The Association v. The Secretary-cum-Commissioner Government
Case brief
What is this about?
W.P.No.3571 of 2026, High Court of Judicature at Madras, decided 05-02-2026 by Justice D.Bharatha Chakravarthy; writ of mandamus under Article 226 Constitution of India; petitioner: Puducherry, Karaikal and Yanam Health Department 108 Ambulance Driver Association (Rep. by Secretary R.Prosper Roland); respondents: Secretary-cum-Commissioner, Labour Department, Government of Puducherry and Secretary/Honorary Secretary, Indian Red Cross Society, State Branch, Puducherry; subject: publication/notification of Labour Court award dated 14.11.2025 in I.D.(T) No.8 of 2024 passed by Industrial Tribunal, Puducherry; directions: depute subordinate official/personnel to Tribunal to collect award copy, notify within two weeks, act on web copy without certified copy, no costs.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed with directions: if the award is not yet notified, the first respondent to depute a subordinate official forthwith to the Tribunal to obtain a copy of the award and bring it on record and notify it as early as possible, and in any event within two weeks of receipt; the authority may act on the web copy of this order; personnel to be deputed on the instructions of the Government Pleader; no order as to costs.