IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE C.T.RAVIKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 22ND OCTOBER 2010 / 30TH ASWINA 1932 WP(C).No. 27383 of 2010(W) ---------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ------------------- FEDERAL BANK STAFF UNION REPRESENTED BY ITS GENERAL SECRETARY, P.N.NANDAKUMARAN NAIR, 2 CHAMPION BUILDING, BANK JUNCTION, ALUVA - 683101 BY ADVS. SRI.B.ASHOK SHENOY SRI.ABU MATHEW SRI.SOBHAN GEORGE SRI.K.V.GEORGE RESPONDENT(S): -------------------- 1. UNION OF INDIA REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, MINISTRY OF LABOUR, SHRAM SHAKTI BHAVAN, RAFI MARG, NEW DELHI - 110001 2. FEDERAL BANK LTD., REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN, HEAD OFFICE, FEDERAL TOWERS, BANK JUNCTION, ALUVA - 683 1010. R1 BY ADV. SHRI E.S.ASHRAF, CGC R2 BY ADV. T.P.M. IBRAHIM KHAN, SG INDIA THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 22/10/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: svs/ C.T.RAVIKUMAR, J. ---------------------------- W.P.(C)No.27383 of 2010 ---------------------------- Dated 22nd October, 2010 JUDGMENT In the matter of dismissal from service of one of the members of the petitioner union they have raised an industrial dispute. The same was ultimately referred for adjudication as I.D.No.47 of 1998. Subsequently, it was transferred for adjudication to the Central Government Industrial Tribunal cum Labour Court, Ernakulam and it was renumbered as I.D.No.72 of 2006. An award was passed on 24.10.2008. The grievance of the petitioner is that though an award has been passed on I.D.No.72 of 2006 as early as on 24.10.2008, the said award was not yet published. It is to redress the said grievance that this writ petition has been filed. 2. I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and also the learned standing counsel for the first respondent. 3. In the statement filed on behalf of the first respondent it is stated that the award was not yet received from the Central Government Industrial Tribunal cum Labour Court, Ernakulam. On receipt of copy of the writ petition the first respondent has requested the Tribunal to provide a copy of the award and a copy is yet to be received for publishing the same in the gazette. In the circumstances, WP(C).No.27383/2010 2 instructions have been called for from the Central Government Industrial Tribunal cum Labour Court, Ernakulam regarding the said aspects. Going by the information, the award in I.D.No.72 of 2006 was forwarded to the Central Government by registered post on 10.12.2008 itself. Later, on being informed about the non-receipt of the award a copy of the same was again forwarded to the Central Government on 12.10.2010 by registered post. Considering the fact that the award in I.D.No.72 of 2006 was passed as early as on 24.10.2008 and the same was now, forwarded to the first respondent on 12.10.2010 in terms of Section 15 of the Industrial Disputes Act, there will be a direction to the first respondent to notify the award in terms of Section 17 of the Industrial Disputes Act expeditiously, at any rate within a period of three months from today. The writ petition is disposed of accordingly. C.T.RAVIKUMAR Judge TKS