ORDER :

Sudhanshu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya, J.

This appeal has been preferred by appellant against the judgment and order dated 3rd March, 2011 passed by Division Bench of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh in LPA No. 1301 of 2010. By the impugned judgment, the High Court observed as follows:

"In view of the above and taking into account the limited jurisdiction that the Court would exercise under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, we are of the view that the contentions advanced at the admission hearing do not make out a case for admission of this appeal. The appeal, therefore, is dismissed. The order of the learned Single Judge is accordingly affirmed."

2. The factual matrix of the case is that the appellant was a workman with respondent No.3- M/s Alpha Drugs India Limited (now Punjab Chemicals and Crop Protection Limited). Respondent No.3 sought permission under Section 25N of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 seeking permission from the competent authority to retrench certain employees including the appellant w.e.f. 26th August, 2000. The appellant was served with notice of retrenchment dated 26th May 2000 whereby it was informed that due to heavy recession in tra