G.B. PANT UNIVERSITY vs GOVIND BALLABH PANDEY .

The Supreme Court upheld the Labour Court's award under Section 6H of the UP Industrial Dispute Act, 1947, directing the regularization of 170 employees of the University cafeteria. The Court clarified that the University must reinstate the 8 respondents who had not filled the prescribed proforma for regularization, emphasizing that their reinstatement would occur without back wages but with entitlement to increments. The Court dismissed the University's objections regarding the employment status of the respondents at the time of the award, affirming the Labour Court's decision.