2026 LLR WEB 973 (HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT)
Once continuity of service is awarded by the Industrial Tribunal and attains finality, the workman is entitled to count such period for regularization/work-charge status and to consequential back wages, and the principle of "no work no pay" does not apply where he was kept out of work through no fault of his own.

INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES - Illegal termination - 240 days of continuous service - Section 25-F - Reinstatement with continuity of service - Back wages - Regularization/work-charge status - "No work no pay" - Sections 25-F and 25-N of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 - The respondent, a daily-wage Beldar, was orally terminated without compliance with Section 25-F and raised an industrial dispute before the Labour Court - On remand,... subscribe to read more..