:1: IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION FIRST APPEAL NO. 280 OF 2004 FIRST APPEAL NO. 280 OF 2004 FIRST APPEAL NO. 280 OF 2004 Ganpat C. Patil ..Appellant versus The Managing Director, Balasaheb Desai Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd. Satara & Ors. ..Respondents Mr. N. A. Kulkarni for the Appellant. Mr. L. M. Acharya for the Respondents No.1. CORAM : D. G. DESHPANDE,J. CORAM : D. G. DESHPANDE,J. CORAM : D. G. DESHPANDE,J. DATE : 31ST AUGUST,2005 DATE : 31ST AUGUST,2005 DATE : 31ST AUGUST,2005 ORAL ORDER : ORAL ORDER : ORAL ORDER : 1. Heard learned counsel for the Appellant and the Respondent No.1. 2. This matter arises out of an order passed by the Commissioner for Workmen’s Compensation & Judge, Labour Court, Satara in W.C.A. No. 35 OF 1997. In fact the impugned order is about distribution of the amount deposited by the respondent No.1 to the claimants - heirs of the deceased. The appeal is however filed challenging the observations against :2: the present appellant. Counsel for the appellant states and the fact is not disputed that the appellant has a right to challenge the status of the deceased as his employee and therefore those finding should not come in his way. Since the appeal is filed only for the limited purpose, it is partly allowed and it is clarified that the observations made in the impugned judgment dated 25.7.2000 against the present appellant regarding the relationship between the present appellant and the deceased shall not come in the way of the appellant in any other proceedings which he chooses to file under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923. Appeal disposed of accordingly with Civil Application. No order as to costs. 31.8.2005 (D.G. DESHPANDE, J.)