LPA/106/2026

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NEUTRAL CITATION C/LPA/106/2026 JUDGMENT DATED: 24/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:38975-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/LETTERS PATENT APPEAL NO. 106 of 2026 In R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION/9891/2024 With CIVIL APPLICATION (FOR STAY) NO. 1 of 2025 In R/LETTERS PATENT APPEAL NO. 106 of 2026 ========================================================== RANGE FOREST OFFICER Versus HARIBHAI MANJIBHAI RATHOD ========================================================== Appearance: MS. KRISHNA DESAI, ASST. GOVERNMENT PLEADER for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR NILESH M SHAH(780) for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE J. L. ODEDRA Date : 24/06/2026 JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA) 1. The workman claimed that he worked as a daily wager from the year 1989 till 1994. He stated that he was illegally terminated on 31.08.1994 and approached the Labour Court in the year 2002. The Labour Court, on consideration of the matter, came to the conclusion that, in lieu of reinstatement, it would be appropriate to award a sum of Rs. 10,000/- as lump-sum compensation. This award of the Labour Court was made in the year 2014. 2. The workman thereafter chose to file a writ petition before this Court in 2024, i.e., 10 years after the award of the Labour Court, by which he was granted a lump-sum compensation of Page 1 of 4 Uploaded by () on Downloaded on : Tue Jun 30 23:51:08 IST 2026 NEUTRAL CITATION C/LPA/106/2026 JUDGMENT DATED: 24/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:38975-DB Rs. 10,000/-. The learned Single Judge, by the impugned order, proceeded to enhance the compensation from Rs. 10,000/- to Rs. 3,00,000/- by placing reliance on the judgment rendered in LPA No. 908 of 2023, whe