BHARAT KUMAR GARDNER (MALI) vs NEW DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 08.12.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 11.12.2025 W.P.(C) 3687/2018 BHARAT KUMAR GARDNER (MALI) .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Amit Singh and Ms. Shaily Tarar, Advocates Versus NEW DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL .....Respondent Through: Mr. Manish Sharma, Advocate CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA JUDGMENT CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA, J. 1. This writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India has been filed by the claimant/workman in D.I.D. 2005/2016 on the file of the Labour Court-X, Dwarka Courts, Delhi, aggrieved by the order dated 29.11.2017, by which his claim for reinstatement with back wages was declined. However, he was granted compensation of ₹1,00,000/- in the place 2. The parties in this writ petition, unless otherwise specified, will be referred to as described in the statement of claim. 3. In the statement of claim filed on behalf of the claimant/workman, it is alleged thus:- The workman was working as a gardener in the School of the respondent/management, namely, New Delhi Public School, A-Block, Vikas Puri, New Delhi, since 1998 continuously and without any break. In the year 1998, he was