IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 2843 OF 2006 Shri Sanjay P. Abhyankar.... .... Petitioner V/s State of Maharashtra Industries Energy & Labour Department & Ors..... ..... Respondents. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Office Notes, Office ) Court's or Judge's Orders Memoranda of Coram, appearances ) Court's orders or directions and ) Registrar's orders. ) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Mr.A.D.Patwardhan, Adv. for the petitioner. Mr.A.K.Gupte, Sr.Adv. With Mr.K.Bapat for R.No.3. Mr.P.I.Khamani, AGP for R.Nos.1 & 2. CORAM: V.G. PALSHIKAR AND V.R.KINGAONKAR, JJ. 27.4.2006. PC: By this petition the petitioner is challenging the order passed by the State of Maharashtra under section 73 of the Bombay Industrial Relations Act, 1946. 2. This section specifically empowers the State of Maharashtra to 1 transfer certain proceedings for adjudication to Industrial Court. This can be done in the contingencies mentioned in the section 2 and they are that the dispute is not likely to be settled by other means and it is necssary in the public interest to do so. The dispute between the employees of Pune District Central Cooperative Bank Ltd. and the Bank is pending over wage rise for last three years. No progress has taken place. It is therefore necessary in public interest that the dispute between the Bank and its employees is settled as early as possible. 3. It is then submitted that the remedy of appeal under section 86(g) would be lost. Even if that remedy is lot, other remedies are available. Apart from that mere possibility of remedy being required to be resorted to cannot thwart the action of the Government seeking to settle the dispute as early as possible. In such circumstances there is no reason to interfere. Petition stands dismissed. 27.4.06 2