admitted the fact that the Hospital issued a booklet, depicting the rates charged by it for various services rendered, and that these rates were applicable to persons who were charged by the Hospital. While asserting that it was incorrect to suggest that the Hospital had not mentioned, in its brochures, that it was providing any free treatment, the said witness admitted, in the same breath, that he could not recall where such information was provided, in any of the brochures issued by the Hospital. He frankly conceded that the only document, to support the assertion, in para 9 of his affidavit-in-evidence, to the effect that the respondent-Hospital was established for charitable purposes, was the communication, dated 8th September 1999 supra , from the Assistant Labour Officer to the All India General Mazdoor Trade Union, which was issued merely on the basis of the communication, from the respondent-Hospital, to the effect that it was not subject to the Act, being entitled to the benefit of Section 32(v)(c) thereof. The said communication, is neither here nor there. Rather, I find, from the Statement of Claim filed by the petitioner, before the Tribunal, that there are specific allegations, in para 4 thereof, that the respondent-Hospital was charging huge amounts even to hand over dead bodies, to the relatives of patients who had perished during treatment. It was further specifically asseverated, by the petitioner in the said para, that, in some cases, police intervention had also been necessitated. Barring a bald denial, the Written Statement, filed by the respondent-Hospital before the Tribunal, is blissfully silent regarding these allegations. These allegations were reiterated, by WW-1 Vijay Singh, in his affidavit-in-evidence, filed before the Tribunal, and there
