The Commissioner Municipal Corporation Yamuna Nagar Vs Sukhbir Singh and Another — Punjab & Haryana HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

The Commissioner Municipal Corporation Yamuna Nagar Vs Sukhbir Singh and Another — Punjab & Haryana HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

Writ petition disposed of in terms of the order dated 13.02.2025 passed in CWP No.5766 of 2019 and connected writ petitions: respondent No.1 retains reinstatement (already extended), while his claim to 50% back wages and interest @ 9% per annum stands waived.

Issue for consideration

Whether the writ petition assailing the Labour Court, Ambala award dated 26.10.2018 (granting respondent No.1 reinstatement with continuity and 50% back wages, with interest @ 9% per annum on default) should be disposed of in identical terms to the order dated 13.02.2025 passed in CWP No.5766 of 2019 — reinstatement retained, back wages and interest forgone — in view of respondent No.1's waiver.

Court's answer

The present writ petition is disposed of in terms of the order dated 13.02.2025 passed in CWP No.5766 of 2019 and connected writ petitions.

Key takeaways

Pending application(s), if any, stand disposed of accordingly.obiter¶29

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Punjab & Haryana High Court (Kuldeep Tiwari, J.), oral disposal dated 10.02.2026 in CWP-5775-2019 (O&M). The petitioners (Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Yamuna Nagar & Anr.) had assailed the Labour Court, Ambala award dated 26.10.2018, which answered the reference in favour of respondent No.1 Sukhbir Singh and his coworkmen, entitling them to reinstatement with continuity and 50% back wages, with interest @ 9% per annum on default. A Co-ordinate Bench had, by order dated 13.02.2025 in CWP No.5766 of 2019 and connected petitions, modified the award — reinstatement retained but without back wages or interest — after the workmen therein waived those claims. Respondent No.1 likewise waived his claim to 50% back wages with interest and raised no objection; accordingly, this writ petition was disposed of in terms of the order dated 13.02.2025, and pending applications stood disposed of. CM-1905-CWP-2026 (preponement) was allowed, as were CM-8311-CWP-2024 and CM-8312-CWP-2024, by which M/s Tanwar Security Services, M/s Oscar Security and Fire Services and M/s Target Security & Allied Services were impleaded as respondents No.3 to 5.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

107 CWP-5775-2019 (O&M) Date of Decision : February 10, 2026

THE COMMISSIONER, MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, YAMUNA NAGAR AND ANOTHER

-PETITIONERS

V/S

SUKHBIR SINGH AND OTHERS

-RESPONDENTS

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP TIWARI

Present: Mr. Rajesh K. Sheoran, Advocate, with Mr. Hardeep Singh Poonia, Advocate, and Mr. Ojasvi Taak, Advocate for the petitioners.

Mr. Ramesh Hooda, Advocate for the respondent No.1.

KULDEEP TIWARI, J. (ORAL)

CM-1905-CWP-2026

For the good and valid reasons, as assigned in the instant preponement application, as well as the <No Objection= extended by learned counsel for the petitioners, the application is allowed . The main case is preponed and taken on board today itself for hearing. CM-8311-CWP-2024 AND CM-8312-CWP-2024

As prayed for, the instant applications are allowed . M/s Tanwar Security Services, M/s Oscar Security and Fire Services, and M/s Target Security & Allied Services are impleaded in the writ petition as respondents No.3 to 5, respectively. The amended memo of parties is also taken on record.

DEVINDER YADAV 2026.02.11 09:55 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this order/judgment

CWP-5775-2019 (O&M)

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CWP-5775-2019

Through the present writ petition, the petitioners assail the award dated 26.10.2018 passed by the Labour Court, Ambala, whereby the reference was answered in favour of the respondent No.1 and his coworkmen, holding them entitled to reinstatement in service with continuity of service, along with 50% back wages from the date of termination, to be paid by the management within two months from the date of the award, failing which the arrears of back wages were directed to carry interest @ 9% per annum.

Since the impugned award was also passed in favour of coworkmen of the respondent No.1, the petitioners had challenged the same by filing CWP No.5766 of 2019 and other connected writ petitions. In the said writ petitions, the workmen waived their claim to 50% back wages along with interest @ 9%, and accordingly, a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court, vide order dated 13.02.2025, disposed of the said writ petitions by modifying the impugned award to the extent that the workmen would be entitled to reinstatement, a benefit which was already extended to them, but without any back wages or interest as awarded by the Labour Court. 5. Placing reliance on the order dated 13.02.2025, learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the present writ petition may also be disposed of in identical terms.

Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent No.1, on instructions, submits that the respondent No.1 is also ready and willing to waive his claim to 50% back wages along with interest @ 9% per annum, as awarded by the Labour Court, and raises no objection to the

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CWP-5775-2019 (O&M)

disposal of the present writ petition in terms of the order dated 13.02.2025.

In view of the above, the present writ petition is disposed of in terms of the order dated 13.02.2025 passed in CWP No. 5766 of

2019 and connected writ petitions.

Pending application(s), if any, also stand disposed of

accordingly.

February	10, 2026	(KU	LDEEP TIWARI) JUDGE
devinder
	Whether speaking/reasoned	:	Yes/No
	Whether Reportable	:	Yes/No

DEVINDER YADAV 2026.02.11 09:55 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this order/judgment