Allowing a writ petition filed by Duni Chand, Justice Harpreet Singh Brar directed CONFED to compute and release salary arrears for the period from October 1989 to July 3, 1996, along with interest at 6 per cent per annum from the due date till actual payment. The court also imposed exemplary costs of Rs 2 lakh on the Federation for what it described as a “flagrant violation” of the petitioner’s rights. Duni Chand had approached the high court seeking release of unpaid salary after serving as a salesman. He was appointed in 1979 by CONFED and was later posted to the Central Co-operative Consumer Store at Mandi Dabwali in 1983. His salary stopped from September 1989, and he was relieved from service in July 1996 without any termination order. Rejecting CONFED’s stand that Duni Chand was an employee of the Dabwali store, which later went into liquidation, and not of the Federation, the court held that records clearly established an employer-employee relationship with CONFED throughout his service.…