1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR WRIT PETITION NO. 2536 OF 2008 (Yavatmal District Forest labour Cooperative Societies vs. Rambhau Gangaram Lasunte) Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. CORAM : B.P. DHARMADHIKARI, J. OCTOBER 08, 2008. Heard Shri Gordey, learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Mishra, learned counsel for the respondent. The following order is being passed by consent of the parties. The matter is being remitted to the Judge, Labour Court at Yavatmal, for deciding the status of present respondent i.e. whether he is a workman within the meaning of Section 2(s) of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, or not. Only for that purpose ULP No. 32 of 2003 is restored back to the file of that court. The Court shall decide the issue as early as possible and in any case within a period of six months from the date of communication of this order to it. Liberty given to the present petitioner to show that the respondent is not a workman, is subject to payment of an amount of Rs.30,000/- 2 which is roughly 50% of the salary of present respondent, to which he becomes entitled after the judgment of Labour Court dated 21.9.2007 in his favour. The payment can be adjusted towards amounts finally due and payable to him while settling his accounts in the matter. The amount be deposited before the Labour Court, Yavatmal, by 24.11.2008 and the parties shall appear before that Court on the same date. Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. JUDGE *GS.