IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 2981 of 2008 Between: The President, Manohar Employees Union (Regn. No.B 2760) D.No.8- 2-269/19/381/B, behind L.V.Prasad Eye Institute, Road No.2, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1.The Addl. Industrial Tribunal cum Addl. Labour Court, Chandra Vihar, M.J. Road, Hyderabad. 2 The Managing Director, the Manohar Airport Exit Road, Begumpet, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue an order, direction or writ, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Certiorari calling for the records in I.D.No.65 of 2005 on the file of the first respondent and set aside the award dated 2.4.2007 which was published on 8.11.2007 under G.O.Rt.No.2131 Labour Employment Training and Factories (Lab-I), dated 19.9.2007. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.BALAGOPAL Counsel for the Respondent: GP FOR LABOUR THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA W.P. No. 2981 of 2008 Oral order: The petitioner, namely Manohar Employees Union, represented by its President has filed this writ petition questioning the award dated 02.04.2007, passed by the Additional Industrial Tribunal-Additional Labour Court, Hyderabad, in I.D. No. 65 of 2005 holding that the reference made by the Government vide G.O. Rt. No. 1360, dated 15.06.2005 is not maintainable and that the employees union has no locus standi to raise the dispute in view of the orders passed in I.A. No. 44 of 2006. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that as against the order dated 02.04.2007, passed by the Labour Court in I.A. No. 44 of 2006, the petitioner filed writ petition in W.P. No.13046 of 2007, and this Court by order dated 08.09.2008, allowed the said writ petition and set aside the order passed in the said I.A., and since the impugned award passed by the Labour Court in the main I.D., is a consequential order, the same has to be set aside and the matter remitted to the Labour Court, for adjudicating the same on merits. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Labour for respondent No.1 and the learned counsel for respondent No.2-management. Questioning the order dated 02.04.2007, passed by the Labour Court in I.A. No. 44 of 2006 in I.D. No. 65 of 2005, in pursuance of which, the Labour Court passed the impugned award in the main I.D., the petitioner filed writ petition in W.P. No. 13046 of 2007, and a learned Judge of this Court vide order dated 08.09.2008, allowed the writ petition and set aside the order dated 02.04.2007 passed in I.A. No. 44 of 2006. Since the order dated 02.04.2007, passed in I.A. No. 44 of 2006, basing on which the Labour Court, has passed the impugned award in the I.D. has already be set aside by this Court, the present writ petition, filed by the petitioner questioning the award passed in the main I.D. also has to be allowed. Hence, the writ petition is allowed. The impugned award is set aside. The matter is remitted to the Labour Court with a direction to adjudicate the reference referred to it by the Government and dispose of the main I.D. No. 65 of 2005 within the time schedule fixed by this Court in its order dated 08.09.2008, passed in W.P. No. 13046 of 2007. No costs. ________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 24th December, 2008. KSR