P&H: Grants Rs 1.5 lakh compensation to workman after setting aside direction granting regularization when the reference was only with regard to re-employment

(i) Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, Section 25-H — Re-employment — Demand raised after inordinate delay — Where the workman had been approaching the Management by submitting representations and the last representation was made in 2007, the demand raised in March 2009 could not be held...

(ii) Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, Section 25-H — Re-employment — Relief beyond reference — The Labour Court-cum-Industrial Tribunal cannot go beyond the reference, and a direction granting regularization when the reference was only with regard to re-employment was beyond the scope of the reference and...

(iii) Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Reinstatement — Long lapse of time — There is no automatic concept of reinstatement or re-employment and, where the workman had remained out of service for about 30 years, compensation in lieu of reinstatement was found to be the...