2008 INSC 0580
                                    SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

                                 Executive Engineer, Public Health Div

                                                      Vs.

                                                   Kumesh

                                           C.A.No.1663 of 2008

                             (Tarun Chatterjee and Harjit Singh Bedi JJ.)

                                                 25.02.2008

                                                   ORDER

Tarun Chatterjee,J.

1. Delay condoned.

2. Leave granted.

3. This appeal is directed against the judgment and final order dt.24.04.2007 passed by the
High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh in C.W.P.No.16957 of 2006 by which the
High Court has affirmed the award passed by the Labor Court with 50% back wages to be
paid to the respondent.

4. onside ring the facts and circumstances of the case, we are of the view that the order
regarding payment of 50% back wages be modified by 25% of back wages to be paid to the
respondent. We order accordingly. With this modification, the order of the High Court is
affirmed. The appeal is disposed of accordingly. There shall be no order as to costs.

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