Kalulal Meena S/O Sh. Gangaram Meena v. Manager
Case brief
What is this about?
Termination of a Gatekeeper engaged on 01.10.1982 and terminated vide order dated 01.04.2002 without notice or compensation, contended to violate Section 25-F of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947; industrial dispute referred to Labour Court, Kota vide order dated 26.05.2005; rejection of the statement of claim on the technical ground of omission of the termination date in the reference held unsustainable; writ petition allowed, award quashed and set aside, matter remanded for fresh adjudication on merits; ex-parte order with notice direction and one-year time-bound adjudication. Keywords: technical rejection of claim, reference order, quashing of Labour Court award, remand, fresh adjudication, S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 17873/2024, Rajasthan High Court Jaipur Bench.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition allowed; impugned award quashed and set aside; matter remitted to the Labour Court for fresh adjudication on merits; petitioner permitted to appear before the Labour Court on 15.04.2025; Labour Court expected to decide the dispute expeditiously, preferably within one year from receipt of the certified copy, and to proceed after issuing notice to the respondents since the order was passed ex-parte.