Petitioners challenged a show-cause notice under Article 226. The Court held that since the complainants withdrawn their complaints during pendency, nothing remained for adjudication and closed the writ petitions without costs.
Closed the writ petitions; no costs awarded.
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W.P.Nos.10952 & 12322 of 2016
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 03.07.2023
CORAM :
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M. DHANDAPANI
W.P.Nos.10952 & 12322 of 2016 and
W.M.P.Nos.9534 & 10653 of 2016 and 6994, 6995, 10173, 10174 & 14782 of 2017
V.Srinivasan ... Petitioner in W.P.No.10952 of 2016
1.Management, Represented by its Chairman/Director, Mr.K.Rajasekar, S/o.Mr.Krishnaswamy, Director, W.S.Industries (India) Ltd., 108, Mount Poonamallee Road, Porur, Chennai – 600 116.
[substitued as LRs of deceased Mr.V.Srinivasan
as per order dated 09.11.2017 in W.M.P.No.30545 of 2017 in W.P.No.12322 of 2006]
2.S.Murali Venkatraman
6.G.V.Viswanath
9.S.Suresh
10.M.Ramakrishnan 11.R.Sivakumar
... Petitioners in W.P.No.12322 of 2016
1/4
W.P.Nos.10952 & 12322 of 2016
Vs.
1.Joint Commissioner of Labour, Office of the Commissioner of Labour, DMS Compound, Teynampet, Chennai – 600 006.
2.W.S. Industries Anna Thozhilalar Sangam, Represented by its Secretary, Porur, Chennai – 600 116.
3.W.S. Industries Nirvaga Oozhiyar Munetra Sangam, Represented by its General Secretary, 10, 4th Street, Chinnaraju Pillai Thottam, Kodambakkam, Chennai – 600 024.
... Respondents in both WPs
Prayer in W.P.No.10952 of 2016 : Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Certiorari, calling for the records of the first respondent's impugned notice in E/5557/2015 dated 08.01.2016 and quash the same.
Prayer in W.P.No.12322 of 2016 : Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Certiorari, calling for the records of the first respondent's impugned notice in E/5557/2015 dated 08.01.2016 issued to all the petitioners herein and quash the same.
For Petitioners : Mr.T.N.Rajagopalan (in both WPs) for Mr.G.Arumugaraja For Respondents : Ms.N.Senthil Selvi (in both WPs) Government Advocate [R1] Mr.G.Thyagarajan [R2] Mr.S.Sathiyanarayanan [R3]
W.P.Nos.10952 & 12322 of 2016
COMMON ORDER
The petitioners have filed these writ petitions challenging the
impugned show cause notice dated 08.01.2016 issued by the first respondent on the basis of the complaints made by the respondents 2 and 3 dated 28.12.2015 and 29.12.2015 respectively.
2 . When these matters are taken up for hearing today, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submitted that, during the pendency of these writ petitions, the respondents 2 and 3 have withdrawn their complaints vide letters dated 13.11.2017.
3. In view of the submission made by the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners, nothing survives for adjudication in these Writ Petitions. Accordingly, these Writ Petitions are closed. No costs. Consequently, the connected miscellaneous petitions are also closed.
03.07.2023
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W.P.Nos.10952 & 12322 of 2016
M.DHANDAPANI, J.
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The Joint Commissioner of Labour, Office of the Commissioner of Labour, DMS Compound, Teynampet, Chennai – 600 006.
W.P.Nos.10952 & 12322 of 2016
03.07.2023
1 provisions across 1 enactments
V. Srinivasan
S. Murali Venkatraman
Narayanan Sethuraman
W. S. Industries Anna Thozhilalar Sangam
W. S. Industries Nirvaga Oozhiyar Munetra Sangam
M. DHANDAPANI
As recorded by the court registry
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