1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY O.O.C.J. WRIT PETITION NO. NO. 279 OF 2011 Petroleum Employees Union and Anr. ..Petitioners Vs Bharat Petroleum Corporation and Anr. .. Respondents Mr.V.P.Vaidya, for the petitioners. Mr.J.P.Cama, Senior Advocate with Mr R.S.Pai, Mr S. Aole and Mr A Bosarkod, Advocates i/b M/s Udwadia & Udeshi, for the respondents. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE & K.K.TATED,JJ. DATE : 05/12/2011 PC: 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. In this writ petition, the petitioners-unions are seeking the following reliefs. (a) That this Honourable Court be pleased to issue a writ of certiorari or a writ in the nature of certiorari or for any other appropriate writ, order or direction to call for the records and proceeding leading to order dated 17.11.2010 in respect of deduction of two-days wages of the employees working at Sewree installation and after going through the same quash and set aside the said order dated 17.11.2010. (b) That this Honourable Court be pleased to direct the respondents to refund the wages for two days arbitrarily deducted in the month of June, 2009. T 2 3. At the outset, Mr Cama, learned senior counsel appearing for the respondents raised a preliminary objection that the petitioners have an alternative remedy under the provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act. Having confronted with this, learned counsel for the petitioners fairly submits that they have an alternative remedy but still he insisted for hearing of the petition on merits under Article 226 of the Constitution of India since the question of 250 workmen is involved in this petition. We have perused the judgment of the Supreme Court in U.P.State Bridge Corporation Ltd and ors Vs. U.P.Rajya Setu Nigam S.Karamchari Sangh, (2004) 4 Supreme Court Cases 268. Keeping the ratio laid down by the Supreme Court in the Judgment in view, we are not inclined to entertain the writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to adopt appropriate remedy as is available under the provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act for redressal of their grievance. All contentions of the parties are kept open. It is made clear that this court while passing this order has not examined merits of the case. (K.K.Tated,J.) (D. B. Bhosale, J.) 3