D. Bisen, learned Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand.

Hon’ble Ashish Naithani, J.

1. This writ petition under Article 226 challenges the Order dated

01.10.2016 passed by the Labour Court, Haridwar, in Adjudication Case No. 53 of 2015. The Petitioner prays for the quashing of the

award and for a direction to reinstate him in service.

2. The Petitioner, Manoj Kumar, claims to have been engaged as a daily

wager Beldar with the Respondent department on muster roll basis for

the period 01.05.1986 to 27.06.1990.

3. According to the Petitioner, his services were illegally retrenched on

28.06.1990 without the issuance of any written order of termination. He was neither given an appointment letter at the time of engagement nor a

termination letter when his services were discontinued.

4. After a long interval, on 10.02.2014, the Petitioner raised an industrial

dispute. Along with the reference, he moved an