LPA/292/2026

NEUTRAL CITATION C/LPA/292/2026 JUDGMENT DATED: 05/05/2026 2026:GUJHC:30781-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/LETTERS PATENT APPEAL NO. 292 of 2026 In R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION/11745/2024 ========================================================== NARVATBHAI MOHANBHAI BARIYA Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR. ========================================================== Appearance: MR PARESH J BRAHMBHATT(9788) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MS VAISHNAVI VERMA, ASST.GOVERNMENT PLEADER for the Respondent(s) No. 1,2 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE J. L. ODEDRA Date : 05/05/2026 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA) 1. The workman is in appeal. The workman had raised a dispute before the Labour Court contending that he was orally terminated in April, 1997. 2. The Labour Court granted an award on 10.04.2018 directing reinstatement without backwages. 3. Being aggrieved, the State preferred a writ petition in the year 2024, i.e. after a period of six years. 4. The learned Single Judge, by the impugned order, and with the following reasons, has allowed the writ petiti