IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL WRIT PETITION NO. 190/2011 (M/S) Geeta Bhawan Tatha Parmarth Niketan Karamchari Sangh, Pauri Garhwal, Post Swargashram, Pauri Garhwal District Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand Through its President. .…. Petitioner Versus Labour Commissioner/Registrar, Trade Unions, Uttarakhand, Shram Bhawan, Nainital Road, Haldwani, District Nainital & Another. .… Respondents February 7, 2011 Mr. I.P. Gairola, Advocate, present for the petitioner. Mr. K.P. Upadhyaya, Addl. C.S.C. Advocate, present for the respondent no. 1. HON’BLE PRAFULLA C. PANT, J. Challenge is made in the instant writ petition to the order of cancellation of registration of the petitioner’s Union passed by the respondent no. 1. 2. Heard learned Counsel for the parties. 3. Learned Addl. C.S.C. for the respondent no. 1 raised a preliminary objection as to the maintainability of this writ petition on the ground that the impugned order dated 16.12.2010, passed by the respondent no. 1 under Section 10 of the Trade Unions Act, 1926, can be challenged by the aggrieved party by filing an appeal under Section 11 of the said Act. 4. Having gone through the relevant provisions of law contained in the Trade Unions Act, 1926, since the appeal is maintainable under Section 11 of the said Act against the impugned order of cancellation of registration of the petitioner’s Union, this writ petition is summarily 2 dismissed without expressing any opinion as to the final merits of the case, leaving it open to the writ petitioner to challenge the impugned order before the competent appellate authority. (Urgency application no. 501 of 2011 and stay application no. 594 of 2011 stand disposed of.) (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Vacation Judge 7.2.2011 PRABODH