{"id":167523,"date":"2011-03-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/botad-vs-pitabhai-on-30-march-2011"},"modified":"2017-01-04T15:49:55","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T10:19:55","slug":"botad-vs-pitabhai-on-30-march-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/botad-vs-pitabhai-on-30-march-2011","title":{"rendered":"Botad vs Pitabhai on 30 March, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Botad vs Pitabhai on 30 March, 2011<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: H.K.Rathod,&amp;Nbsp;<\/div>\n<pre>   Gujarat High Court Case Information System \n\n  \n  \n    \n\n \n \n    \t      \n         \n\t    \n\t\t   Print\n\t\t\t\t          \n\n  \n\n\n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t\n\n\n \n\n\n\t \n\nSCA\/331\/2011\t 2\/ 2\tORDER \n \n \n\n\t\n\n \n\nIN\nTHE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\nSPECIAL\nCIVIL APPLICATION No. 331 of 2011\n \n\n \n \n=========================================================\n\n \n\nBOTAD\nMUNICIPALITY - Petitioner(s)\n \n\nVersus\n \n\nPITABHAI\nAMRABHAI CHAUHAN C\/O VASANT PAMNANI - ADVOCATE - Respondent(s)\n \n\n=========================================================\n \nAppearance\n: \nMR\nPREMAL R JOSHI for\nPetitioner(s) : 1, \nMR TR MISHRA for Respondent(s) :\n1, \n=========================================================\n\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nCORAM\n\t\t\t: \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tMR.JUSTICE H.K.RATHOD\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n \n\nDate\n: 30\/03\/2011 \n\n \n\n \n \nORAL\nORDER<\/pre>\n<p>Heard<br \/>\n\tlearned Advocate Mr. Premal R. Joshi for petitioner and learned<br \/>\n\tAdvocate Mr.TR Mishra for respondent.\n<\/p>\n<p>In<br \/>\n\tthis petition, petitioner Botad Municipality has challenged award<br \/>\n\tmade by Labour Court, Bhavnagar in Reference No. 100 of 1995 Exh. 44<br \/>\n\tdated 3.11.2010 wherein Labour Court, Bhavnagar has granted relief<br \/>\n\tof reinstatement with continuity of service and with 20 per cent<br \/>\n\tback wages for interim period with all consequential benefits. Date<br \/>\n\tof termination, according to workman, is 13th July, 1994<br \/>\n\tand dispute has been raised and referred to for adjudication on<br \/>\n\t13.2.1995. Learned Advocate Mr. TR Mishra appearing for respondent<br \/>\n\tworkman has submitted that date of birth of workman as given by<br \/>\n\tworkman is 5th April, 1945 and looking to it, workman has<br \/>\n\treached age of superannuation in year 2005, therefore, now, question<br \/>\n\tof reinstatement of workman as per award does not arise. However,<br \/>\n\tconsidering contentions raised by both learned advocates and after<br \/>\n\tperusing award in question, matter would require detailed<br \/>\n\texamination. Hence, Rule. Ad-interim relief in terms of para 9(C).<br \/>\n\tNotice as to interim relief returnable on 19th April,<br \/>\n\t2011.\n<\/p>\n<p>Learned<br \/>\n\tAdvocate Mr. Mishra appearing for respondent workman waives service<br \/>\n\tof notice on behalf of respondent workman.\n<\/p>\n<p>(H.K.\n<\/p>\n<p>Rathod,J.)<\/p>\n<p>Vyas<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   Top<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gujarat High Court Botad vs Pitabhai on 30 March, 2011 Author: H.K.Rathod,&amp;Nbsp; Gujarat High Court Case Information System Print SCA\/331\/2011 2\/ 2 ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION No. 331 of 2011 ========================================================= BOTAD MUNICIPALITY &#8211; Petitioner(s) Versus PITABHAI AMRABHAI CHAUHAN C\/O VASANT PAMNANI &#8211; ADVOCATE &#8211; Respondent(s) ========================================================= [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gujarat-high-court","category-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Botad vs Pitabhai on 30 March, 2011 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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