₹5 Lakh Compensation Awarded to Retrenched Worker Denied Absorption for 30 Years Despite Supreme Court Order: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed the State of Punjab to pay ₹5 lakh as lump-sum compensation to Mohan Lal, a former Earth Work Mistri of the Anandpur Sahib Hydel Project, after his plea for absorption in government service remained unresolved for decades despite clear judicial directions. Background Of Appointment And Retrenchment Mohan Lal was appointed on a work-charged basis in 1978 under the Anandpur Sahib Hydel Project.…