IN THE HIGH COtT OF KARNATAXA AT BANGALORE DATED THIS THE 3RD DAY OF APRIL 199B BEFORE THE HON ‘StE HE JUST ICE S .PATRI BASAVANA GOUD WRIT PETITION No.433/1996 Between : Nagaraj, sb Hanumanthappa Vanakudri age: major 0cc: Proprietor H/s. Padmavati Industries, Poona Bangalore Road, resident of Dharwad, ,, Petitioner ( By Sri ,S,V,Angadi, Advocate ) And 1. The State of Karnataka by its Secretary to Govt. Labour Department MSBuiiding, Bangaiore-l, 2. The Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Hubli. 3. A.S.Ganesh s/o Shivaiah, age major, 0cc: nil, residing at No.10, Neriekar Building, Lakshmi Nivas, Station Road, Oharwad. . Resrcnde-nts By Sri .Ashok S. Menasinkai, Advocate for R3 and Sri.KH.3aqaoish. HCGA This Writ Petition is filed under Articles 226 & 227 of the Constitution of India praying to quash Annex.A dated 24.11.1989. —: 2 This Writ Petition is coming on for orders this day, the Court n.•ade the following ORDER The petitioner—employer, in this writ petition under Articles 226 & 227 of the Constitution, seeks quashing of the award of the Labour Court, Hubli, dated 24lll989 in Reference No276/87 by whIch the 3rd respon••dent-workman was deemed to be in service and was entitled to 50% of back wages. It so happenêt that the said award being an exparte award, the present petitioner—employer himself approached the Labour Court to set aside the very award challenged in this writ petition and,by its order dated 16lll997 at Annexure—’R—l’, the present petitioner-employer’s aplication for setting aside the exparte award is allowed and the said award is set aside subject t.o payment of 50% of wages. 2. The very award that is sought to be quashed in this writ petition £ now no longer •.. there, same having been set aside by the Labour MU L(0fl8 Se 40 eSoa.q Seq UOflTld 38 £66T’Tr9T 40 .a.pso PflOdSTP T PUS SflOfll0flA4tJT •q; ‘.T—V,—eAnxSuuy PT8S •Aoqe aq Aq .uio —: C 2—