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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL APPEAL NO.5 OF 2016
(Arising out of SLP(C)No.34192 of 2014)
STATE OF UTTARAKHAND & ORS. ... APPELLANT(S)
VS.
SUMAN PAL ... RESPONDENT(S)
JUDGMENT
1. Leave granted.
2. Heard the learned counsel and perused the record.
3. Upon perusal of the record, we find that reinstatement with 50% backwages would not be just. Therefore, we modify the impugned judgment to the effect that a lump-sum amount of Rs.[2] lakhs (Rupees two lakhs only) be paid to the respondent, a daily wager, as he was not regularly appointed and he was relieved before several years.
4. The afore-stated amount of Rs.[2] lakhs shall be paid within three months from today and the respondent shall not have any further right. Page 2
4. The impugned order is set aside and the appeal is disposed of as partly allowed. Pending application, if any, stands disposed of ............... J. [ANIL R. DAVE] .............. J. [ADARSH KUMAR GOEL] New Delhi; 4th January, 2016.