SAURASHTRA EMPLOYEES UNION vs BSNL, SURENDRANAGAR Advocate - G K BHATT — 79/2025

Case under Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 Section 10. Disposed: Contested--JUDGEMENT on 18th April 2026.

Case disposed

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CNR: GJRJ160001402025

Filing Number

79/2025

Filing Date

18-Jan-2003

Registration No

79/2025

Registration Date

18-Jan-2003

Court

INDUSTRIAL COURT, RAJKOT

Judge

1-Member, Industrial Court

Decision Date

18-Apr-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--JUDGEMENT

Last updated 16-May-2026

Acts & Sections

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 Section 10

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.SAURASHTRA EMPLOYEES UNION

    Adv. B B GOGIA

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.BSNL, SURENDRANAGAR Advocate - G K BHATT

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 18-Apr-2026

    JudegementView PDF

  3. 18-Apr-2026

    JudegementView PDF

    Judgment Summary The Industrial Court at Rajkot found that Rathod Dineshchandra Popatlal's termination from his casual labor position at the Telecom Department (now BSNL) in 1988 was illegal, as the employer failed to comply with mandatory retrenchment procedures under Section 25-F of the Industrial Disputes Act. However, given that the applicant has since reached superannuation age and the dispute was decided 38 years later, the court awarded Rs. 2,00,000 as lump-sum compensation instead of reinstatement and back-wages, with interest at 7.5% per annum if unpaid within 60 days. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  4. 18-Apr-2026

    Disposed

    Member, Industrial Court

  5. 08-Apr-2026

    For Order

    Member, Industrial Court

  6. 11-Mar-2026

    For Order

    Member, Industrial Court

  7. 03-Mar-2026

    For Evidence of first party

    Member, Industrial Court

  8. 12-Feb-2026

    For Evidence of first party

    Member, Industrial Court

  9. 07-Feb-2026

    For Evidence of first party

    Member, Industrial Court

  10. 13-Jan-2026

    For Evidence of first party

    Member, Industrial Court

  11. 18-Dec-2025

    For Evidence of first party

    Member, Industrial Court

  12. 21-Nov-2025

    For Notice Serve to both partys

    Member, Industrial Court

  13. 17-Oct-2025

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  14. 18-Jan-2003

    Case filed

    Registration No. 79/2025

casestatus.in Summary

Judgment Summary The Industrial Court at Rajkot found that Rathod Dineshchandra Popatlal's termination from his casual labor position at the Telecom Department (now BSNL) in 1988 was illegal, as the employer failed to comply with mandatory retrenchment procedures under Section 25-F of the Industrial Disputes Act. However, given that the applicant has since reached superannuation age and the dispute was decided 38 years later, the court awarded Rs. 2,00,000 as lump-sum compensation instead of reinstatement and back-wages, with interest at 7.5% per annum if unpaid within 60 days. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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