1 wp-5846-09 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE SIDE JURISDICTION W.P. NO. 5846 OF 2009 Mr.Mukesh Vishwas Sande ..Petitioner Vs. Kolhapur Municipal Corporation and Ors. ..Respondents .... Mr. M.S.Topkar Adv. for Petitioner Mr. S.S.Patwardhan Adv. for Respondent No.1 Ms. Neeta Karnik Adv. for Respondent No.2 .... CORAM : SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J. DATE : AUGUST 4th , 2009 P.C.: 1. Heard. 2. The petitioner was working as a Clerk with respondent no.3. His services came to be transferred to respondent no.1-corporation. The case of the petitioner is that the order dated 3rd March, 1998 was passed in his favour by the Labour Court Kolhapur wherein it was directed that respondent no.1 should take the petitioner back in service with 50% back wages. However, despite the said order, the petitioner was not taken back in service. As the petitioner was not reinstated, he filed the complaint before the Industrial Court being ULP No. 133 of 2008. In the said complaint, the petitioner preferred an application for interim relief wherein it was prayed that the Corporation be directed to 2 wp-5846-09 allow the petitioner i.e. original complainant to join duty and pay him his salary till such decision is taken to allow him to join. This application came to be rejected by the Industrial Court by order dated 23rd May, 2009 which has been impugned in the present petition. It is seen that the main matter is pending before the Industrial Court. The Industrial Court, Kolhapur observed that unless and until the evidence of the parties is recorded, and the documents if any, produced by the concerned parties are perused, no relief can be granted to the petitioner. It is only an interlocutory order hence, I am not inclined to entertain the same at this stage. In my view, the purpose of justice would be served by passing directions that Complaint (ULP) No. 133 of 2008 be disposed of at the earliest. The Industrial Court, Kolhapur to decide the said complaint as far as possible within six months from today. The Industrial Court, Kolhapur shall dispose of the said complaint without being influenced by any observations in the order dated 23rd March, 2005. 3. Petition is disposed of. [ SMT.V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.]