P&H: Rejects Workman’s Claim Filed After 19 Years Under Section 33-C(2) of Industrial Disputes Act as inordinate delay
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a Letters Patent Appeal filed by a workman seeking benefits under Section 33-C(2) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, holding that the claim was stale and barred by delay and laches.
The appellant, Hanuman, had been working as a Clerk with Fazilka Central Co-operative Bank Ltd. His services were terminated in 1979, and after a labour dispute, the Labour Court in 1991 ordered his reinstatement with continuity of service and back wages from the date of demand notice.
Although he was reinstated in 1996, the workman later sought promotion-related benefits and refixation...
