WP/8387/2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.8387 OF 2010 Garuda Keepers India Pvt. Ltd., Ghatkopar, Mumbai & Anr. ... Petitioners V/s. Kamgar Utkarsha Sabha, Vile Parle, Mumbai & Anr. ... Respondents Mr. Deepak B. Khilari for the Petitioners. Mr. P.I. Khemani, AGP, for Respondent No.2. CORAM : SMT. NISHITA MHATRE, J. DATE : 24 TH NOVEMBER, 2010. P.C. : 1. This Writ Petition has been preferred against an ex- parte order passed below “Exhibit U-2” on 25th November, 2008 by the Industrial Court, Mumbai in Complaint (ULP) No.52 of 2008. The Petition has been filed on 4th October, 2010. The only ground for challenge to the impugned order is that the petitioners were not served at their registered address. The Industrial Court, while passing the impugned order, has noted that “the respondents have not filed reply though the notice of the Court is served on them. They failed to appear and to file the reply”. In these circumstances, the Industrial Court proceeded ex-parte. WP/8387/2010 2 2. In my view, there is no need to interfere with the order especially since the impugned order has been passed two years ago. The learned Advocate appearing for the petitioners states that the petitioners became aware of the ex-parte order having been passed only in 2009. However, there is no explanation at all as to what has prevented the petitioners from preferring the Writ Petition for over 1½ years. 3. The Writ Petition is rejected.