Chandra Sekhar Sahoo v. Govt. of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Labour writ, Industrial Disputes Act 1947, Section 12, Section 12(4), Section 12(6), conciliation officer statutory duty, failure report to appropriate Government, non-admission of workman's complaint, employer non-attendance at conciliation, Berhampur Co-operative Central Bank Ltd., Assistant Labour Officer Gajapati at Paralakhemundi, Labour Commissioner Odisha, dismissal of support-staff employee, writ disposed with mandamus-type direction to complete conciliation or file failure report within 15 days; no costs; urgent certified copy on application.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the Assistant Labour Officer, Gajapati at Paralakhemundi to act in accordance with Section-12 of the I.D. Act and, if the conciliation fails, to submit the report to the appropriate Government in terms of Section-12(4) of the I.D. Act, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within 15 days from the date of production of a copy of the order; urgent certified copy to be granted on proper application.