: 1 : IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.2527 OF 2008 The Board of Trustees of the . Port of Mumbai ....Petitioner V/s. Transport & Dock Workers Union & Ors. ....Respondents Mr.R.S. Pai with Mr.D.G. Dhanure i/b M/s.M.V. Kini & Co. for the Petitioner. Mr.Sushil Mahadeshwar i/b Ms.Ranjana Todankar for Respondent No.1. Mr.M.R. Prajapati with Mr.D.A. Athawle for Respondent Nos.2 and 4. Mr.Rajesh Gehani for Respondent No.3. CORAM : S.J. VAZIFDAR, J. DATED : 20TH JANUARY, 2009. P.C. : 1. The Petitioner challenges the order dated 10.12.2007 passed by the Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner under Rule 25 of the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Central Rules, 1971. 2. The grievance, if any, of the Petitioner does not survive in view of certain events which have transpired. The erstwhile contractor has terminated the services of all the workers under an arrangement which existed prior to the impugned order being passed. Thereafter, the Petitioner has handed over : 2 : all container operation business to the I.C.T.P. Ltd. for a period of thirty years on B.O.T. basis. 3. It is important to note that subsequently a settlement has been arrived at on 16.6.2008 between Respondent No.1 union and the new contractor appointed by the I.C.T.P. Ltd. The terms of the settlement indicate that the impugned order will now not affect the Petitioner in any respect including in respect of increase of 15% in the pay of the said workers and also in so far as it orders continuity of the workers contemplated therein, as they now are covered by the said settlement dated 16.6.2008. 4. The only apprehension expressed on behalf of Respondent No.1 is that the Petitioner may avail of any orders passed herein for the purpose of disturbing the settlement dated 16.6.2008. It is difficult to see how that can be done. Neither the Petitioner nor its agents, servants or officers can on the basis of this order possibly affect the said settlement. On behalf of the Petitioner, it was also agreed that the Petitioner cannot and would not do anything which will affect the rights of the parties under the said settlement dated 16.6.2008. The statement is accepted. : 3 : 5. The Petition is accordingly disposed of.