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

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.