STATE OF U.P. THR.SECR.IRRIGATION vs KM. SHASHI JOSHI

The Supreme Court upheld the Labour Court's Award directing the reinstatement of the respondent, a daily wager typist, while quashing the order for back wages. The Court noted that the respondent had worked intermittently and there was no evidence she had been employed elsewhere after her termination on 19th January 1990. The appeal was allowed to the extent of reinstating the respondent without back wages, emphasizing compliance within one month, failing which the appellants would owe her daily wages.