THE MANAGEMENT OF SH. MOOLCHAND KHAIRATI RAM HOSPITAL AND AYURVEDIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE vs MS. THRESIAMMA GEORGE

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 17.11.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 28.11.2025 + W.P.(C) 13418/2018, CM APPL. 52259/2018, CM APPL. 5838- 39/2020 THE MANAGEMENT OF SH. MOOLCHAND KHAIRATI RAM HOSPITAL AND AYURVEDIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Gaurav Bahl and Ms. Anshu, Advocates. versus MS. THRESIAMMA GEORGE .....Respondent Through: Mr. N.D. Pancholi and Mr. Deepak Mayur, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA JUDGMENT CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA, J. 1. The present writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India has been preferred by the petitioner/hospital, assailing the Award dated 10.04.2018 passed by the learned Presiding Officer, Labour Court–V, Dwarka Courts, Delhi in ID No. 5233/2016, whereby the respondent/ nurse, was held entitled Signature Not Verified W.P.(C) 13418/2018 Page 1 of 24 Signed By:KOMAL DHAWAN Signing Date:28.11.2025 11:16:37 to full back wages, continuity of service and all consequential benefits from the date of her termination till the date of her superannuation. 2. The brief facts of the case are as follows-. The respondent/nurse was appointed as a staff nurse with the petitioner/hospital w.e.f. 15.04.1987. It is the respondent/nurse’s case that during the course of her employment, she was a member of the workers’ union and had actively supported the demand for implementation of the recommendations of the 5thCentral Pay Commission in respect of the employees of the petitioner/hospital. It is alleged that the petitioner/hospital attempted to pressurize her to resign from the union and to withdraw her support from the pending industrial dispute (ID No. 86/1998), but on her refusal to succumb to such pressure tactics, she was dismissed from service vide order