P&H: Upholds Rs 10,000 Compensation Instead of Reinstatement for Former Panjab University Worker
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a former Panjab University worker’s plea for reinstatement, continuity of service and back wages, and his alternative request for higher compensation. Justice Kirti Singh upheld the Labour Court’s award of Rs 10,000 to Subhash Singh, who had worked as a Mali for the University.
Singh was engaged on a temporary, contractual and ad hoc basis from December 1997. The Labour Court found that he had completed more than 240 days of service in the relevant year and that the University had not paid notice pay or retrenchment compensation when his employment ended...
