CW 6540/06 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JAIPUR BENCH S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.6540/06 Smt. Badam Versus Regional Forest Officer & Ors. DATE OF ORDER : 21/11/2008 HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY RASTOGI Mr. M.F. Baig, for petitioner Mr. S.S. Sharma, Govt. Counsel, for respondents *** Instant petition has been filed against the award of learned Labour Court whereby the claim application itself has been rejected on the premise that the Department of Forest is not an “industry”, as such provisions of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 cannot be invoked. In view of controversy examined by this court in S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.9132/05, Babu Lal Vs. Labour Court & Anr., decided on 25th January, 2007, this writ petition also stands allowed and the impugned award dt.1st October, 2005 passed by the Labour Court in LCR No.78/93 stands set aside and the matter is remanded back to the Labour Court, Bharatpur for adjudicating the dispute on merits after affording opportunity of hearing to the parties to the dispute. Both the parties are directed to appear before the concerned Labour Court on 12th January, 2009 and the Labour Court is expected to decide the matter expeditiously. No order as to costs. [AJAY RASTOGI], J. FRBOHRA6540CW06 21-11.doc